Key Portfolio Selection Criteria for Sustainable Construction
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
3. Research Methodology
4. Sustainability-Specific Criteria for Project Selection
5. Assessment of the Sustainability-Specific Selection Criteria
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Intensity | Definition | Explanation |
1 | Equal importance | Two criteria contribute equally |
3 | Moderate importance | Experience and judgement slightly favor one criterion over another |
5 | Strong importance | Experience and judgement strongly favor one criterion over another |
7 | Very strong importance | A criterion is strongly favored and its dominance is demonstrated in practice |
9 | Extreme importance | The evidence favoring one criterion over another is of the highest possible order of affirmation |
List of the Sustainability Criteria for Construction Projects | |||
Sr No. | Criteria | Citation | Frequency |
Environmental Criteria | |||
1 | Energy Use | Yu et al. [35], Chen et al. [39], Eweje [40], Dabirian et al. [41], Dobrovolskienė and Tamosiunienė [1], Siew [42], Huang et al. [32], Khalili et al. [8], Gerner [43], Shultz and Peterson [44], Fernandez-Sanchez and Rodriguez-Lopez [45], Pan et al. [46], Vatalis et al. [47], Shen et al. [48], CEEQUAL [49], Green Globes [50], BREEAM [51], Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) [52], EDGE [53], LEED [54], BOMA [55], Ecodistricts [56] | 22 |
2 | Material Use | Dabirian et al. [41], Siew [42], Khalili et al. [8], Yu et al. [57], Fernandez-Sanchez and Rodriguez-Lopez [45], Shultz and Peterson [44], Azapagic [58], Heravi et al. [18], Pan et al. [46], Rickels et al. [59], Shen et al. [48], GreenRoads [60], Green Globes [50], Ecodistricts [56], Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) [52], LEED [54] | 16 |
3 | Water Use | Dabirian et al. [41], Dobrovolskienė and Tamosiunienė [1], Siew [42], Huang et al. [32], Fernandez-Sanchez and Rodriguez-Lopez [45], Azapagic [58], Pan et al. [46], Razmjoo et al. [61], Rickels et al. [59], Vatalis et al. [47], Shen et al. [48], CEEQUAL [49], GreenRoads [60], Green Globes [50], BREEAM [51], BOMA [55], Ecodistricts [56], Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) [52], ISO [62], LEED [54] | 20 |
4 | Land Use and Biodiversity | Chen et al. [39], Eweje [40], Martin and Assenov [63], Huang et al. [32], Khalili et al. [8], Yu et al. [57], Gerner [43], Shultz and Peterson [44], Fernandez-Sanchez and Rodriguez-Lopez [45], Shultz and Peterson [44], Azapagic [58], Pan et al. [46], Karji et al. [20], Razmjoo et al. [61], Shen et al. [48], CEEQUAL [49], Green Globes [50], EDGE [53], BREEAM [51], Star Communities [64], ISO [62], Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) [52] | 22 |
5 | Pollution | Chen et al. [39], Dabirian et al. [41], Huang et al. [32], Yu et al. [57], Gerner [43], Shen et al. [25], Fernandez-Sanchez and Rodriguez-Lopez [45], Shultz and Peterson [44], Azapagic [58], Heravi et al. [18], Pan et al. [46], Karji et al. [20], Shen et al. [48], GreenRoads [60], WELL [65], ISO [62], Green Globes [50], BREEAM [51] | 18 |
6 | Waste Management | Dabirian et al. [41], Siew [42], Huang et al. [32], Fernandez-Sanchez and Rodriguez-Lopez [45], Shultz and Peterson [44], Rickels et al. [59], Vatalis et al. [47], Shen et al. [48], CEEQUAL [49], GreenRoads [60], WELL [65], LEED [54], BREEAM [51], BOMA [55], Ecodistricts [56], Star Communities [64], Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) [52], | 17 |
