Criteria for the assessment of sustainability of public constructions

Rogério Moreno Perlingeiro (), Mayra Soares Pereira Lima Perlingeiro and Carlos Alberto Pereira Soares
Additional contact information
Rogério Moreno Perlingeiro: Fluminense Federal University (Universidade Federal Fluminense),
Mayra Soares Pereira Lima Perlingeiro: Fluminense Federal University (Universidade Federal Fluminense),
Carlos Alberto Pereira Soares: Fluminense Federal University (Universidade Federal Fluminense),

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2021, vol. 23, issue 10, No 54, 15450-15493

Abstract: Abstract In a context in which public constructions represent a significant portion of many countries' construction activities, assessing these works' sustainability plays a fundamental role in reducing social, economic, and environmental impacts and encouraging the use of more sustainable construction practices. There are currently several assessment systems and methods with different scopes and approaches. However, few consider the specificities of public works. This article proposes a structured set of indicators for assessing public works' sustainability, based on the criteria proposed by the leading researchers working on the topic and those covered by the LEED, SBTool, BREEAM, and Green Star assessment tools. After extensive and detailed bibliographic research, the criteria were categorized, reordered, and unified, resulting in a structure composed of nine categories that add 214 criteria, which can be adapted to the particularities of different types of work, to any region, and at any stage of the cycle of life. The proposed structure, being more comprehensive and flexible than the most used tools, increases public managers' capacity to assess the real situation, understand the right needs, establish changes, and direct their efforts to make their works more sustainable.

Keywords: Public constructions; Sustainable constructions; Criteria for sustainable construction; Sustainability assessment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10668-021-01306-2 Abstract (text/html)
Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.

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:spr:endesu:v:23:y:2021:i:10:d:10.1007_s10668-021-01306-2

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/economics/journal/10668

DOI: 10.1007/s10668-021-01306-2

Access Statistics for this article

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development is currently edited by Luc Hens

More articles in Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().