Table of contents - Special Issue: Built environment sustainability: what's new and what's next?
Guest Editors: Sachie Gunatilake, B.A.K.S. Perera
Developing a taxonomy of transportation waste in construction production processes
Cristina Toca Pérez, Dayana CostaThe purpose of this paper is to present a taxonomy of transportation waste in construction production processes based on lean construction (LC) principles.
Procurement of low carbon municipal solid waste infrastructure in India through public-private partnerships
Tharun Dolla, Boeing Singh LaishramThe Low carbon (LC) agenda has captured interest across governments and research communities. But such focus is not addressed so far in the operation of municipal solid waste…
Modelling the adoption of sustainable procurement in construction organisations
Kwaku Agbesi, Frank D. Fugar, Theophilus Adjei-KumiThe adoption of sustainable procurement in construction clients’ organisation remains a difficult concept. Current research of sustainable procurement adoption studies fails to…
A risk-responsive framework for green retrofit projects in Sri Lanka
Indeewari Ranawaka, Harshini MallawaarachchiThe purpose of this paper is to evaluate the risks associated with green retrofit projects in Sri Lanka in order to develop a risk responsive framework.
A BIM–LCA integration technique to embodied carbon estimation applied on wall systems in Brazil
Julianna Crippa, Letícia Cavassin Boeing, Ana Paula Angonese Caparelli, Marienne do Rocio de Mello Maron da Costa, Sergio Scheer, Aline Medeiros Ferreira Araujo, Diogo BemAiming to simplify the extraction of embodied carbon data using a building information modeling (BIM) software, the purpose of this paper is to present a framework that integrates…
Managing embodied carbon in buildings: a Pareto approach
Michele Florencia Victoria, Srinath PereraThe purpose of this paper is to identify the carbon intensive building elements or “carbon hotspots” of office buildings in order to maximise the carbon reduction potential during…
Mitigation of challenges in sustaining green certification in the Sri Lankan hotel sector
Chamali Bandara, D.M.P.P. Dissanayake, Gayani Karunasena, Nadun MadhusankaThe successful continuation of green certification in the Sri Lankan hotel sector is vital for tourism industry as well as the economy of the country as it balances the economic…
Economic sustainability of green buildings: a comparative analysis of green vs non-green
Achini Shanika Weerasinghe, Thanuja RamachandraIn Sri Lanka, a limited number of buildings have been certified for incorporation of green features and the reasons are attributed to green building investors who continue to…
Gender mainstreaming as a strategy to achieve sustainable post-disaster reconstruction
Tri Yumarni, Dilanthi AmaratungaThe purpose of this paper is to discuss policy-relevant findings regarding strategies for mainstreaming gender in achieving sustainable post-disaster reconstruction (PDR).
Nature of construction project cultures in the public sector: case studies in Sri Lanka
Aparna Samaraweera, Sepani Senaratne, Y.G. SandanayakeCultural differences cause conflicts amongst construction project participants, deterring the success of projects. Understanding such different cultural manifestations could help…

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2044-124Xe-ISSN:
2044-1258ISSN-L:
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2011Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Prof. Mohan Kumaraswamy