Abstract:
Teamwork is vital for green building projects in achieving LEED certification. Members of
the team and the team leader should be able to work as a team for a synergetic outcome, to
manage the project scope, follow the LEED certification procedure and other activities
together; communicate with the team and stakeholders, manage conflicts, solve disputes,
make decisions, control resources, deal with project and LEED challenges, achieve
milestones and deadlines and finally achieve the project objectives and LEED certification.
To accomplish these objectives, the project team members should have appropriate
leadership roles which should be employed in the team environment for effective
performance outcomes. Literature findings confirm the need for managing green building
projects differently from ordinary projects. This dissertation present a research aimed at
explore the role of team leadership in achieving LEED certification for green building
project through case study research approach. The research confirm the team leadership role
of team members is very important for achieve LEED certification for green building
projects successfully and observed the way of project leader adopted the team member’s
team leadership role within the team. Also the research identifies leadership traits for meet
the LEED challenges and observes increasing level of interdependency among team
members with the development of leadership. Based on these findings, the research suggests
a new project team environment enabled by effective leadership to meet the LEED
challenges. It is argued that the team leadership role of every team member is unique and
best suited to achieving LEED certification for the project. The research further offered
benefits and application of team leadership role in green building projects, also identifies the
transformation of team relationship with the leadership development of team members. The
research would be beneficial for professionals in green building projects and persons in the
construction industry in genera
