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Aghajamali, K, Metvaei, S, Suliman, A, Lei, Z and Chen, Q (2025) Development of a prefabricated construction productivity estimation model through BIM and data augmentation processes. Construction Management and Economics, 43(05), 340–59.
Ahrentzen, S and Tural, E (2015) The role of building design and interiors in ageing actively at home. Building Research & Information, 43(05), 582-601.
Aminian, S, Hinckson, E A and Stewart, T (2015) Modifying the classroom environment to increase standing and reduce sitting. Building Research & Information, 43(05), 631-45.
Brookfield, K, Fitzsimons, C, Scott, I, Mead, G, Starr, J, Thin, N, Tinker, A and Ward Thompson, C (2015) The home as enabler of more active lifestyles among older people. Building Research & Information, 43(05), 616-30.
Duncan, M J, Short, C, Rashid, M, Cutumisu, N, Vandelanotte, C and Plotnikoff, R C (2015) Identifying correlates of breaks in occupational sitting: a cross-sectional study. Building Research & Information, 43(05), 646-58.
Hasan, L N, Lizarralde, G and Lachapelle, E (2025) The legitimation of private net zero emission building standards in the context of global decarbonization goals. Construction Management and Economics, 43(05), 360–80.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: Net zero carbon buildings; decarbonization; private standards; legitimation;
- ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2024.2436395
- Abstract:
Since the Paris Agreement – where nations committed to decarbonizing their economies – private net zero standards have proliferated. Yet, their limited scope and ability to deliver tangible change threatens their legitimacy. For some scholars, this reflects societies’ limited capacity to envision pathways towards a fossil-free future. This raises questions about how private net zero standards are legitimised. Combining insights from the literature on legitimation, discourse analysis, and sociotechnical transitions, we analyse the legitimation of Net Zero Carbon Buildings by the World Green Building Council, the strongest global sustainable construction network. We find that net zero standard legitimation is a dynamic multilevel, multistakeholder process based on three strategies: vertical nesting, ambivalence, and conflict avoidance. This process perpetuates assumptions about growth, authority, and appropriate scales of action. This incremental, emission-focused approach to decarbonization is shielded from critique through claims that it contributes to broader sustainability objectives. By reproducing institutionalized narratives, global standard setters create a sense of consensus. However, this perception of consensus fails to address the complexities of implementation, contextualization, and integration of broader environmental and social concerns. These findings raise doubts in both theory and practice about the capacity of the construction sector to decarbonize through current strategies.
Kussl, S and Wald, A (2025) The role of construction clients in digital innovation: insights from scenario analysis. Construction Management and Economics, 43(05), 381–404.
Lu, Z, Rodiek, S, Shepley, M M and Tassinary, L G (2015) Environmental influences on indoor walking behaviours of assisted living residents. Building Research & Information, 43(05), 602-15.
Ucci, M, Law, S, Andrews, R, Fisher, A, Smith, L, Sawyer, A and Marmot, A (2015) Indoor school environments, physical activity, sitting behaviour and pedagogy: a scoping review. Building Research & Information, 43(05), 566-81.
Watson, M, Deshpande, N and Lasch, C (2025) Disaster vulnerability of the construction industry: comparing impacts of hurricanes and the COVID-19 pandemic on Florida construction companies. Construction Management and Economics, 43(05), 323–39.