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ISBN 10: 1032328096
ISBN 13: 9781032328096
Author: Ming Hu

Green Building Costs The Affordability of Sustainable Design 1st Edition Table of contents:

Part I Looking back and perceptions

1 Introduction

1.1 Motivation behind this book

1.1.1 Practice and research experience

1.1.2 Market trends

1.1.3 Overarching goals of this book

1.2 Description of the knowledge gap

1.2.1 Contradictions between drivers and perception

1.2.2 Lack of studies on construction cost

1.2.3 Lack of consistency in construction cost data collection

1.2.4 Differing definitions of sustainability

1.3 Project design team’s influence

1.3.1 Theoretical foundation of design decision’s effect on construction cost

1.3.2 Proposed conceptual model

1.3.3 Project characteristics

1.3.4 Project team characteristics

1.3.5 Level of sustainability

1.3.6 Construction cost

1.4 Organization of book

2 Existing research

2.1 Research development of the green building construction cost

2.1.1 Phase 1: 1980–1990

2.1.2 Phase 2: 1991–2000

2.1.3 Phase 3: 2001–2010

2.1.4 Phase 4: 2011–2022

2.1.5 Summary of research activities

2.2 Changes in definition of cost categories and components

2.2.1 Direct costs versus indirect costs

2.2.2 Variable costs versus fixed costs

2.2.3 Hard costs and soft costs

2.2.4 Initial cost and life cycle cost

2.3 Knowledge gaps in construction cost and estimation

2.3.1 Misuse of cost and price

2.3.2 Lack of cost estimation transparency

2.4 Current research status of the sustainable building construction cost

2.4.1 Literature selection

2.4.2 Findings and conclusion

2.4.3 Primary issue

2.5 Proposed cost components definition for sustainable building

2.6 Chapter summary

3 Meta-analysis findings

3.1 Meta-analysis results

3.1.1 Differences in the SCS per building type

3.1.2 Differences in the SCS per continent

3.1.3 Differences in the SCS per LEED certification level

3.1.4 Differences in the SCS per construction cost data source

3.1.5 Differences in the SCS between studies by industry experts and academic researchers

3.1.6 Summary of meta-analysis findings

3.2 Influential cost factors of the SBCC derived from the meta-analysis

3.2.1 Grouping of construction cost factors

3.3 Project characteristic variables

3.3.1 Technical complexity

3.3.2 Supply chain issues

3.3.3 Building-specific characteristics

3.4 Project team characteristic variables

3.4.1 Procurement and delivery method

3.4.2 Skills and experience

3.4.3 Collaboration and communication

3.4.4 Innovation

3.5 Chapter summary

Part II What actual data tells us

4 Data collection and description

4.1 SBCC composition and data sources

4.2 Data collection from GSA

4.3 Construction cost database descriptive statistics

4.3.1 Project cost range

4.3.2 Cost variance per geographic location

4.3.3 Cost variance per scope of work

4.3.4 Cost variance per building type

4.3.5 Summary

4.4 Project team characteristic data collection

4.4.1 Procurement and delivery methods

4.4.2 Skills and experience

4.4.3 Collaboration and communication

4.4.4 Innovation

4.5 Project characteristic data descriptive statistics

4.5.1 Building type

4.5.2 Building age

4.5.3 Project location distribution

4.5.4 Project level of sustainability achieved

4.5.5 Construction type (scope of work)

4.6 Chapter summary

5 Data analysis

5.1 Regression model analysis

5.1.1 Relation between the level of sustainability and the construction cost

5.1.2 Construction cost per LOS

5.1.3 Influential factors: soft costs vs. hard costs

5.2 Structural equation model

5.2.1 SEM in built environment research

5.2.2 SEM in construction research

5.3 SEM research methodology

5.3.1 Concept of SEM and use in the proposed work

5.3.2 Model development: measure variables

5.3.3 SEM model estimation and evaluation

5.4 SEM analysis findings and discussion

5.4.1 Correlation analysis

5.4.2 Exploratory factor analysis and scale reliability test

5.4.3 SEM fitness (GOF) and negative variance (Haywood case)

5.4.4 SEM model specification

5.4.5 Relationship between the project team characteristics and the sustainable building construction cost

5.4.6 Relationship between project characteristics and the sustainable building construction cost

5.5 Differences

5.6 Chapter summary

Part III The path forward

6 Comparative case study

6.1 Comparative analysis and general GSA practice

6.2 Case 1: Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and US Courthouse

6.2.1 Technical complexity

6.2.2 Sustainability

6.2.3 Procurement and contract

6.2.4 Project team characteristics

6.2.5 Construction cost

6.3 Case 2: Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt Federal Building

6.3.1 Technical complexity

6.3.2 Sustainability

6.3.3 Procurement and contract

6.3.4 Project team characteristics

6.3.5 Construction cost

6.4 Case 3: Howard M. Metzenbaum US Courthouse

6.4.1 Technical complexity

6.4.2 Sustainability

6.4.3 Procurement and contract

6.4.4 Project team characteristics

6.4.5 Construction cost

6.5 Case 4: Federal Center South Building 1202

6.5.1 Technical complexity

6.5.2 Sustainability

6.5.3 Procurement and contract

6.5.4 Project team characteristics

6.5.5 Construction cost

6.6 Case 5: Byron G. Rogers Federal Building and US Courthouse

6.6.1 Technical complexity

6.6.2 Sustainability

6.6.3 Procurement and contract

6.6.4 Project team characteristics

6.6.5 Construction cost

6.7 Case 6: George Thomas “Mickey” Leland Federal Building

6.7.1 Technical complexity

6.7.2 Sustainability

6.7.3 Procurement and contract

6.7.4 Project team characteristics

6.7.5 Construction cost

6.8 Discussion and takeaway

6.8.1 Team skills and experience were key

6.8.2 Collaboration and communication

6.8.3 Technical difficulties and complexity were not always related to sustainability

6.8.4 Innovation

6.9 Chapter summary

7 The path forward

7.1 Debunking the “expensive” perception

7.2 Origins of the misperception

7.2.1 Lack of empirical data

7.2.2 Sustainability and unconventional luxury

7.2.3 Sustainability through a visual lens

7.3 Three principles of a path toward affordable sustainable building

7.3.1 Legislation: sustainability as mandatory (universal)

7.3.2 Professional requirement: sustainability as a design baseline

7.3.3 Investors and developers: sustainability as risk management

7.4 An example of a path forward

7.5 Lessons learned

Index

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