This project, sponsored by the Hong Kong Green Building Council, is to improve the BEAM (Building Environmental Assessment Method) Plus green building standard. In the course of improving this standard, the project identified which credits have low adherence, why certain credits fail to be satisfied, and how to increase the achievement of all credits. The methodology used was to conduct focus groups, interviews, and observations of BEAM certified buildings. From the data collected the team was able to recommend improvements to BEAM credits, new credits to be added to BEAM, and changes to the BEAM scoring system.

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Creator

• Webb, Christina Fatima
• Rangle, Ryan Aaron
• Crespi, John Charles
• Zhang, Lili

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Environment
• Community
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-022514-071852

Keyword

• Construction industry--Environmental aspects

Advisor

• Hou, Zhikun
• Clark, Constance

Year

• 2014

Center

• Hong Kong, China Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Hong Kong Green Building Council
• Lau, Eddy

Date created

• 2014-02-25

Location

• Hong Kong

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright