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dc.contributor.authorTam, Vivian
dc.contributor.authorTam, C.
dc.contributor.authorYiu, T.
dc.contributor.authorCheung, S.
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:06:59Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:06:59Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.date.modified2009-10-12T23:14:58Z
dc.identifier.issn0144-6193
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/01446190600799620
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/14456
dc.description.abstractWith the rise in the public concern on environmental protection, more construction firms start to apply environmental management for their construction activities. As a result, environmental management systems (EMS) have been implemented in construction. However, to improve the construction environment in Hong Kong, environmental performance assessment (EPA) has been designed for reviewing, monitoring, checking and evaluating environmental performance. A list of evaluation factors for EPA are identified and grouped into seven major factors: management and training; air and noise; auditing; waste and water; cost saving on resources; energy; and regulation. The results from a survey highlight that the most important evaluation factor is management and training and the least significant result is regulation. A voluntary approach has been promoted instead of the traditional mandatory system. Furthermore, three case studies are used to test the reliability with seven groups of evaluation factors in measuring the environmental performance for construction. The results from the case study analysis proved the effectiveness of the developed environmental performance assessment. Therefore, the developed environmental performance assessment can benefit the construction industry and help to achieve continuous improvement on environmental performance.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.format.extent164071 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713664979~link=cover
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1113
dc.relation.ispartofpageto1123
dc.relation.ispartofjournalConstruction Management and Economics
dc.relation.ispartofvolume24
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEngineering
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBuilt Environment and Design
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEconomics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode09
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode12
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode14
dc.titleCritical factors for environmental performance assessment (EPA) in the Hong Kong construction industry
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Engineering
gro.rights.copyright© 2006 Taylor & Francis. This is the author-manuscript version of the paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal link for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2006
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorTam, Vivian WY.


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