Abstract:
The Green Building concept has turned out to be one of the appropriate principles for
the sustainable development over the world. According to the interviewees'
perspectives, there aren't any studies that methodically classify waste generated during
building maintenance based on volume, structure, composition, and level of hazard.
In this regard, it is possible to look into how this waste might be managed in
accordance with the concept of sustainable waste management and contrast it with
real-world scenarios in case studies. Green buildings are intended at accomplishing
grading levels in green certifications but, most of the developers neglect to maintain
the obtained certification category due to various reasons.
Therefore, this study attempts to look into the effects of running and maintaining green
buildings. A preliminary analysis of the study's significant green aspects was included.
Following that, six green-certified buildings were carefully chosen, and a thorough
survey was carried out. A qualitative technique to research was adopted for this study.
Manual content analysis and cross-case analysis were used to compile and analyze the
data related to the operation and maintenance of green buildings. Through the case
study analysis, the significant green features of the green buildings with relevant to
operation and maintenance, current operation and maintenance practices, benefits of
green building O & M, positive and negative implications of green building O & M,
causes for the negative implications and the strategies for better O & M are discussed.
The current study recommends, green building developers to understand and be aware
of the implications in operation and maintenance of green buildings. Further, this
research attempts to increase the public awareness to influence the government and
the private sector to practice O & M procedures and experience their positive
implications and to know how to strategically eliminate the causes of negative
implications as well.
Citation:
Senaratne, P.C. (2022).Implications in operation and maintenance of green building in Sri Lanka [Master's theses, University of Moratuwa]. Institutional Repository University of Moratuwa. http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/21986