Measuring the influence of the greening design of the building environment on the urban real estate market in Taiwan

Chang, Kun Chia; Chou, Po-Cheng

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.02.013

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“…Demand for green-collar labour is therefore predicted to increase, and methods are being developed to determine the impact of green training programmes on local communities [85]. Economic benefits of green urban spaces have been identified [86,87] and reveal that such infrastructure can provide a competitive advantage at local scales through inward investment, visitor spending, new job creation, and health and environment improvement. Using the Net Present Value (NPV) calculation method, it has been demonstrated that a majority of the ecological restoration projects analysed provided net benefits, not only being profitable but also creating high-yielding investments [88,89].…”

Section: Jobs and Investment Opportunitiesmentioning

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Characterisation of Nature-Based Solutions for the Built Environment

2017

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Nature has provided humankind with food, fuel, and shelter throughout evolutionary history. However, in contemporary cities, many natural landscapes have become degraded and replaced with impermeable hard surfaces (e.g., roads, paving, car parks and buildings). The reversal of this trend is dynamic, complex and still in its infancy. There are many facets of urban greening initiatives involving multiple benefits, sensitivities and limitations. The aim of this paper is to develop a characterisation method of nature based solutions for designing and retrofitting in the built environment, and to facilitate knowledge transfer between disciplines and for design optimisation. Based on a review of the literature across disciplines, key characteristics could be organised into four groups: policy and community initiatives, multiple benefits assessment, topology, and design options. Challenges and opportunities for developing a characterisation framework to improve the use of nature based solutions in the built environment are discussed.

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Section: Jobs and Investment Opportunitiesmentioning

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Characterisation of Nature-Based Solutions for the Built Environment

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“…In order to practice the goal of sustainable development, several countries launched green building promotion activities by the end of the 20th century; moreover, many countries have developed various evaluation systems and certification systems for green buildings [1][2][3][4], such as the BREEAM (Building Research Establishment's Environmental Assessment Method) in the UK in 1990 [1,[3][4][5][6][7]; LEED (Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design Leadership) in the USA in 1998 [1,2,4,[7][8][9]; EEWH (Ecology, Energy Saving, Waste Reduction and Health) in Taiwan in 1999 [10][11][12][13][14][15][16]; the Comprehensive Assessment System for Built Environment Efficiency (CASBEE) in Japan in 2001 [7,15]; the GB TOOL in Canada in 2005 [1,7]; the Green Mark in Singapore in 2005 [1,4,14,15,17,18]; the Evaluation Standard Green Building (ESGB) in China in 2006 [1,2,18,19]; the Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH) for residential buildings in the UK in 2008 [2]; and the Green Star in Australia in 2015 [1,8,9,19,…”

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“…Ample studies in the literature have raised the benefits of green buildings, such as energy savings, emissions savings, water savings, operations and maintenance saving, and productivity and health benefits, which conventional buildings do not have [9,15,18,[21][22][23][24][25]. Therefore, in terms of revenue considerations, green buildings are also worthy of investment [9,18,22,23,26].…”

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“…There are thousands of cases of green certified buildings that meet the green building objectives of ecology, energy saving, waste reduction, water conservation, and a healthy environment. Although there have been many studies on green building and sustainable development in Taiwan [10,[13][14][15][32][33][34][35][36][37], there are still very limited studies on the green building costs of residential buildings in Taiwan. Since most of the literature is based on the cost of the entire building [30,31,[38][39][40][41], this study also uses similar data to facilitate the comparison between the research results and the literature.…”

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Construction Cost of Green Building Certified Residence: A Case Study in Taiwan

Sun

Chen

Wang³

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Sustainability

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The green building certification system of Taiwan, EEWH (Ecology, Energy Saving, Waste Reduction and Health), has been in operation for more than 20 years (since 1999). In order to understand the relationship between green building certification and the construction costs of residential buildings, this study obtained 37 green building-certified residential cases and 36 general residential cases available from public information and conducted a comparative analysis. The results of this study showed that the average construction cost of a green building certification residential building was only 1.58% higher than a general residential building, indicating that green building certification does not require a large increase in costs. However, for residential buildings, achieving a high-grade (gold-grade or diamond-grade) green building certification means an increase of 6.7% to 9.3% in construction costs. This shows that the pursuit of higher levels of green building certification does require higher construction costs. In addition, the results of this study can not only provide important references for the government in making green building policies, but also offer a practical strategy for developers for decision-making.

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“…There are studies [22,57,58] with the objective to propose regional sustainability assessment tools suitable for the context-specific conditions of a region. The regional neighborhood sustainability assessment tools can be helpful for urban planners, public administrations, developers and architects involved in urban development projects.…”

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Comparative Analysis of Material Criteria in Neighborhood Sustainability Assessment Tools and Urban Design Guidelines: Cases of the UK, the US, Japan, and Korea

Yoon

Park

2015

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Sustainability assessment tools have been developed for building-scale sustainability since the 1990s. Several systems, such as BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Methodology), LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) and CASBEE (Comprehensive Assessment System for Built Environment Efficiency), are widely used and have been upgraded and adapted to large-scale development. BREEAM Communities, LEED Neighborhood Development and CASBEE for Urban Development have been implemented in the UK, the USA and Japan, respectively. As the notion of sustainable urban design has gained more significance, city governments have set their own guidelines for sustainable standards in urban design based on studies of sustainability assessment tools. This study focused on a comparative analysis of the material criteria embedded for sustainable urban design in BREEAM Communities, LEED-ND (Neighborhood Development) and CASBEE-UD (Urban Development), and the urban design guidelines recently issued in multiple cities, including London, New York, Tokyo, and Seoul. The top master plans and the supplementary guidelines were analyzed to investigate the detailed material criteria. The study examined the differences in the material assessment criteria, evaluation parameters, and descriptions of the neighborhood sustainability assessment tools and the urban design guidelines. The material criteria was OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2015, 7 14451 investigated and discussed to summarize the current features and weaknesses as balanced material assessments for sustainable urban development.

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Measuring the influence of the greening design of the building environment on the urban real estate market in Taiwan

Cited by 23 publications

References 9 publications

Characterisation of Nature-Based Solutions for the Built Environment

Characterisation of Nature-Based Solutions for the Built Environment

Construction Cost of Green Building Certified Residence: A Case Study in Taiwan

Comparative Analysis of Material Criteria in Neighborhood Sustainability Assessment Tools and Urban Design Guidelines: Cases of the UK, the US, Japan, and Korea

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