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    Assessing the impact of experienced project team members in green building projects
    (Ceylon Institute of Builders, 2015-06) Venkataraman, V; Cheng, JCP; Sandanayake, YG; Fernando, NG; Karunasena, GI
    Project experience is generally regarded as highly valuable in the architecture, engineering and construction industry. This is also true for green building projects, which often need to deal with new building technologies and processes. This paper attempts to study the importance of experienced project team members for successful planning and executing of green building projects. Certified LEED green building projects in Canada were studied in this research. Project information, project team information, green building certification grade, and certification year were collected and analyzed using a link analysis technique. Organisations that have been involved in multiple green building projects and their inter-organisational interactions were identified. The results show that projects certified with higher green building certification grades often involve more experienced project team members, and that working with experienced team members can reinforce mutual experience as compared with working with less experienced member.
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    Assessing the Impact of Experienced Project Team Members in Green Building Projects
    (2015-08-20) Venkataraman, V; Cheng, JCP
    Project experience is generally regarded as highly valuable in the architecture, engineering and construction industry. This is also true for green building projects, which often need to deal with new building technologies and processes. This paper attempts to study the importance of experienced project team members for successful planning and executing of green building projects. Certified LEED green building projects in Canada were studied in this research. Project information, project team information, green building certification grade, and certification year were collected and analyzed using a link analysis technique. Organisations that have been involved in multiple green building projects and their inter-organisational interactions were identified. The results show that projects certified with higher green building certification grades often involve more experienced project team members, and that working with experienced team members can reinforce mutual experience as compared with working with less experienced member.
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    Identifying the Success Factors and Failure Factors of Green Building Projects
    (2015-08-20) Venkataraman, V; Cheng, JCP
    There is a global trend of green building projects over the world. In mature green building markets like the United States and Australia, there are well established green building certification systems and advanced technologies are often used in green building projects. On the other hand, in developing green building markets such as India and Korea, green building certification systems are still evolving and there is a steady increase in the number of green building projects. Despite the difference in the two kinds of green building markets, green building projects may face similar needs and challenges for successful project execution. Through questionnaire survey, this study aims to identify the success factors and failure factors of green building projects, and to compare the factors in mature green building markets with those in developing green building markets. Over 37 green building experts have completed the survey in this study. The findings show that commitment from project participants and effective collaboration among participants are common key success factors for green building projects, whereas cost consideration and lack of incentives from government are major failure factors in both kinds of green building markets. The findings also show different perceived importance of issues like collaboration, green building technologies, and project delivery methods in the two kinds of markets. This study helps practitioners in the industry to strategize and manage their green building projects effectively.
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    Identifying the success factors and failure factors of green building projects
    (Ceylon Institute of Builders, 2015-06) Venkataraman, V; Cheng, JCP; Sandanayake, YG; Fernando, NG; Karunasena, GI
    There is a global trend of green building projects over the world. In mature green building markets like the United States and Australia, there are well established green building certification systems and advanced technologies are often used in green building projects. On the other hand, in developing green building markets such as India and Korea, green building certification systems are still evolving and there is a steady increase in the number of green building projects. Despite the difference in the two kinds of green building markets, green building projects may face similar needs and challenges for successful project execution. Through questionnaire survey, this study aims to identify the success factors and failure factors of green building projects, and to compare the factors in mature green building markets with those in developing green building markets. Over 37 green building experts have completed the survey in this study. The findings show that commitment from project participants and effective collaboration among participants are common key success factors for green building projects, whereas cost consideration and lack of incentives from government are major failure factors in both kinds of green building markets. The findings also show different perceived importance of issues like collaboration, green building technologies, and project delivery methods in the two kinds of markets. This study helps practitioners in the industry to strategize and manage their green building projects effectively.