| Author | Search for: Bajraktari, E.1; Search for: Mahn, J.1; Search for: Mueller-Trapet, M.1 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. Construction
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Conference | 26th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, ICSV 2019, July 7-11, 2019, Montreal, Canada |
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| Abstract | Awareness about large energy consumption and global warming risks has encouraged many initiatives for sustainability and energy consumption reduction. As buildings account for large portion of energy consumption worldwide many initiatives address the issue of the sustainability of buildings. There is an increasing trend toward green buildings among building industry in general. This is led mostly by third party non-governmental initiatives such as the US Green Building Council and its LEED green building rating system which has become one of the leading green building initiatives worldwide. Green building rating schemes require buildings to be environmentally friendly, resource and energy efficient and healthy places to live and work. Yet the quality of the buildings certified according to commercially available green building schemes is sometimes questioned. Many studies have found discrepancies between the designed and the actual performance of the certified green buildings. Furthermore, acoustic performance is one of the aspects quite often overlooked by the schemes. In the buildings, acoustics sometimes represents conflicting situations with other aspects of buildings performance such as thermal, or indoor air quality, or even lighting. Therefore it is very important to include the examination of acoustic performance alongside other aspects for a high quality green building. While providing an overview of the common problems reported on the acoustics of green buildings, this paper compares the results of a post-occupancy evaluation of a number of green and conventional buildings. |
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| Publication date | 2019-07-07 |
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| Publisher | Canadian Acoustical Association |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| Export citation | Export as RIS |
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| Record identifier | cfc50510-1ddd-43e7-960a-b62d460e342a |
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| Record created | 2021-01-21 |
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| Record modified | 2021-01-21 |
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