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Examining and quantifying the drivers behind alterations and extensions to commercial buildings in a central business district Wilkinson, Sara Jane and Reed, Richard 2011, Examining and quantifying the drivers behind alterations and extensions to commercial buildings in a central business district, Construction management and economics, vol. 29, no. 7, pp. 725-735. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Examining and quantifying the drivers behind alterations and extensions to commercial buildings in a central business district Author(s) Wilkinson, Sara Jane Reed, Richard Journal name Construction management and economics Volume number 29 Issue number 7 Start page 725 End page 735 Publisher Routledge Place of publication Abingdon, England Publication date 2011-07 ISSN 0144-6193 Keyword(s) adaptive Australia commercial property refurbishment refurbishment Summary The drive to undertake building adaptation has increased in momentum, the primary reason being adaptation can be less expensive than new build and conventionally result in faster project delivery times. The issue of sustainable development is another clear driver for adaptation and collectively buildings contribute around half of all greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time governments seek effective and efficient ways of reducing the contribution of cities to climate change and building adaptation appears to offer a practical means of reducing building-related emissions. One example is the ‘1200 building program’ which aims to increase adaptation rates with a target of 1200 city centre office adaptations by 2020 as part of the strategy to achieve carbon neutrality. Through a longitudinal examination of building adaptations it is possible to identify the nature and extent of typical levels of adaptation, as well as determining the inter-relationship between different types of adaptation and building attributes. Melbourne city centre was used for a case study which analysed 5290 building adaptation events between 1998 and 2008. The findings promote the adaptive reuse of buildings in specific circumstances and are directly applicable for increasing sustainability in the built environment. The case study focused on existing buildings in a global city to ensure relevance to urban centres where existing commercial buildings can become part of the solution to mitigate climate change. Language eng Field of Research 120201 Building Construction Management and Project Planning 120299 Building not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 870199 Construction Planning not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2011, Taylor & Francis Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30040124 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Business and Law School of Management and Marketing 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. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 14 Nov 2011, 13:20:04 EST Mon, 14 Nov 2011, 14:03:31 EST Mon, 14 Nov 2011, 14:04:51 EST Mon, 14 Nov 2011, 14:06:20 EST Tue, 07 Feb 2012, 09:22:48 EST Tue, 07 Feb 2012, 09:24:37 EST Filtered Full Access Statistics: 64 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 14 Nov 2011, 13:19:56 EST by Katrina Fleming

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