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Gillich, A, Sunikka-Blank, M and Ford, A (2017) Lessons for the UK green deal from the US BBNP. Building Research & Information, 45(04), 384-95.
Goulden, S, Erell, E, Garb, Y and Pearlmutter, D (2017) Green building standards as socio-technical actors in municipal environmental policy. Building Research & Information, 45(04), 414-25.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: actor-network theory; local government; energy efficiency; policy process; standardization; policy instrument; green buildings; climate change; governance; sustainable development; sector; intentions; construction & building technology; construction;
- ISBN/ISSN: 0961-3218
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2015.1116844
- Abstract:
Methods for the environmental assessment and certification of green' buildings are increasingly being adopted by local governments and other entities as a means of meeting environmental, and often energy-related, goals. Literature on building environmental assessment has examined how these tools are interpreted by stakeholders in design and construction, but less attention has been paid to their interpretation and usage as objects of policy - despite this being a channel through which they have a potentially huge impact. Based on a case study of the emergence of green building in Israel, and drawing on socio-technical literatures, this paper explores the meanings attributed to building environmental assessment in the policy context. It finds that these meanings include a platform for divergent environmental goals and a proxy measure for greenhouse gas abatement. The analysis suggests that for policy-makers, the significance of green building lies not in its constituting a set of environmental benchmarks but as a standard that gains currency as a black-boxed policy object. An open discussion is needed on the various logics driving the use of green building tools in public policy, and what they hope to achieve. Methods for the environmental assessment and certification of 'green' buildings are increasingly being adopted by local governments and other entities as a means of meeting environmental, and often energy-related, goals. Literature on building environmental assessment has examined how these tools are interpreted by stakeholders in design and construction, but less attention has been paid to their interpretation and usage as objects of policy - despite this being a channel through which they have a potentially huge impact. Based on a case study of the emergence of green building in Israel, and drawing on socio-technical literatures, this paper explores the meanings attributed to building environmental assessment in the policy context. It finds that these meanings include a platform for divergent environmental goals and a proxy measure for greenhouse gas abatement. The analysis suggests that for policy-makers, the significance of green building lies not in its constituting a set of environmental benchmarks but as a standard that gains currency as a black-boxed policy object. An open discussion is needed on the various logics driving the use of green building tools in public policy, and what they hope to achieve.;Methods for the environmental assessment and certification of 'green' buildings are increasingly being adopted by local governments and other entities as a means of meeting environmental, and often energy-related, goals. Literature on building environmental assessment has examined how these tools are interpreted by stakeholders in design and construction, but less attention has been paid to their interpretation and usage as objects of policy - despite this being a channel through which they have a potentially huge impact. Based on a case study of the emergence of green building in Israel, and drawing on socio-technical literatures, this paper explores the meanings attributed to building environmental assessment in the policy context. It finds that these meanings include a platform for divergent environmental goals and a proxy measure for greenhouse gas abatement. The analysis suggests that for policy-makers, the significance of green building lies not in its constituting a set of environmental benchmarks but as a standard that gains currency as a black-boxed policy object. An open discussion is needed on the various logics driving the use of green building tools in public policy, and what they hope to achieve.;
Gram-Hanssen, K, Heidenstrøm, N, Vittersø, G, Madsen, L V and Jacobsen, M H (2017) Selling and installing heat pumps: Influencing household practices. Building Research & Information, 45(04), 359-70.
Guerra-Santin, O and Silvester, S (2017) Development of Dutch occupancy and heating profiles for building simulation. Building Research & Information, 45(04), 396-413.
Haddad, S, Osmond, P and King, S (2017) Revisiting thermal comfort models in Iranian classrooms during the warm season. Building Research & Information, 45(04), 457-73.
Moore, T, Ridley, I, Strengers, Y, Maller, C and Horne, R (2017) Dwelling performance and adaptive summer comfort in low-income Australian households. Building Research & Information, 45(04), 443-56.
Wade, F, Shipworth, M and Hitchings, R (2017) How installers select and explain domestic heating controls. Building Research & Information, 45(04), 371-83.
Wallhagen, M, Malmqvist, T and Eriksson, O (2017) Professionals' knowledge and use of environmental assessment in an architectural competition. Building Research & Information, 45(04), 426-42.