TY - JOUR
T1 - Stakeholder based weights of new sustainability indicators providing pandemic resilience for residential buildings
AU - Tokazhanov, Galym
AU - Tleuken, Aidana
AU - Durdyev, Serdar
AU - Otesh, Nurlan
AU - Guney, Mert
AU - Turkyilmaz, Ali
AU - Karaca, Ferhat
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the financial support from Nazarbayev University Faculty Development Competitive Research Grant Program (FDCRGP; Funder Project Reference: 280720FD1904).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - During COVID-19, the building and service characteristics of residential buildings turned out to be more critical due to lockdowns. The present research assesses the importance of new sustainability indicators for residential buildings in three categories (e.g., Health and Safety, Environmental Resources Consumption, and Comfort) that provide resilience for pandemic periods. The opinions of stakeholders on the identified indicators were collected and then analyzed. ‘Health and Safety’ category is found to be the most critical among the others. The prevention of virus propagation, mental health, and building air quality are three crucial indicators playing essential roles in the health and safety category. In more detail, innovative smart technologies, including touchless technologies, are identified as a priority in preventing virus propagation. Outdoor spaces and safe indoor places for socialization are weighted as essential in supporting the well-being and mental health of the resident. Finally, air filtration and segregation of medical waste indicators are considered critical in preventing the spread of viruses. There was a consensus among the local and international experts since they did not significantly report differing opinions for the majority of the indicators. However, there was a shift in experts’ opinions towards pandemic-oriented indicators compared to conventional sustainability indicators.
AB - During COVID-19, the building and service characteristics of residential buildings turned out to be more critical due to lockdowns. The present research assesses the importance of new sustainability indicators for residential buildings in three categories (e.g., Health and Safety, Environmental Resources Consumption, and Comfort) that provide resilience for pandemic periods. The opinions of stakeholders on the identified indicators were collected and then analyzed. ‘Health and Safety’ category is found to be the most critical among the others. The prevention of virus propagation, mental health, and building air quality are three crucial indicators playing essential roles in the health and safety category. In more detail, innovative smart technologies, including touchless technologies, are identified as a priority in preventing virus propagation. Outdoor spaces and safe indoor places for socialization are weighted as essential in supporting the well-being and mental health of the resident. Finally, air filtration and segregation of medical waste indicators are considered critical in preventing the spread of viruses. There was a consensus among the local and international experts since they did not significantly report differing opinions for the majority of the indicators. However, there was a shift in experts’ opinions towards pandemic-oriented indicators compared to conventional sustainability indicators.
KW - Coronavirus
KW - COVID-19
KW - Green buildings
KW - SARS-CoV-2
KW - Stakeholder assessment
KW - Sustainability assessment
KW - Sustainability rating tools
KW - SDG11
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U2 - 10.1016/j.scs.2021.103300
DO - 10.1016/j.scs.2021.103300
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85113975301
SN - 2210-6707
VL - 75
JO - Sustainable Cities and Society
JF - Sustainable Cities and Society
M1 - 103300
ER -
