Abstract：
:Environmental Management System (EMS) has been one of the important tools for sustainable construction for around two decades. However, many issues concerning sustainable development have not been properly addressed, and there is a need for the introduction of green specifications to advance green performance in construction through contract management. This paper defines green specifications, identifies the reasons for adopting green specifications and highlights the environmental issues that may not be addressed by solely adopting EMS. It also presents the results of a recent survey of practitioners concerning their opinions towards green specifications and possible impacts arising from their adoption. From the results of the survey, a framework for developing green specifications is deemed valuable for the cities striving for sustainability. Interestingly, the level of acceptable changes brought about by green specifications as perceived by different industry stakeholders is found to be unrelated to whether they were from organizations implementing EMS or not.
journal_name
J Environ Managejournal_title
Journal of environmental managementauthors
Lam PT,Chan EH,Chau CK,Poon CS,Chun KPdoi
10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.10.030subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2011-03-01 00:00:00pages
788-95issue
3eissn
0301-4797issn
1095-8630pii
S0301-4797(10)00362-2journal_volume
92pub_type
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