TY - JOUR
T1 - Spatial variation among green building certification categories
T2 - Does place matter?
AU - Cidell, Julie
AU - Beata, Alexander
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported through the Howard and Ruth Roepke Endowment for Undergraduate Scholarships and Research Opportunities, Department of Geography, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and through the Campus Research Board, UIUC. The authors would also like to thank Professor Sara McLafferty, UIUC, for her advice in statistical testing and the anonymous reviewers for their comments.
PY - 2009/6/30
Y1 - 2009/6/30
N2 - Given the increasing interest in sustainability within the academy, government, and the private sector, it is important to know the extent to which steps currently being taken towards sustainability differ from place to place. Namely, this paper seeks to determine the existence of a spatial pattern in the implementation of the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards. For example, is green energy used more often in one part of the country, or is water conservation practiced more heavily in one region? Variation among the implementation of various LEED certification categories and variation across space were both considered and found to be statistically significant. Variation among categories is more pronounced than variation among regions, especially when the most spatially specific subcategories are isolated and considered. Altogether, this study underscores the importance of place in the growing green building field, and underlines the need for more spatially sensitive certification standards.
AB - Given the increasing interest in sustainability within the academy, government, and the private sector, it is important to know the extent to which steps currently being taken towards sustainability differ from place to place. Namely, this paper seeks to determine the existence of a spatial pattern in the implementation of the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards. For example, is green energy used more often in one part of the country, or is water conservation practiced more heavily in one region? Variation among the implementation of various LEED certification categories and variation across space were both considered and found to be statistically significant. Variation among categories is more pronounced than variation among regions, especially when the most spatially specific subcategories are isolated and considered. Altogether, this study underscores the importance of place in the growing green building field, and underlines the need for more spatially sensitive certification standards.
KW - Green buildings
KW - LEED
KW - Spatial distribution
KW - Sustainable development
KW - Urban redevelopment
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U2 - 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.12.001
DO - 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.12.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:67349251520
SN - 0169-2046
VL - 91
SP - 142
EP - 151
JO - Landscape and Urban Planning
JF - Landscape and Urban Planning
IS - 3
ER -