Herazo, B and Lizarralde, G (2015) The influence of green building certifications in collaboration and innovation processes. Construction Management and Economics, 33(4), pp. 279-298. ISSN 01446193
Abstract
While the paradigm of sustainable development has largely influenced architecture projects worldwide, Green Building Certifications (GBCs) have become the new (increasingly mandatory) standard of project performance. Numerous studies have concentrated on the influence of sustainable development (SD) in the final product: the building. However, more research is still needed in order to understand how GBCs have influenced building processes, particularly collaboration and innovation within architecture projects. In order to fill this gap, this study presents results from 19 interviews with professionals in the built environment and examines three architecture projects conducted in Canada that received a widely popular GBC and were significantly influenced by SD principles during the design and building process. The research applies recent frameworks for exploring stakeholders' interests on GBCs and the collaboration and innovation practices developed by them. Research results show that processes within these projects are shaped by at least four tensions that can either enhance or hinder collaboration and innovation: strategic–tactical, collaborative–competitive, participative–effective and individual–collective. The study highlights the importance of understanding GBC as a process and not only as a final outcome, and thus, to better manage these tensions so that they contribute to product and process performance.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | collaboration; green certifications; innovation; project management; sustainable development |
| Index terms: | Canada, design and building, collaboration, green certification, paradigm, process performance, sustainable development, building process, built environment, green building certification, interview, project performance, project management |
| Subjects: | design process, health safety and environment, education and knowledge transfer, sustainability assessment, project management theory and practice, Geography, infrastructure and transport systems, management, sustainable design, data collection methods, performance measurement, building construction |
| Topics: | Project Management, Site Management, Geographical Context, Research Practice, Quality Management, Design Practice, Sustainability, Organizational Design, Urban Studies, Health and Safety |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTE |
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