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Green Development: A Case for Bangladesh?
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE 2017: METHODOLOGY, pp 135-144
01 Jan 2017
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Abstract
The development of region specific standards for designing green buildings is critical to reduce the impact of buildings on the environment. Buildings consume a majority of the energy and resources produced in the world, and in climate vulnerable regions like Bangladesh, this has profound implications. In order to mitigate the problems of climate change, energy security, water shortage, and air pollution, new buildings must be designed and built with a focus on energy and water conservation, reduction of material waste, flexibility, durability, and comfort. Standards, like the green building council's LEED rating system, developed in the United States, have been exported to other nations, but rapid growth of the built environment in urban centers has outpaced the adoption of many such standards in developing countries.
This paper presents a case study of an interlinings (for garments) factory building in Dhaka, Bangladesh that has been awarded LEED certification. Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is expected to be the third largest city in the world by 2020 and the rapid urban growth experienced by the city in recent decades is one of the highest in the world. This increased rate of urbanization has led to unprecedented building development. To date, reducing the energy and environmental impacts of buildings as a key operational target for development has received relatively little attention. This has resulted in widespread environmental stresses across the city, largely stemming from unplanned development, poor regulatory constraints and law enforcement, exploitation of resources, and the mismanagement of limited land resources (Alam and Mullick 2014).
In this paper, we describe the processes by which the building owners and developers in Dhaka sought after and attained LEED building certification. The process is formatively assessed using several information sources including public records, communication with public officials, and surveys and interviews with owners and occupants. These data are analyzed using qualitative research methods of interpretation, synthesis, meaning condensation, and meaning categorization. It is concluded that the LEED standard as applied in the selected case study can be used to advance building design and construction practices, and offers critical insights into the challenges of green building design and construction for developing countries.
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- Title
- Green Development: A Case for Bangladesh?
- Creators
- Simi Hoque - Drexel University
- Contributors
- L Soibelman (Editor)F PenaMora (Editor)
- Publication Details
- INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE 2017: METHODOLOGY, pp 135-144
- Conference
- INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE 2017: METHODOLOGY
- Publisher
- Amer Soc Civil Engineers
- Number of pages
- 10
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000426799600013
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85035238026
- Other Identifier
- 991019170483504721
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