THE STATE OF SUSTAINABILITY BEST PRACTICES IN CONSTRUCTION: A BENCHMARK STUDY

作     者：Annie R.Pearce Sushil Shenoy Christine M.Fiori Zachary Winters 

作者机构：Department of Building ConstructionVirginia TechBlacksburgVA 24061 Department of Civil&Environmental EngineeringVirginia TechBlacksburgVA 24061 Myers-Lawson School of ConstructionVirginia TechBlacksburgVA 24061 

出 版 物：《Journal of Green Building》 (绿色建筑学报（英文）)

年 卷 期：2010年第5卷第3期

页      面：116-130页

学科分类：0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 020205[经济学-产业经济学] 

主　　题：sustainability construction best practices benchmark 

摘      要：During the last decade,sustainability-related technologies and practices have become increasingly common among construction companies,both in the home office and on the job *** drivers are fueling this trend,including government policies for sustainability in capital projects and increased recognition of the benefits of sustainable prac­tices in the private ***,the extent to which sustainability-related technologies and practices have been adopted by companies in the field has not been systematically *** study used semi-structured interviews and field observations to document the sustainability-related practices of 28 construction firms in the eastern United *** purpose of the study was to benchmark current industry use of construction sustainability best *** of the study show that most firms have tried sustainability practices in the field on at least some of their proj­ects,sometimes without being aware that those practices were related to *** variation was observed among self-reported trial and adoption rates across the practices in the *** study serves as a first step toward understanding why some sustainability innovations are being embraced more readily than others,and may lead to a better understanding of how to increase adoption of sustainability innovations.