Development of a conceptual model of sustainable building from a university

Abstract

Introduction: In this paper, the authors aim is to develop a conceptual model that aims to facilitate the processes of implementing sustainability and / or assessment of sustainable performance in a Higher Education Building (HEB). The conceptual model could also be used to compare two or more buildings of higher education in terms of sustainability. Methodology: The authors started the scientific research with the literature review in order to identify and analyze the most relevant aspects that are frequently assess and could influencing the components of sustainability in higher education institutions. These aspects were clustered into categories and for each of them were established objectives and key performance indicators. Results: The main results obtained were presented synthetically in graphical, tabular and mathematical manner. This way of presentation was preferred by the authors for defining and developing the proposed conceptual model. Conclusions: Finally, the authors propose a piloting of the conceptual model in order to validate it, because until now, no testing in physical circumstances of the model has been implemented, it based only on the results identified in the literature review.