Moving to sustainable buildings: paths to adopt green innovations in developed countries

Abstract

This book is an important contribution to the growing field of sustainable building. The First Conference on Sustainable Construction, organised in 1993 by the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB), set the broad issue of sustainability in building on the international research agenda. Scholars from various disciplines joined the conference in Tampa, Florida, which was hosted by the Center of Construction and Environment of the University of Florida, and chaired by Professor Charles Kibert. Sustainable architecture and urban planning, handling of construction and demolition waste, management of building projects, and systems of sustainable innovation were all addressed. The conference concluded with the announcement of an intention to further investigate these topics. Since then, many scholars have focussed on sustainability in building, and today, twenty years later, a number of noteworthy research projects and publications are produced in the expanding field of sustainable building innovation. Scholars have not stopped investigating the theme, and even in times when public attention decreased, researchers continued to develop projects in order to improve knowledge regarding and provide insights into this important issue.