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Claudia Calle Müller; Piyush Pradhananga; Mohamed ElZomor – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: The built environment is responsible for approximately 40% of the world's energy consumption, 30% of raw material use, 25% of solid waste, 25% of water use, 12% of land use and 33% of greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, environmental improvement and decarbonization are becoming increasingly critical objectives for the construction industry.…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Sustainability, Construction Industry, Construction Management
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Piccardo, Chiara; Goto, Yutaka; Koca, Deniz; Aalto, Pasi; Hughes, Mark – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: Doctoral candidates possess specialized knowledge that could support sustainability transitions. Doctoral education, however, often focusses on discipline-specific topics and working methods, making it difficult to "see the bigger picture". This summer school on wood construction gathered doctoral candidates from different…
Descriptors: Barriers, Interdisciplinary Approach, Doctoral Programs, Doctoral Students
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Xie, Xiaohuan; Qin, Shiyu; Gou, Zhonghua; Yi, Ming – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: Aiming to find out how to incorporate green building into the architectural curriculum, this study aims to explore the psychological path for cultivating architectural students' awareness and motivation to learn the green design concepts and related technologies. Design/methodology/approach: Based on a global review of relevant…
Descriptors: Building Design, Architectural Education, Energy Conservation, Ecological Factors
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Petratos, Panagiotis; Damaskou, Evangelia – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyze the effects of campus sustainability planning to annual campus energy inflows and outflows in California higher education. The paper also offers a preliminary statistical analysis for the evaluation of impact factors on energy outflows and a link between energy outflows and building…
Descriptors: Energy Conservation, Energy, Campuses, Sustainability