Social Criteria | |||
7 | Public Health and Safety | Chen et al. [39], Martin and Assenov [63], Dobrovolskienė and Tamosiunienė [1], Siew [42], Huang et al. [32], Khalili et al. [8], Yu et al. [57], Gerner [43], Shultz and Peterson [44], Shen et al. [25], Fernandez-Sanchez and Rodriguez-Lopez [45], Shultz and Peterson [44], Azapagic [58], Pan et al. [46], Vatalis et al. [47], Shen et al. [48], GreenRoads [60], WELL [65], BOMA [55], CEEQUAL [49], Ecodistricts [56], Star Communities [64], Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) [52], ISO [62] | 24 |
8 | Employee Training, Education, and Skill Development | Chen et al. [39], Dobrovolskienė and Tamosiunienė [1], Siew [42], Huang et al. [32], Khalili et al. [8], Shultz and Peterson [44], Azapagic [58], Karji et al. [20], Shen et al. [48], GreenRoads [60], WELL [65], BOMA [55], STAR Community [64], Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) [52] | 14 |
9 | Relationship with Local Community | R.-H. Chen et al. [39], A. Karji et al. [20], K. I. Vatalis et al. [47], Green roads [60], BOMA [55], Star Communities [64], Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) [52], IUCN Green Standard [66] | 8 |
10 | Improvement in Infrastructure | Chen et al. [39], Huang et al. [32], Yu et al. [57], Heravi et al. [18], Shen et al. [48], Green Roads [60], Ecodistricts [56], STAR Community [64], IUCN Green Standard [66] | 9 |
11 | Encourage Alternative Modes of Transportation | Dabirian et al. [41], Siew [42], Huang et al. [32], Karji et al. [20], Vatalis et al. [47], Shen et al. [48], Green Roads [60], BREEAM [51], Ecodistricts [56], Star Communities [64], ISO [62] | 11 |
Economic Criteria | |||
12 | Life Cycle cost | Shen et al. [25], Fernandez-Sanchez and Rodriguez-Lopez [45], Shultz and Peterson [44], Rickels et al. [59], Vatalis et al. [47], CEEQUAL [49], Green Roads [60], BREEAM [51], ISO [62], ISO 15686-5 [67] | 10 |
13 | Contribution to GDP and wealth creation | Chen et al. [39], Huang et al. [32], Khalili et al. [8], Shultz and Peterson [44], Fernandez-Sanchez and Rodriguez-Lopez [45], Azapagic [58], Razmjoo et al. [61], Shen et al. [48] | 8 |
14 | Employment Creation | Dabirian et al. [41], Khalili et al. [8], Shultz and Peterson [44], Azapagic [58], Karji et al. [20] | 5 |
15 | Innovation and Technological Advance | Huang et al. [32], Gerner [43], Heravi et al. [18], LEED [54], BREEAM [51], STAR Community [64] | 6 |
16 | Use of National Suppliers | Dabirian et al. [41], Fernandez-Sanchez and Rodriguez-Lopez [45], Vatalis et al. [47], GreenRoads [60], Star Communities [64], Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) [52] | 6 |
Sustainability | Local Weight | Global Weight | |||
Environmental | 0.520 | ||||
Energy Use | 0.318 | 0.165 | |||
Material Use | 0.178 | 0.093 | |||
Water Use | 0.170 | 0.088 | |||
Land Use | 0.127 | 0.066 | |||
Pollution | 0.120 | 0.062 | |||
Waste Management | 0.088 | 0.046 | |||
Social | 0.214 | ||||
Health and Safety | 0.426 | 0.091 | |||
Employee Training and Education | 0.200 | 0.043 | |||
Relation with Local Community | 0.117 | 0.025 | |||
Improvement in Infrastructure | 0.172 | 0.037 | |||
Alternative Transportation | 0.084 | 0.018 | |||
Economic | 0.266 | ||||
Life Cycle Cost | 0.324 | 0.086 | |||
Contribution to GDP | 0.220 | 0.059 | |||
Employment Creation | 0.177 | 0.047 | |||
Innovation and Technology | 0.171 | 0.045 | |||
Use of National Suppliers | 0.108 | 0.029 |
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