Implications in operation and maintenance of green building in Sri Lanka

Abstract

The Green Building concept has turned out to be one of the appropriate principles for the sustainable development over the world. According to the interviewees' perspectives, there aren't any studies that methodically classify waste generated during building maintenance based on volume, structure, composition, and level of hazard. In this regard, it is possible to look into how this waste might be managed in accordance with the concept of sustainable waste management and contrast it with real-world scenarios in case studies. Green buildings are intended at accomplishing grading levels in green certifications but, most of the developers neglect to maintain the obtained certification category due to various reasons.

Therefore, this study attempts to look into the effects of running and maintaining green buildings. A preliminary analysis of the study's significant green aspects was included. Following that, six green-certified buildings were carefully chosen, and a thorough survey was carried out. A qualitative technique to research was adopted for this study. Manual content analysis and cross-case analysis were used to compile and analyze the data related to the operation and maintenance of green buildings. Through the case study analysis, the significant green features of the green buildings with relevant to operation and maintenance, current operation and maintenance practices, benefits of green building O & M, positive and negative implications of green building O & M, causes for the negative implications and the strategies for better O & M are discussed.

The current study recommends, green building developers to understand and be aware of the implications in operation and maintenance of green buildings. Further, this research attempts to increase the public awareness to influence the government and the private sector to practice O & M procedures and experience their positive implications and to know how to strategically eliminate the causes of negative implications as well.