Occupational Safety and Health in Green Buildings: LEED PtD Pilot Credit Analysis

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• Personal Author:
  Behm M ; Pearce A ; Behm M ; Pearce A
• Description:
  Green building represents a significant evolution of the construction industry in the United States and worldwide. High performance green buildings are becoming more prevalent in the US and beyond, with both market forces and public policy driving the development of green projects at an ever-increasing rate (Ahn & Pearce 2007; Pearce et al. 2017; McGraw-Hill, 2013). McGraw-Hill Construction (2013) reports that the green building market is becoming standard design and construction practice in the United States, growing from 2% in 2005 to 44% in 2012. Green facilities can be defined as facilities that have net environmental benefits over their lifecycles compared to conventional construction, including benefits for occupants of their indoor environments as well as the natural environment (Pearce & Kleiner 2014). These facilities offer a number of advertised and potential benefits to their owners and/or occupants, and environment, including a healthier indoor environment, increased resource efficiency and reduced operating costs, and overall lower impact on the natural environment (discussed in Pearce et al. 2017). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Construction Industry Construction Workers Environmental Impacts Intervention Occupational Safety Policy Prevention Through Design PTD
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report ; Report
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; North Carolina ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-62
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057696
• Citation:
  Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2017 Aug; :1-62
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction ; Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational safety and health in green buildings: LEED PtD Pilot Credit analysis
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/214953/cdc_214953_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 645.88 KB ]