Drivers for Change: An Organizational Perspective on Sustainable Construction

摘要

The unified framework provides a complete picture to guide all project stakeholders in the process of achieving change both within and across their organizations. However, agents of change must realize that no matter how ambitious their plan for change, sustainability cannot happen overnight. Resistance to change is inherent in any organization, and provisions must be made for incremental change to facilitate the process. This paper provides a roadmap for organizations that are interested in moving toward sustainable facilities and infrastructure systems. By using current practices as a point of departure and enhancing them with feasible actions that gradually begin to shift the current paradigm, the A/E/C industry can make incremental but eventually significant progress toward built environment sustainability. All change begins with a first step, and the first step for the A/E/C industry is to acknowledge that sustainability is a desirable state for the built environment.