Publishings

There are various global temperature rise and ecosystem impact scenarios, representing uncertainty that affects climate change exposure and vulnerability.  This IPCC report summarizes the current understanding of observed climate change impacts on ecosystems, human societies and their cities, settlements, infrastructur ...

Sustainable procurement management (SPM) as an approach to integrating sustainability into construction projects that takes into account the social, ecological, and economic consequences of procurement decisions.  This study recognizes several challenges that obstruct the effective interaction between stakeholders in a ...

The development and construction of sustainable tourism destinations ensure that the long-term quality performance of their environment and community life will be sustained. Sustainability is key to managing and maintaining the image and competitiveness of tourism destinations. This study focuses on the future environm ...

In construction projects, integration of the three social, economic, and environmental aspects of the triple bottom line (TBL) principle is challenging.  Green building rating schemes, such as LEED and BREEAM, fail to fully consider the projects' life cycle sustainability.  This study presents a sustainable constructio ...

The global construction industry is the world’s largest consumer of raw materials.  Construction accounts for 25%–40% of total carbon emissions globally.  Companies across all sectors of the construction value chain are embedding sustainability into their operations and products, developing innovative green products, a ...