Sustainable retrofit potential in lower quality office stock in the central business district Wilkinson, Sara 2011, Sustainable retrofit potential in lower quality office stock in the central business district, in MISBE 2011 : Proceedings of the International Conference on Management and Innovation for a Sustainable Built Environment, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, pp. 1-13. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads wilkinson-sustainableretrofit-2011.pdf Published version application/pdf 4.13MB 236 Title Sustainable retrofit potential in lower quality office stock in the central business district Author(s) Wilkinson, Sara Conference name International Conference on Management and Innovation for a Sustainable Built Environment (2011 : Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Conference location Amsterdam, The Netherlands Conference dates 19-23 June 2011 Title of proceedings MISBE 2011 : Proceedings of the International Conference on Management and Innovation for a Sustainable Built Environment Editor(s) Wamelink, J. W. F. Geraedts, R. P. Volker, L. Publication date 2011 Start page 1 End page 13 Publisher Delft University of Technology Place of publication Delft, The Netherlands Keyword(s) office buildings sustainability refurbishment building adaptation Australia Summary Given the relationship between energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, the built environment has significant potential to lessen overall emissions. With around half of all greenhouse gas emissions attributed to the built environment; it has a significant role to play in mitigating global warming. With large percentages of office stock structurally vacant in some city centres and only 1 or 2% of new buildings added to the total stock each year; the scope for reductions lay with adaptation of existing buildings. The stock with the highest levels of vacancy and obsolescence offers the highest potential of all. Many cities are now aiming to become carbon neutral. Successful retrofit demands that social, technological, environmental, economic and legislative criteria are addressed. Buildings have to meet user and community needs. City centres comprise a range of different type of office stock with regards to age, size, location, height, tenure and quality. All buildings present challenges and opportunities with regards to retrofit and sustainability and integrating retrofit measures that reduce energy, water and resource consumption. Using a selection of low grade office buildings to develop retrofit profiles, this paper addresses the questions; (a) what is the nature of retrofits in relation to low quality office building stock in the Central Business District (CBD) and, (b) what is the extent and scope for sustainable retrofits to low quality office buildings. Using Melbourne CBD retrofit events of low quality office buildings were analysed between 1998 and 2008 to identify the scope and extent for integrating sustainability into retrofits projects. ISBN 9789052693958 Language eng Field of Research 120104 Architectural Science and Technology (incl Acoustics, Lighting, Structure and Ecologically Sustainable Design) Socio Economic Objective 970112 Expanding Knowledge in Built Environment and Design HERDC Research category E2 Full written paper - non-refereed / Abstract reviewed Copyright notice ©2011, Delft University of Technology Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30043226 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Business and Law School of Management and Marketing Open Access Collection   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, 13 Mar 2012, 15:43:10 EST Wed, 14 Mar 2012, 10:06:01 EST Wed, 14 Mar 2012, 10:07:58 EST Wed, 28 Mar 2012, 11:36:02 EST Wed, 28 Mar 2012, 11:40:37 EST Wed, 28 Mar 2012, 11:42:18 EST Fri, 22 Feb 2013, 12:17:26 EST Tue, 28 Jan 2014, 13:16:10 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 12:29:57 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 15:48:35 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 307 Abstract Views, 236 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 13 Mar 2012, 15:43:01 EST by Katrina Fleming