Honda, Wilson Saburo (2016) Sustainability certificate of corporate offices buildings in Brazil. PhD thesis, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
Abstract
The industrial, commercial and service growth provided the developed societies with many benefits, such as the economic development and the population increase, along with greater work and income opportunities. However, due to the lack of a better understanding about any possible negative impacts the fast growth pace created many social and environmental issues. Because of that, in the last years, there has been a greater concern of a few society groups aiming at using more sustainable practices. The civil construction segment has been no different. The concern with sustainability is a primary topic of several corporate events, either academically, professionally and governmentally. Especially the Office Buildings market has been a target for the use of more sustainable practices, both in its design, project, implementation, operation and revitalization. In order to measure the sustainability of Office Buildings, many companies seek for foreign certificates, with specific limitations as for their use in Brazil, which will be detailed in this paper. In this context, this Thesis aims at designing a system for the SUSTAINABILITY CERTIFICATE OF OFFICES BUILDINGS in Brazil, convenient and needed to treat the national conditions. That required: [i] a bibliographical research on the topic; [ii] building the ATTRIBUTE MATRIX to evaluate the sustainability of OFFICES BUILDINGS; [iii] interviews with influent people in the real estate segment; [iv] visits to relevant OFFICES BUILDINGS for the initial arbitrations; [v] setting the procedures, rules and routine, with validation tests.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Thesis advisor: | Lima Junior, João da Rocha |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | green building; office building; sustainability; sustainable building |
| Index terms: | population, sustainable building, green building, validation, interview, economic development, environmental issue, routine, society, Brazil, real estate, income, implementation, arbitration, sustainable practice, office building |
| Subjects: | construction type, environmental issues, contractual arrangements, economic analysis, economic development, Geography, sustainable construction, demography, communities and social development, data collection methods, dispute resolution, real estate economics, design practice, professional development, sustainable practices, sociology |
| Topics: | Design Practice, Urban Studies, Organizational Design, Research Practice, Information Management, Business Strategy, Construction Technology, Stakeholder Management, Legal Issues, Geographical Context, Procurement, Sustainability |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCE |
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