Financial incentives for green buildings in Canada : a spatio-temporal analysis
department or school: Applied Science, Faculty of
department or school: Engineering, School of (Okanagan)
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCO
creator: Rana, Anber
issued: 2021-08-16T16:50:05Z
issued: 2021
related degree: Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Green buildings (GBs) are considered to be a more cost-effective and viable solution than transport and other industry sectors to attain carbon mitigation targets. To promote the large-scale adaptation of GBs, one of the key “on-ground efforts” from the government include the development of appropriate financial incentives (FIs). Keeping in view the diverse scope and scale of FIs, an evaluation of FIs is critically important to increase the rate of construction of GBs and to meet desired mitigation targets. The evaluation of FIs involves consideration of the complex nature of building, stakeholders’ perspectives and spatio-temporal design and economic parameters that are rarely considered in conventional studies. Hence, there is a need for pragmatic decision-making that will help in making FIs planning that is beneficial to all stakeholders. In order to address, this need, the main objective of this research is to develop a decision support framework that can evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of FIs available for GBs in Canada. This objective was achieved in five distinct steps. First, the research reviewed the existing status of FIs in Canada and the techniques used to evaluate FIs, which helped to identify knowledge gaps and specific research requirements in this area. The second step determined the impact of occupancy profiles of residential buildings on estimating viable energy-saving measures. The third step investigated the effectiveness of available FIs for a range of design and economic parameters. The fourth step evaluated the efficiency of available FIs for single buildings and neighborhoods from private and government perspectives. The last step investigated the environmental impacts of operation strategies of a public building and trade-offs between human health and their implication on eligible FIs. The framework presents realistic impacts of the variability in occupancy, operation, building archetypes, stakeholders perspectives, location and ec…
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note: FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR GREEN BUILDINGS IN CANADA: A SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS by Anber Rana M.Sc. Eng., University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, 2012 B.Sc. Eng., University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, 2008 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in THE COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Civil Engineering) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Okanagan) August 2021 © Anber Rana, 2021ii The following individuals certify that they have read and recommend to the College of Graduate Studies for acceptance, the dissertation entitled: Financial Incentives for Green Buildings in Canada: A Spatio-temporal Analysis submitted by Anber Rana in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Examining Committee: Dr. Rehan Sadiq, School of Engineering Supervisor Dr. Kasun N. Hewage, School of Engineering Co-supervisor Dr. Shahria M. Alam, School of Engineering Co-supervisor Dr. Sumi Siddiqua, School of Engineering Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Sepideh Pakpour, School of Engineering Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Ahmad Rteil, School of Engineering Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Nathan Pelletier, Faculty of Management University Examiner Dr. Thomas Froese, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Victoria External Examiner iii Abstract Green buildings (GBs) are considered to be a more cost-effective and viable solution than transport and other industry sectors to attain carbon mitigation targets. To promote the large-scale adaptation of GBs, one of the key “on-ground efforts” from the government include the development of appropriate financial incentives (FIs). Keeping in view the diverse scope and scale of FIs, an evaluation of FIs is critically important to increase the rate of construction of GBs and to meet desired mitigation targets. The evaluation of FIs involves consideration of the complex nature of building, stakeholders’ perspectives and spatio-temporal de…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2021-09
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0401419
language: eng
degree discipline: Civil Engineering
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Sadiq, Rehan
contributor: Hewage, Kasun
contributor: Alam, M. Shahria
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/79304