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Adedeji, J A, Fadamiro, J A and Odeyale, T O (2019) Design toolkits for campus open spaces from post-occupancy evaluations of federal universities in South-west Nigeria. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 10(02), 296–311.

Charles, S, Vidyaratne, H and Melagoda, D G (2019) Prospects and restraints of green roofs for high-rise buildings in Sri Lanka. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 10(02), 246–60.

Fasna, M and Gunatilake, S (2019) Overcoming barriers for building energy efficiency retrofits: insights from hotel retrofits in Sri Lanka. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 10(02), 277–95.

Jayasena, N S, Mallawaarachchi, H and De Silva, L (2019) Environmental sustainability of facilities management. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 10(02), 261–76.

Ohueri, C C, Enegbuma, W I and Habil, H (2019) MyCREST embedded framework for enhancing the adoption of green office building development in Sarawak. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 10(02), 215–30.

Pandithawatta, T, Zainudeen, N and Perera, C (2019) An integrated approach of Lean-Green construction: Sri Lankan perspective. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 10(02), 200–14.

Shojaei, A, Wang, J and Fenner, A (2019) Exploring the feasibility of blockchain technology as an infrastructure for improving built asset sustainability. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 10(02), 184–99.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Sustainability; Assessment; Information systems; Decision support; Blockchain; Built asset sustainability;
  • ISBN/ISSN: 2044-124X
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-11-2018-0142
  • Abstract:
    The purpose of this paper is to show the feasibility of blockchain technology to perform as an infrastructure for improving built asset sustainability by providing all the necessary information for better decision making at all the stages of its life cycle. Design/methodology/approach Blockchain technology can be used as a tool to build a reliable and secure decentralized information system to capture and disseminate all the data required for different sustainability assessment models. A model is designed and tested through a synthetic scenario to substantiate the research objective with empirical work. Findings It is shown that blockchain can revolutionize the current state of knowledge for long-term sustainability thinking and provide necessary information in different stages of the life cycle of a built asset. With the proposed decentralized, transparent and comprehensive database using blockchain, the life cycle assessment methods can become much more inclusive and reliable. The new holistic analysis of the built asset sustainability enables better decision making in design, build, operation and demolition of each asset. Originality/value This paper proposes and tests a model for using blockchain as an infrastructure to support built asset sustainability. Practitioners from different backgrounds at different stages of a built asset life cycle can use such a network to make better decisions and better assess the sustainability of their built assets.

Unuigbe, M, Zulu, S L and Johnston, D (2020) Renewable energy sources and technologies in commercial buildings. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 10(02), 231–45.