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Sustainable Interior Architecture and Design (SIAD) impacts energy conservation as well as occupants’ satisfaction, comfort, and physical and psychological wellbeing.  Although its adoption is necessary for achieving the sustainable development and operation of the built environment as well as the relevant sustainable ...

Stewardship is the use of influence by institutional investors to maximize long-term value, including the value of common social, environmental and economic assets on which returns and stakeholder interests depend.  Stewardship and ESG incorporation calls for the inclusion of ESG factors in investment and capital alloc ...

Published in 2013, the report contributed to the development of a post-2015 agenda and the Paris Agreement adopted in 2015 by the United Nations.  It set out a universal agenda to eradicate extreme poverty globally by 2030 and deliver on the promise of sustainable development.  The report addressed issues that are crit ...

The overall goal of sustainable development is to meet our needs today without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs.  The implementation of the sustainable development concept is our greatest challenge.  This special issue invites researchers to the scientific debate on its challenges and oppor ...

Successful sustainable development of projects largely depends on the level of clients’ commitment to sustainable construction practices.  This survey found that the most influential factors were client knowledge and awareness; cost implication and mechanism of financial involvement; economic value and return on invest ...