Trends Towards Green Projects

Nader Shokoufi , Iran

Simon Davidson , Canada

RESEARCH TEAM
- YPF SC
-

Michele Kruger
Selena Wilson
Simon Davidson
Manoochehr Azizi

- Iran YPF
-

Manoochehr Azizi
Nader Shokoufi
Arash Emambakhsh
Shahram Sandiani
Mandana Cont

- All other SC members

- A team of academic
researchers

RESEARCH OVERVIEW
Survey Based
138 YPs
39 Senior Managers

Acceptable coverage worldwide (18 Countries)

YP Participants
Participants
Iran
Canada
Japan
South Africa
China
US
India
UK
Kuwait
Australia

YP Participants
Participants

40%
Developing
Developed
60%

Senior Participants
Participants
Iran
China
Japan
Canada
South Africa
Nigeria
Romania
India
Kuwait

Senior Participants

15%

Developing
Developed

85%

Gender Distribution
Senior

YP

%5
%26
Male
Female
%74

%95

Age Distribution

YP

Senior
Under 25

9%

26 to 30

28%

41 To 50

24%
33%

31 to 35
more than 35

30%

under 40

46%

51 To 60
more than 60

22%
8%

YP Participants
In-job Training

Training in University

22%
33%
Yes
67%

No
78%

%58 with NO Training

YP Participants
Well-defined program to keep Sustainable
developments codes up-to-date
Training Program on Green/Sustainable
Projects
Replacing print with electronic documents

Specialty in Green Projects

Executing Green Projects in recent years
Well-defined strategy on Green Projects
Code of Conduct on Sustainable Projects
Code of Conduct on Green Projects

A facility recycling program in place to

segregate paper, plastics, and waste into wet
and dry
52.90%
44.93%

40.58%
31.16%

30.43%
23.91%

20.29%
11.59%

18.84%
13.04%

Seniors
Specialty in Green Projects
Executing green projects recently
Strategy on Green Projects
Code of conduct on sustainable projects
Replacing print with electronic Documents

Program to keep the Sustainability codes upto-date

Training Program on Green/Sustainable
Projects
Recycling program

75%

46%
40%
35%
31%
24%

24%

13%
7%

YP Participants
Considerations in the projects
Utilizing renewal energies on projects

Preserving floral environment

Preserving existing fauna environment on projects

Water recycling system for projects

Wastewater filtering system for projects

Construction duration

Materials storage depot

Duration and place for waste disposal

Sustainable transportation

CO2 emission

Waste recycling

Noise pollution

Electricity consumption

Greenness of the product

70

67

65

62
60
59

60

57

56
55

53

58
57

54
51
49

50
45
40

47
42

Senior Managers
Considerations in the projects
70%
66%

66%

65%
62%

61%
60%

60%
57%

59%

58%

58%
57%
56%

55%
52%
50%

45%

40%

49%

56%

YPs awareness
3. How much do Young Professionals in your company know about
Green/Sustainable Projects?
3% 3%
14%

17%

Extremely
Quite a bit
Moderately
Alittle
28%

Very slightly
35%

Not at all

Outcome of Green projects for YPs

Better job opportunities in engineers careers
Promotion for engineers in company
Payment raise for engineers
Gaining credibility in company
Gaining public trusts for company
Gaining credibility for company and its engineers in industry
Increase in self-confidence to offer new solutions by Young Professionals
Making the Young Professionals role more important
Increase in projects cost
Increase in projects timeline
80
75
73

75

73
70

70
65

67

67
64
61
59

60
55
50

48

45
40
1

Outcome of Green projects for Companies

Increase the companys profits

Enhance the Companys image

Increase the Companys marketing ability

Enhance the Companys Managers image

Attract public trust

Increase the YPs role in the company

Increase the YPs self-confidence to introduce new ideas

Increase the projects work

Increase the projects cost

Increase the projects time

80%
75%
70%
70%

70%

69%

66%
61%

60%

61%

59%
54%

50%

40%

49%

Influential groups awareness

90
80
70
60
50
40
30

Knowledge
Importance

Obstacles preventing Green projects

10. Considering your job experience, which of the following do you think stops projects
from being Green/Sustainable in your country?
Lack of knowledge for Green Projects by Clients

Lack of sufficient Laws

Lack of notice to the necessity to Green/Sustainable

projects by senior managers of consulting companies
Lack of notice to the necessity to Green/Sustainable
projects by Young Professionals of consulting companies
Lack of sufficient training programs for Managers and
Engineers
Difficulty in provision of Green Materials

Wrong policies
Lack of public motivation
Lack of confidence in Green Projects by
Governments
Lack of knowledge for Green Projects by
Governments
70.29%

65.22%

63.77%
56.52%
48.55%
33.33%

46.38%

50.00%

50.00%

28.26%

67.39%

63.04%

Analysis
Knowledge/Education vs Creativity
Results
-

67% with no education in University

75% think that Green project results in new solution

80% think that YP are more creative when working on Green project

Observation
The lack of knowledge from education or experience forces YP to
developed a unique expertise and adapted solutions to the
specifics of their projects but as the potential to repeat similar
errors of conception as there is no centralized standard.

Analysis
Global Warming
Results
-

42% for CO2 Emissions

49% for Noise Pollution

51% for Waste Recycling

Future Trend
The introduction of the Carbon Exchange Market will help rise
the consideration of carbon emission in projects as it might
become more economically advantageous over its life cycle.

Analysis
Marketing
Results
-

90% for gaining Public Trust

Observation
We believe that this should not be a mean to an end as green
project should be developed only to benefit the environment and
society. But this general marketing of accomplishments of green
project is a very effective way to continuously promote the value
and the need of greener project toward the society.

Analysis
Project Impact
Results
-

81% for Increased Project Cost

71% for Increased Project Duration

Recommendations
Total project life cycle cost analysis.

Analysis
Order
1

Knowledge
Decision Making Power
Decision Making Power
Medium Management
Government Client

Young Professional

Senior Management

NGO

Medium Management

Senior Management

Private Client

Private Client

Policy Makers

Government Client

Senior State Manager

Policy Makers

Young Professional

Senior State Manager

NGO

Summary
- Enhances company image
- Enhances the credibility
- Influences the future of the profession

Not enough consideration in the projects

Not enough training in the industry
Not enough awareness in the policy makers
Not enough legal and financial incentives

 FIDIC

ACTIONS

International bodies
Manuals

MAs
Governments and Policy Makers
Media
Best practices

Companies
Clients
Training