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Conejos, S, Chew, M Y L, Tay, K, Tay, S and Safiena, S (2023) Green maintainability assessment of building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) applications: lessons learnt. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 41(02), 320-46.

Fellows, M F, Phua, F T T and Tutt, D E (2023) Building bridges: the bilingual language work of migrant construction workers. Construction Management and Economics, 41(02), 153–71.

Galea, N, Powell, A and Salignac, F (2023) The role of homosociality in maintaining men’s powerfulness in construction companies. Construction Management and Economics, 41(02), 172–82.

Grant, A and Ries, R (2013) Impact of building service life models on life cycle assessment. Building Research & Information, 41(02), 168-86.

Hegarty, T, Wright, S, Wordsworth, R and Lord, B (2023) Deferential Tailoring: a grounded theory of how women respond and adapt to social conditions and gender-related challenges in the New Zealand construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 41(02), 138–52.

Holmes, S H and Reinhart, C F (2013) Assessing future climate change and energy price scenarios: institutional building investment. Building Research & Information, 41(02), 209-22.

Hoque, M I, Safayet, M A, Rana, M J, Bhuiyan, A Y and Quraishy, G S (2023) Analysis of construction delay for delivering quality project in Bangladesh. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 41(02), 401-21.

Hughes, M, Palmer, J, Cheng, V and Shipworth, D (2013) Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of England's housing energy model. Building Research & Information, 41(02), 156-67.

Khan, M I, Khan, S, Khan, U and Haleem, A (2023) Modeling the Big Data challenges in context of smart cities – an integrated fuzzy ISM-DEMATEL approach. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 41(02), 422-53.

Kongela, S M (2023) Sustainability potential awareness among built environment stakeholders: experience from Tanzania. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 41(02), 301-19.

Liu, Q, Feng, Y, London, K and Zhang, P (2023) Influence of personal characteristics and environmental stressors on mental health for multicultural construction workplaces in Australia. Construction Management and Economics, 41(02), 116–37.

Newaz, M T, Ershadi, M, Jefferies, M, Pillay, M and Davis, P (2023) A systematic review of contemporary safety management research: a multi-level approach to identifying trending domains in the construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 41(02), 97–115.

Nouri, H, Safehian, M and Mir Mohammad Hosseini, S M (2023) Life cycle assessment of earthen materials for low-cost housing a comparison between rammed earth and fired clay bricks. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 41(02), 364-77.

Olojede, B O, Opawole, A, Jagboro, G O and Alao, O O (2023) Examination of roles performed by public sector organizations in the procurement of public-private partnership projects. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 41(02), 495-511.

Rehm, M and Ade, R (2013) Construction costs comparison between ‘green’ and conventional office buildings. Building Research & Information, 41(02), 198-208.

Schweber, L (2013) The effect of BREEAM on clients and construction professionals. Building Research & Information, 41(02), 129-45.

  • Type: Journal Article
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  • ISBN/ISSN: 0961-3218
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2013.768495
  • Abstract:
    The effects and influence of the Building Research Establishment's Environmental Assessment Methods (BREEAM) on construction professionals are examined. Most discussions of building assessment methods focus on either the formal tool or the finished product. In contrast, BREEAM is analysed here as a social technology using Michel Foucault's theory of governmentality. Interview data are used to explore the effect of BREEAM on visibilities, knowledge, techniques and professional identities. The analysis highlights a number of features of the BREEAM assessment process which generally go unremarked: professional and public understandings of the method, the deployment of different types of knowledge and their implication for the authority and legitimacy of the tool, and the effect of BREEAM on standard practice. The analysis finds that BREEAM's primary effect is through its impact on standard practices. Other effects include the use of assessment methods to defend design decisions, its role in both operationalizing and obscuring the concept of green buildings, and the effect of tensions between project and method requirements for the authority of the tool. A reflection on assessment methods as neo-liberal tools and their adequacy for the promotion of sustainable construction suggests several limitations of lock-in that hinder variation and wider systemic change.

Toller, S, Carlsson, A, Wadeskog, A, Miliutenko, S and Finnveden, G (2013) Indicators for environmental monitoring of the Swedish building and real estate management sector. Building Research & Information, 41(02), 146-55.

Umeokafor, N, Okoro, C, Diugwu, I and Umar, T (2023) Design for safety in construction in Nigeria: a qualitative inquiry of the critical opportunities. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 41(02), 476-94.

Van Tam, N, Quoc Toan, N, Phong, V V and Durdyev, S (2023) Impact of BIM-related factors affecting construction project performance. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 41(02), 454-75.

Wafaei Baneh, K, Wafaei Baneh, B, Osman, A, Mostafapour, O and Bradosty, Z R (2023) Regeneration and documentation of historic geometric Islamic patterns via HBIM: a case study of Choli minaret, Kurdistan Region. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 41(02), 347-63.

Wright, G B and Jack, L B (2013) Property-level stormwater drainage systems: integrated flow simulation and whole-life costs. Building Research & Information, 41(02), 223-36.

Xu, W, Cong, J and Proverbs, D G (2023) Evaluation of infrastructure resilience. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 41(02), 378-400.