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Towards a Sustainable Built Environment : Case Silverdal

<p>This paper intends to give the reader a wider knowledge about sustainable construction by taking a closer look at what drivers and goals have been of most importance in Silverdal - a construction project with environmental commitment and focus on energy efficiency. The research is formed by using a compilation of variables, such as regulation, brand building and risk management, which serve as a base for the qualitative research of the case study. The empirical findings have been gathered by interviewing people responsible for the Silverdal project. These findings imply that compliance with regulations has become more important with time and that brand building can still have greater relevance than long-term commitment to environmental related risk management. Also, economic benefits seem to be the most desired ones at the expense of making a contribution to real sustainability.</p>

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:uu-111666
Date January 2009
CreatorsMyllynpää, Ninja, Oskarsson, Linda
PublisherUppsala University, Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Department of Business Studies
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, text
RelationWorking paper / Företagsekonomiska institutionen vid Uppsala universitet, 0280-1604

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