Examining Green Star certification uptake and its relationship with Building Information Modelling (BIM) adoption in New Zealand

Dat Tien Doan; Ali Ghaffarianhoseini; Nicola Naismith; Amirhosein Ghaffarianhoseini; Tongrui Zhang; John Tookey

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109508

Examining Green Star certification uptake and its relationship with Building Information Modelling (BIM) adoption in New Zealand

J Environ Manage. 2019 Nov 15:250:109508. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109508. Epub 2019 Sep 10.

Authors

Dat Tien Doan¹, Ali Ghaffarianhoseini², Nicola Naismith³, Amirhosein Ghaffarianhoseini⁴, Tongrui Zhang⁵, John Tookey⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Built Environment Engineering, School of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, 34 St Paul Street, Auckland Central, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand. Electronic address: dat.doan@aut.ac.nz.
² Department of Built Environment Engineering, School of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, 34 St Paul Street, Auckland Central, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand. Electronic address: alighh@aut.ac.nz.
³ Department of Built Environment Engineering, School of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, 34 St Paul Street, Auckland Central, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand. Electronic address: nicola.naismith@aut.ac.nz.
⁴ Department of Built Environment Engineering, School of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, 34 St Paul Street, Auckland Central, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand. Electronic address: amirhosein.ghaffarianhoseini@aut.ac.nz.
⁵ Department of Built Environment Engineering, School of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, 34 St Paul Street, Auckland Central, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand. Electronic address: tongrui.zhang@aut.ac.nz.
⁶ Deputy Head of School External Engagement, Auckland University of Technology, 34 St Paul Street, Auckland Central, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand. Electronic address: john.tookey@aut.ac.nz.

PMID: 31518797
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109508

Abstract

Although academia has concentrated on issues related to green building recently, Green Star, considered as the primary green rating system in New Zealand, has not caught adequate attention, leading to its slow development with a modest number of certified projects. This research aims to explore the perspectives of the key stakeholders in the New Zealand construction industry towards the use of Green Star, as well as its relationship and possible integration with Building Information Modelling (BIM). Specifically, six themes including 1) benefits of Green Star certification uptake; 2) challenges/barriers to Green Star certification uptake; 3) solutions for Green Star certification uptake; 4) relationship between BIM adoption and Green Star certification uptake; 5) barriers/challenges to the integration of BIM between Green Star; and 6) solutions for the integration between BIM and Green Star were highlighted. The data was collected from 21 semi-structured interviews with industry experts. The results identified a range of benefits and barriers/challenges to the use of Green Star. The research offers a variety of suggestions to encourage Green Star development, with more extensive education playing a critical role, combined with greater integration of BIM with Green Star. The results could be considered baseline information for the construction professionals and academia to have effective strategies towards BIM and Green Star adoption.

Keywords: Building information modelling (BIM); Green BIM; Green rating systems; Green star; New Zealand; New Zealand Green Building Council (NZGBC).

MeSH terms

Certification
Construction Industry*
New Zealand