The Role of team leadership in achieving LEED certification of a green building project

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