The feasibility of flexible and adaptive green certification in accelerating zero carbon cities

IF 4.7 2区环境科学与生态学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Development Pub Date : 2024-10-15 DOI:10.1016/j.envdev.2024.101091

Sarah Elariane , Jean Dubé

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Abstract

This research measures the feasibility of using a flexible and adaptative green certification in accelerating the transition toward zero carbon cities. Thus, the EDGE program, a web-based application, is used to evaluate its influence on the number of LEED program certifications in the countries where this web-based application program is applied. A panel dataset of yearly LEED and EDGE-certified buildings numbers is created, and a synthetic control method is implemented for the top five countries for EDGE-certified projects. Counterfactuals are constructed to mimic the number of LEED-certified buildings in a treated country using controls based on countries where no EDGE program is recorded. It can be concluded that the establishment of an EDGE program causes a significant decrease in the number of LEED-certified buildings, especially in Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. The result remains robust when performing several robustness analyses. Analysis does not mean that the LEED will be replaced by the EDGE, but that a significant number of new certifications would change over the coming years. While many studies discussed the barriers for the adoption of green certifications, this research highlights the necessity of directing more research to keep up with updated smart tools and applications to increase the proliferation of the green certifications.

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灵活、适应性强的绿色认证在加速零碳城市建设中的可行性

本研究衡量了使用灵活、适应性强的绿色认证加速向零碳城市过渡的可行性。因此，我们使用 EDGE 程序（一种基于网络的应用程序）来评估其对 LEED 程序认证数量的影响。我们创建了 LEED 和 EDGE 认证建筑数量的年度面板数据集，并对 EDGE 认证项目最多的五个国家采用了合成控制方法。利用基于没有 EDGE 项目记录的国家的控制方法，构建了反事实，以模拟处理过的国家的 LEED 认证建筑数量。可以得出结论，EDGE 项目的建立导致 LEED 认证建筑数量的显著下降，尤其是在哥伦比亚、墨西哥和秘鲁。在进行多项稳健性分析后，结果仍然是稳健的。分析结果并不意味着 LEED 将被 EDGE 所取代，但在未来几年中，大量新认证将发生变化。虽然许多研究都讨论了采用绿色认证的障碍，但本研究强调有必要开展更多研究，以跟上智能工具和应用程序的更新，从而提高绿色认证的普及率。

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Environmental Development Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development

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8.40

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1.90%

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74 days

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