Article
Construction & Building Technology
Basel Elkhapery, Peiman Kianmehr, Ryan Doczy
Summary: Pursuing green building certification for major renovation projects, including schools, has benefits such as resource efficiency, reduced operation costs, and improved indoor environment. An optimization model was developed to help achieve cost-effective LEED certifications, with most schools advised to upgrade to the Gold certificate level for significant energy and water savings. The proposed investments in water and energy conservation could be retrieved within a maximum of seven years.
JOURNAL OF BUILDING ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Prescott C. Ensign, Shawn Roy, Tom Brzustowski
Summary: The study found that LEED certification does not have a significant impact on net asking rent. Key stakeholders in Toronto's office building sector stated that decisions to pursue LEED certification are influenced by a combination of factors, not just financial considerations.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Sorena Vosoughkhosravi, Lesheena Dixon-Grasso, Amirhosein Jafari
Summary: This article investigates the energy consumption and occupant comfort of a LEED-certified residential college building compared to non-LEED-certified buildings on a university campus. The results showed that the LEED-certified building had higher energy consumption rates but also a higher satisfaction rating for overall comfort.
JOURNAL OF BUILDING ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Business
Karen Clay, Edson Severnini, Xiaochen Sun
Summary: This paper analyzes the impact of LEED certification on energy consumption of federally owned buildings that underwent retrofits between 1990 and 2019. Through a difference-in-differences propensity score matching approach, two main findings emerge. First, despite federal goals for energy savings, LEED-certified retrofits did not result in statistically significant energy savings on average. Second, LEED buildings with higher energy scores demonstrated greater energy efficiency after certification, with economically meaningful improvements. The lack of average energy savings may be attributed to trade-offs in acquiring certification points, changes in energy use after the certification period, and overall energy efficiency improvements in federal buildings.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jonghoon Kim, Soo-Young Moon, Daehee Jang, Herie Park
Summary: In this study, we comprehensively examined the factors influencing energy consumption in LEED-certified buildings using different models. Our findings indicate that temperature, geographic distribution, and functional diversity have a significant impact on energy usage. This has important implications for LEED building design and construction, and also provides new avenues for further research.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Wesley Malcorps, Richard W. Newton, Silvia Maiolo, Mahmoud Eltholth, Changbo Zhu, Wenbo Zhang, Saihong Li, Michael Tlusty, David C. Little
Summary: Seafood supply chains are complex, with cultural differences influencing how seafood is advertised at trade shows. Chinese seafood shows focus more on food safety and quality, while European and American shows emphasize sustainability certifications and messaging. Traders play a crucial role in consumer choices, making it essential to convey production processes and sustainability issues between businesses to better communicate product characteristics.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chen Gao, Gang Li, Yaolin Du, Yaru Wanyan
Summary: This study investigates the impacts of face and relational benefits on farmers' repurchase intentions for agricultural inputs, and the moderating effect of relational benefits on the relationship between face and repurchase intention. The findings indicate that face and relational benefits exert positive effects on farmers' repurchase intentions, but relational benefits negatively moderate the relationship between face intentions and repurchase intention. This research sheds light on the dilemmas faced by farmers when making repurchase decisions and provides valuable practical implications for agricultural retailers.
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Leonora Fuxman, Iris Mohr, Ali B. Mahmoud, Nicholas Grigoriou
Summary: This theoretical synthesis explores sustainability marketing in the fashion industry, offering an updated articulation of sustainability marketing based on current scholarly perspectives. It develops a new sustainability marketing model, the 3Ps of sustainability marketing (Preservation, Public, and Performance), in addition to the traditional 4Ps. The paper considers the role of these new 3Ps in the fashion industry, taking into account the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The model provides an integrated framework for designing marketing strategies consistent with sustainability marketing in the fashion industry, and presents new post-pandemic opportunities.
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Svetlana Pushkar
Summary: This study identified different certification strategies for LEED-CI v4 gold-certified office projects in California's cities and explored these strategies using life-cycle assessments. The results showed that some strategies were more environmentally beneficial in different time frames, suggesting that analyzing LCA of LEED certification strategies can help refine the best sustainable approach.
Article
Environmental Studies
Senhong Cai, Zhonghua Gou
Summary: Green buildings (GBs) and green spaces (GSs) are important drivers of urban Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but the spatial relationship between them has not been extensively studied. This research used Texas and its major cities as case studies to compare the availability and accessibility of GSs to GBs and non-green buildings. The study found that GBs have uneven distribution and lower access to GSs compared to non-green buildings, and the GB certification level does not significantly impact GS access. The study suggests improvements to the certification content to better incorporate GSs and optimize GB certification programs.
Article
Forestry
Camila Fagundes, Dusan Schreiber, Moema Pereira Nunes, Maria Eduarda Fernandes
Summary: Most of the FSC certified companies in Brazil achieved economic, social, and environmental benefits through certification, with only one company failing to achieve the expected economic benefits.
Article
Architecture
Rebecca Moriarty Davis, Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Brian Dunbar
Summary: Construction project owners worldwide require compliance with the LEED green building rating system to meet sustainability goals, but the certification process can be cumbersome without clear guidance. This study focuses on a school district in the United States and finds that the district's LEED requirements do not align with actual outcomes, indicating the need for strategies to successfully streamline the certification process. The study identifies four strategies for owners with a high volume of construction projects: targeted scorecards, documentation templates, integration with specifications, and alignment with design guidelines.
JOURNAL OF GREEN BUILDING
(2023)
Review
Construction & Building Technology
Vidhyalakshmi Chandrasekaran, Jolanta Dvarioniene
Summary: This study reviewed existing building environmental assessment methods that have integrated life cycle assessment (LCA) and compared the most adopted methods. The findings show that most methods focus more on the operational stage and each method has its own characteristics in terms of users, criteria, and regions.
