Stakeholder based weights of new sustainability indicators providing pandemic resilience for residential buildings
Tokazhanov G. Tleuken A. Durdyev S. Otesh N. Guney M. Turkyilmaz A. Karaca F.
December 2021Elsevier Ltd
Sustainable Cities and Society
2021#75
During COVID-19, the building and service characteristics of residential buildings turned out to be more critical due to lockdowns. The present research assesses the importance of new sustainability indicators for residential buildings in three categories (e.g., Health and Safety, Environmental Resources Consumption, and Comfort) that provide resilience for pandemic periods. The opinions of stakeholders on the identified indicators were collected and then analyzed. ‘Health and Safety’ category is found to be the most critical among the others. The prevention of virus propagation, mental health, and building air quality are three crucial indicators playing essential roles in the health and safety category. In more detail, innovative smart technologies, including touchless technologies, are identified as a priority in preventing virus propagation. Outdoor spaces and safe indoor places for socialization are weighted as essential in supporting the well-being and mental health of the resident. Finally, air filtration and segregation of medical waste indicators are considered critical in preventing the spread of viruses. There was a consensus among the local and international experts since they did not significantly report differing opinions for the majority of the indicators. However, there was a shift in experts’ opinions towards pandemic-oriented indicators compared to conventional sustainability indicators.
Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Green buildings , SARS-CoV-2 , Stakeholder assessment , Sustainability assessment , Sustainability rating tools
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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, The Environment & Resource Efficiency Cluster (EREC), Nazarbayev University, Kabanbay Batyr Ave. 53, Nur-Sultan, 010000, Kazakhstan
Department of Architectural and Engineering Studies, Ara Institute of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, Master of Engineering Management Program, Nazarbayev University, Kabanbay Batyr Ave. 53, Nur-Sultan, 010000, Kazakhstan
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Department of Architectural and Engineering Studies
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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