Executive Problems during the Realization of the Investment in Accordance with the LEED Certification Requirements - Case Study

Abstract

Sustainable Construction (SC) occupies a significant place in the activities aimed at achieving the objectives of Sustainable Development (SD). The construction sector has been identified as one of six markets with high innovation potential and going to meet the challenge of taking a number of initiatives aiming to introduce principles of Sustainable Construction. One of the most dynamically developing SC initiatives is the implementation of international environmental certification of buildings. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is among the most popular ecological certification systems, which is designed to provide building owners and managers with a tool to identify and implement practical and measurable solutions in the field of environmentally friendly building design, their construction, use and maintenance. The authors of the article had the opportunity to cooperate with the contractor during the realization of the facility according to the requirements of LEED, observing the implementation standards processes to be met by a certified building during its construction. A building for office use was erected in the center of one of the cities in Poland and aspired for the highest, platinum level in the LEED classification. During the process of erecting, the authors could observe difficulties in realizing the assumptions that the object should meet. In this article, will be presented selected from the occurred implementation problems that took place in the indicated facility.