ADVANCES IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
(2022)
Review
Environmental Sciences
D. Vakalis, C. Lepine, H. L. MacLean, J. A. Siegel
Summary: This review examines the relationship between green building certification schemes and student performance outcomes in schools, finding that indoor air quality and acoustic performance are the building factors with the strongest research supporting associations with academic outcomes. Additionally, factors related to the school site and daylighting are identified as important targets for future research.
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Safeer Abbas, Omer Saleem, Mujasim Ali Rizvi, Syed Minhaj Saleem Kazmi, Muhammad Junaid Munir, Shahid Ali
Summary: This study examined and compared the energy performance of various local buildings in the construction industry. Building energy simulation tools were used to construct 3D building models and assess their cost and energy savings. The study found that the window-to-wall ratio had less impact on energy use in office buildings compared to normal houses. It also explored the effects of building materials, window positions, and orientations on energy performance. Three-pane glass windows and wood walls showed significant improvements in energy efficiency. According to US-LEED guidelines, the tested buildings achieved high ratings in energy use and cost performance.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2022)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Daniel C. Matisoff, Ross Beppler, Gabriel Chan, Sanya Carley
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Marilyn A. Brown, Blair Beasley, Fikret Atalay, Kim M. Cobb, Puneet Dwiveldi, Jeffrey Hubbs, David M. Iwaniek, Sudhagar Mani, Daniel Matisoff, Jaqueline E. Mohan, Jeffrey Mullen, Michael Oxman, Daniel Rochberg, Michael Rodgers, Marshall Shepherd, Richard Simmons, Laura Taylor, L. Beril Toktay
Summary: This paper introduces a systematic approach developed for Georgia to analyze the baseline carbon footprint and trends, identify impactful state-specific carbon reduction solutions, estimate their greenhouse gas reduction potential and associated costs and benefits, and consider their impact on societal priorities. By examining solutions identified in Project Drawdown, the paper presents 20 high-impact 2030 solutions for reducing Georgia's carbon footprint using market-ready technologies and practices, including negative emission solutions.
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Marilyn A. Brown, Puneet Dwivedi, Sudhagar Mani, Daniel Matisoff, Jacqueline E. Mohan, Jeffrey Mullen, Michael Oxman, Michael Rodgers, Richard Simmons, Blair Beasley, Lalith Polepeddi
Summary: Localized carbon reduction strategies are vital in regions lacking top-down climate leadership, such as Georgia. The paper demonstrates the use of coupled systems in assessing sub-national climate solutions, showing how place-specific climate action plans can be derived from global and national research. By incorporating solution interdependencies and including both carbon sources and sinks, a system of 20 solutions could potentially reduce Georgia's carbon footprint by 35% in 2030 compared to business-as-usual forecasts and by 50% compared to 2005 emissions.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
Article
Economics
Federico Etro, Douglas Noonan
JOURNAL OF CULTURAL ECONOMICS
(2021)
Article
Political Science
Evan M. Mistur, John Wagner Givens, Daniel C. Matisoff
Summary: The COVID-19 crisis led to the rapid implementation of social distancing policies worldwide. The variation in policy adoption raised questions about the reasons behind countries adopting these policies. This study finds that peer effects, particularly mimicry among geographical neighbors, political peers, and linguistic agnates, drive policy diffusion and shape countries' policy choices.
REVIEW OF POLICY RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Economics
Douglas S. Noonan, Shiri M. Breznitz, Sana Maqbool
Summary: The study shows that economic activity and innovation clusters in urban areas have important knowledge and productivity spillovers, particularly affecting the migration decisions of arts-related entrepreneurs. Factors such as homophily and geographic amenities influence the migration choices of different types of creators.
JOURNAL OF CULTURAL ECONOMICS
(2021)
Article
Business
Douglas S. Noonan
Summary: Research has shown the importance of artists in fostering entrepreneurship, but further exploration is needed to fully understand their roles as entrepreneurial agents.
SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMICS
(2021)
Article
Business
Douglas S. Noonan, Shiri M. Breznitz, Sana Maqbool
Summary: This study analyzes the relocation decisions of creators using the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform, revealing factors influencing why creators move, their destination choice factors, and how these factors vary by crowdfunding project type.
SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMICS
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Douglas S. Noonan, Joanna Woronkowicz, Jessica Sherrod Hale
Summary: Investments in arts infrastructure by higher education institutions can have spillover effects on regional business activities, including jobs and firms, especially in the arts industry. Research findings suggest that these investments have a positive and consistent impact on promoting regional economic growth.
JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
(2021)
Article
Cultural Studies
Elisabetta Lazzaro, Douglas Noonan
Summary: This article discusses the increasing reliance of arts, culture, and creative industries on crowdfunding (CCCF) in the face of shrinking public and private funding. It highlights the fragmented and untapped potential market of CCCF, citing lack of transparency and trust affected by national regulatory frameworks as main barriers. The importance of regulatory frameworks in enhancing CCCF benefits and limiting barriers and risks is emphasized, with policy recommendations and future research directions suggested.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CULTURAL POLICY
(2021)
Article
Business
Mallory Elise Flowers, Daniel C. Matisoff, Douglas S. Noonan
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2020)
Article
Economics
Christopher J. Blackburn, Mallory E. Flowers, Daniel C. Matisoff, Juan Moreno-Cruz
JOURNAL OF POLICY ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT
(2020)
Article
Business
Vincenzo Buttice, Douglas Noonan
INTERNATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS JOURNAL-RESEARCHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP
(2020)
Article
Public Administration
Joanna Woronkowicz, Douglas Noonan, Kelly LeRoux
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
(2020)