Developing a multicriteria approach for the measurement of sustainable performance

Ding, Grace

doi:10.1080/0961321042000322618

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“…An analysis of the case study area using the BEST revealed the urgent need to improve local provision in areas such as education, health, employment, mobility in order for overall sustainability of the area to be improved. The explicit inclusion of an analysis stage early in the process makes it likely that new buildings and interventions proposed for the area will address local issues and improve sustainability performance of the area as a whole (Ding, 2005).…”

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Measuring capability for sustainability: the Built Environment Sustainability Tool (BEST)

Gibberd

2014

Building Research & Information

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An alternative approach to conceptualising and measuring the built environment is developed which forms the basis of a new assessment tool. The role of buildings is reframed to consider what capabilities for sustainability a building can provide to the inhabitants and local community. This capability to support sustainability is defined as the ability to improve the local quality of life (Human Development Index) whilst remaining below the environmental carrying capacity (Environmental Footprint). This approach has clear implications about the role of buildings in enabling residents and users to achieve these targets and outcomes.This shifts the focus of net-positive development toward the configurations and characteristics of the built environment that are appropriate for a particular context. A Built Environment Sustainability Tool (BEST) is presented which defines and assesses these configurations and characteristics. Assessments can be conducted by measuring the extent to which required configurations and characteristics exist (i.e. 'the capability of the built environment to support sustainability'). BEST is compared with other green building rating tool approaches in order to critically review the methodology and evaluate this as a means of improving built environment sustainability performance.

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Measuring capability for sustainability: the Built Environment Sustainability Tool (BEST)

Gibberd

2014

Building Research & Information

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“…9 (Shen et al, 2007) (Ding, 2005), (LEED, 2002), (GBI, 2010), (IGBC Green Homes, 2009), (Shen et al, 2007) 1.4.3. Properties of materials (Lützkendorf & Lorenz, 2005), (Pearce et al, 2012), (LEED, 2002), (GBI, 2010), (IGBC Green Homes, 2009) 1.4.4.…”

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“…Implementing building products that entail recycled content materials should be escalated to minimize effects associated with extraction and processing of new virgin materials. In addition, the reduced use of and therefore depletion of both limited raw materials and long-cycle renewable materials by substituting them with instantly renewable materials is crucial (Ding, 2005;Shen et al, 2007).…”

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Integrating and ranking sustainability criteria for housing

Abdul‐Rahman

Chen

Wood

et al. 2016

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering

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Numerous researchers have determined sustainability criteria relating to environmental performance but the other two sustainability components -economic and social performance -have not been taken into consideration in an integrated and hierarchy manner. Existing sustainability assessment methods (e.g., LEED, GBI, IGBC, and BREEAM) ignore the economic and social aspects, and sustainable criteria are not prioritized for decision making facilitation. To prioritize sustainable criteria for residential buildings in the triquetrous sustainability model including environmental, economic, and social in a global and integrated manner, a Fuzzy-AHP tool was employed and a structured expert-based development process comprised of seventeen building practitioners and eight academics from sixteen nations was conducted globally among carefully selected experts. A Fuzzy Weighted Hierarchy for Triquetrous Sustainability (FWH-TS) in residential buildings was developed at the end of this study. Assisted by programmers, the FWH-TS is expected to be developed into a PC software or Apps in the near future to improve construction management.

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“…Neighborhoods are considered as the building blocks of cities where most development (e.g., new buildings) takes place, and therefore, the overall sustainability of a city depends on the sustainability of its neighborhood [12]. However, past studies on sustainability assessment have focused on either the city level e.g., [13,14] or building level e.g., [15]; whereas the assessment of neighborhood sustainability, an intermediate level, has received very little attention in general and in the context of developing countries in particular [10,16].…”

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Neighborhood Sustainability Assessment: Evaluating Residential Development Sustainability in a Developing Country Context

Yiğitcanlar

Kamruzzaman

Teriman³

2015

Sustainability

105

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Rapid urbanization, improved quality of life, and diversified lifestyle options have collectively led to an escalation in housing demand in our cities, where residential areas, as the largest portion of urban land use type, play a critical role in the formation of sustainable cities. To date there has been limited research to ascertain residential development layouts that provide a more sustainable urban outcome. This paper aims to evaluate and compare sustainability levels of residential types by focusing on their layouts. The paper scrutinizes three different development types in a developing country context-i.e., subdivision, piecemeal, and master-planned developments. This study develops a "Neighborhood Sustainability Assessment" tool and applies it to compare their sustainability levels in Ipoh, Malaysia. The analysis finds that the master-planned development, amongst the investigated case studies, possesses the potential to produce higher levels of sustainability outcomes. The results reveal insights and evidence for policymakers, planners, development agencies and researchers; advocate further studies on neighborhood-level sustainability analysis, and; emphasize the need for collective efforts and an effective process in achieving neighborhood sustainability and sustainable city formation.

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Developing a multicriteria approach for the measurement of sustainable performance

Cited by 106 publications

References 34 publications

Measuring capability for sustainability: the Built Environment Sustainability Tool (BEST)

Measuring capability for sustainability: the Built Environment Sustainability Tool (BEST)

Integrating and ranking sustainability criteria for housing

Neighborhood Sustainability Assessment: Evaluating Residential Development Sustainability in a Developing Country Context

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