Environmental Aspects of the Construction Industry Development in Latvia

Kauškale Linda (), Geipele Ineta, Vanags Jānis and Lepkova Natalija
Additional contact information
Kauškale Linda: Institute of the Civil Engineering and Real Estate Economics, Riga Technical University, 6 Kalnciema Str., Riga, LV-1048, Latvia
Geipele Ineta: Institute of the Civil Engineering and Real Estate Economics, Riga Technical University, 6 Kalnciema Str., Riga, LV-1048, Latvia
Vanags Jānis: Institute of the Civil Engineering and Real Estate Economics, Riga Technical University, 6 Kalnciema Str., Riga, LV-1048, Latvia
Lepkova Natalija: Department of Construction Management and Real Estate, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Sauletekio Al. 11, LT-10223, Vilnius, Lithuania

Baltic Journal of Real Estate Economics and Construction Management, 2017, vol. 5, issue 1, 209-225

Abstract: The importance of environmental aspects in construction is growing during the time. The aim of the research is to analyze environmental aspects of construction industry development and related regulations in Latvia, including the last green building certification development tendencies. The analysis, historical, document review and logical access methods have been used in the research. The article also includes overview of the international experience. The results of research show growing importance of environmental aspects in construction process and the necessity for market participants and industry development to consider them.

Keywords: Construction; environment; green building certification; green buildings; Latvia; real estate market; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://doi.org/10.1515/bjreecm-2017-0016 (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:vrs:bjrecm:v:5:y:2017:i:1:p:209-225:n:16

DOI: 10.1515/bjreecm-2017-0016

Access Statistics for this article

Baltic Journal of Real Estate Economics and Construction Management is currently edited by Ineta Geipele

More articles in Baltic Journal of Real Estate Economics and Construction Management from Sciendo
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Peter Golla ().