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Using building adaptation to deliver sustainability in Australia Wilkinson, Sara, Reed, Richard and James, Kimberley 2009, Using building adaptation to deliver sustainability in Australia, Structural survey, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 46-61. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads wilkinson-usingbuiilding-post-2009.pdf Author's post print application/pdf 751.00KB 439 Title Using building adaptation to deliver sustainability in Australia Author(s) Wilkinson, Sara Reed, Richard James, Kimberley Journal name Structural survey Volume number 27 Issue number 1 Start page 46 End page 61 Total pages 16 Publisher Emerald Group Publishing Place of publication Bingley, England Publication date 2009 ISSN 0263-080X 1758-6844 Keyword(s) buildings regeneration sustainable development urban areas office buildings Australia Summary Purpose – This paper seeks to establish the rationale for existing office building adaptation within Melbourne, Australia, as the city strives to become carbon neutral by 2020. The problems faced by policy makers to determine which buildings have the optimum adaptation potential are to be identified and discussed. Design/methodology/approach – This research adopts the approach of creating a database of all the buildings in the Melbourne CBD including details of physical, social, economic and technological attributes. This approach will determine whether relationships exist between attributes and the frequency of building adaptation or whether triggers to adaptation can be determined. Findings – This research provided evidence that a much faster rate of office building adaptation is necessary to meet the targets already set for carbon neutrality. The findings demonstrate that a retrospective comprehensive examination of previous adaptation in the CBD is a unique and original approach to determining the building characteristics associated with adaptation and whether triggers can be identified based on previous practices. The implication is that a decision-making tool should be developed to allow policy makers to target sectors of the office building stock to deliver carbon neutrality within the 2020 timeframe. Practical implications – Drastic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions are required to mitigate global warming and climate change and all stakeholders should be looking at ways of reducing emissions from existing stock. Originality/value – This paper adds to the existing body of knowledge by raising awareness of the way in which the adaptation of large amounts of existing stock can be fast tracked to mitigate the impact of climate change and warming associated with the built environment, and in addition it establishes a framework for a decision-making tool for policy makers. Notes Reproduced with the kind permission of the copyright owner. Language eng Field of Research 129999 Built Environment and Design not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 961208 Rehabilitation of Degraded Urban and Industrial Environments HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2009, Emerald Group Publishing Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30024952 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Life and Environmental Sciences Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 09 Mar 2010, 13:13:07 EST Tue, 09 Mar 2010, 13:17:18 EST Fri, 12 Mar 2010, 12:23:49 EST Mon, 15 Mar 2010, 10:54:25 EST Wed, 17 Mar 2010, 09:07:00 EST Thu, 26 Aug 2010, 11:37:16 EST Fri, 06 Jul 2012, 12:42:31 EST Filtered Full Citation counts: Cited 24 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 420 Abstract Views, 440 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 09 Mar 2010, 13:13:02 EST by Sandra Dunoon

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