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Assignment

Requirements: Need 4500 words main content. + title page (use data, facts and figures too). offering

You need a Research thesis proposal on Green Rating systems for LEED vs. Envision done by friday morning.

Task

Overall You need this to be about LEED vs Envision rating systems that have to do with airports in America.

What are the differences between LEED and Envision. WHat are the similarities.

This is for Hofstra University. Focus on Airports please. You can use any LEED and Envision Airports only in America. Minimum 17 pages.

Please use at lease 20 educated scholarly citations. Please include methods I should use as well as any data. Please cite facts and figures. LEED stands for leadership in environmental energy and design and Envision is ASCE civil engineering credit system.

Abstract

• Brief Summary For Your Study

• Guideline

• Start With The Issue Or Problem

• Purpose Of The Study (Use "Purpose" "This Study Aims To...." "Objectives"

• Data Collection (What Will You Do In A Proposal, What Did You Do For Other Research)

• Results: Qualitative (Themes) Or Quantitative (Descriptive Statistics) Or Both For Mixed

• Practical Implications Of Your Work

Introductions In Academic Studies

• Not An Abstract!

• Guideline

• State The Research Problem

• Review Studies That Have Addressed The Problem (Brief And High Level...Literature Review Is Detailed...Think Foreshadow)

• Indicate Deficiencies In The Studies

• Advance The Significance Of The Study For Particular Audiences

• State The Purpose Statement (Next Slide)

• List Out Your Research Questions (Next Slide)

• Tell The Reader What They Will Find In The Study (E.G., In Literature Identify The Themes)

The Research Problem

• Describes The Dilemma/Issue/Problem (E.G., Negative Impacts From Climate Change, Water/Air Pollution, Lyme Disease, Veteran's Suffering

From Ptsd, Fashion Is Polluting, Our Food System Is Not Sustainable)

• Often The First Sentence In Your Introduction... Hooks The Reader...

• You Can Have More Than One Problem Too. You Can Use A List...

• Don't Be Overly Technical Here... Hook The Reader...Lower Into The Barrel

Purpose Statements

• Establishes The Intent Of The Entire Study!

• Qualitative Script

• The Purpose Of This ____________ (Qualitative Study, Case Study, Literature Review) Is To _________________ (Understand, Explore, Develop) The _______________ (Central Phenomenon Being Studied) For ______________ (Participants) At _________________ (Where).

• Add Any Further Definitions Needed To Understand Your Study

• Also State What Is Not Included If It Needs Clarifying

Purpose Statements (Continued)

• Quantitative

• The Purpose Of This ______________ (Experiment Or Survey) Study Is To Test The Theory Of ________________ That _______________ (Describes Outcomes) Or ____________ (Compares, Relates) The _____________ (Independent Variable) To _____________ (Dependent Variables), Controlling For _________ (Other Variables) For _______ (Participants) At ___________ (Research Site).

• Include Definitions If Needed To Understand.

• Mixed Methods

• See Recommended Book

Research Questions/Hypothesis

• Specific Questions That Come Out Of Purpose Statement

• Central Questions (Broadest Types Of Questions)

• Sub-Questions (More Specific)

• Qualitative (Read The Questions From The Book)

• Quantitative (Hypothesize) (Only If A Survey Or Experiment)

• Can Start With Descriptive Or Inferential Questions

Methods

• Detailed Procedures For Your Study

• Qualitative, Quantitative, Mixed

• Who, Where, What, And Mostly How

• If You Use Equipment, You Need To Specify The Model Number And Calibration Information. Did You Do Any Duplicates?

• How Did You Do The Statistics? Any Programs?

Results/Discussions/Conclusions

• These Are Different Sections Usually Depending On Your Study.

• Results Only Tell You What You Find. You Describe What You Found. Tables, Graphs, Statistical Results

• Qualitative Usually Has More Detailed Discussion To Highlight The Nuances Found In The Study.

• Conclusion Is Shorter And Draws It All Together.

Readability And Coherence

• Use Consistent Terms Throughout, Particularly For Variables, Don't Confuse The Reader

• Tie Together The Flow With Transitions (Not Just Words Or Phrases, But With Your Research Problems And Purpose Statements)

• 4 Types Of Thoughts (Umbrella, Big Thoughts, Little Thoughts, And Attention Grabbers) (Ask Yourself How To Connect The Thoughts Coherently)

• Try The Hook And Eye Approach To Check For Coherance

Feel free to use these references you do not have to. Please attach a separate document with all literature that was used in complete forms.

Barnes, S., & Castro-Lacouture, D. (2009). BIM-enabled integrated optimization tool for LEED decisions. In Computing in Civil Engineering (2009) (pp. 258-268).

Bray, J., & McCurry, N. (2006). Unintended consequences: how the use of LEED can inadvertently fail to benefit the environment. Journal of Green Building, 1(4), 152-165.

Behr, C. (2014). A Value-Based Rating System for Envision. In ICSI 2014: Creating Infrastructure for a Sustainable World (pp. 744-754).Fann, J. C., & Rakas, J. (2011).