Rethinking sustainability frameworks in neighbourhood projects: a process-based approach

Oliver, Amy A.; Pearl, Daniel S.

doi:10.1080/09613218.2017.1358569

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“…BSAMs' need to reward through their ratings systems to encourage innovation, learning and best practice, and ultimately encourage the design of as sustainable a building as is possible within the context presented. This aligns with Oliver and Pearl (2018) who argue that context and players (stakeholders) can't be divorced from tools. The Regeneration project demonstrates where a developer with a high level of sustainability literacy is able to adopt a more holistic interpretation of sustainability in the governance of their project but are also able to accommodate a BREEAM assessment within it.…”

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“…The mid 2000's saw a consensus from the likes ofCole (2005) andKaatz et al (2006) that BSAM's needed to evolve but only limited empirical evidence regarding the extent of the transition has been achieved with enquiry instead focusing on the coverage of indicators, application to different contexts, and on building performance largely neglecting the need to consider the implications for project management, wider role in promoting change and in encouraging learning. Recent publications byCooper (2018),Lowe et al (2018) andOliver and Pearl (2018) have reemphasised its importance. BREEAM as the BSAM with the longest development history has shown arguably the earliest commitment to the framework approach whereby good practice is promoted to move beyond compliance with project stakeholders supported at key points in the projects development.By exploring these case studies through the lens of knowledge management, it enabled for knowledge and its flow to be viewed as a key indicator of the effectiveness of this transition in promoting understanding and learning through stakeholder engagement, mediation of views and knowledge transfer.…”

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Is the evolution of building sustainability assessment methods promoting the desired sharing of knowledge amongst project stakeholders?

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El‐Haram

2018

Construction Management and Economics

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Is the evolution of building sustainability assessment methods promoting the desired sharing of knowledge amongst project stakeholders? Building sustainability assessment methods (BSAM's) seek to help project stakeholders understand the predicted and actual sustainability performance of their buildings but are often applied reactively and isolated from project decisions. The last decade has seen BREEAM at the forefront of evolving assessment practice towards a framework approach to help shape project decisions and promote stakeholder learning. The research explores the nature and extent this transition is being realised in practice within four case studies applying BREEAM spanning a fifteen-year period. Process and knowledge mapping techniques are applied to explore the flow of knowledge required to enable sustainable decisions, stimulate the sharing of understanding, mediation of views and to promote learning amongst stakeholders. Evidence suggested that when applied in progressive projects that the flow of knowledge is strongest when supported by sustainability leadership, a framework approach aligned with project management, an improvement and engagement culture and a strategy for promoting knowledge flow. As practice matures care is needed to ensure engagement remains high and stakeholders are not isolated from the flow of knowledge as projects increasingly rely on sustainability advisors thus losing the opportunity to learn and shape decisions.

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Is the evolution of building sustainability assessment methods promoting the desired sharing of knowledge amongst project stakeholders?

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2018

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“…It is related to policies, government structures and regulations that, in the Spanish case, are especially relevant. In parallel, the incorporation of social agents in the processes of design and implementation of eco-neighborhoods through participation and consensus has been demonstrated as one of the keys to the success of the most internationally recognized neighborhoods [2,[22][23][24].…”

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“…Barcelona stands out for the pioneering character, in its integration with proposals for urban regeneration, the importance of social participation and its progress, Trinitat Nova [17,18]. Later and somewhat different in its conception is the superblock of San Martí (Barcelona) [24,36], a pilot project on a sector of the neighborhood that, in the future, aims to extend to the entire city. Another case is Sarriguren, in Navarra, whose dimensions and position make it closer to the eco-city concept than to eco-neighborhood [37].…”

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The Failure of Eco-Neighborhood Projects in the City of Madrid (Spain)

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Carballo

2018

Urban Science

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The objective of this article is to analyze the implementation of eco-neighborhoods in the city of Madrid. This is a new formulation that joins, within neighborhood scale, purposes of environmental sustainability with social and economic aims. First, we make a general approach reviewing the initiatives proposed in the capital city and then we will make an analysis of the eco-neighborhood of Vallecas, the only one still working. We have looked through the official approach, the present bibliography, the official statements, the interpretations of the technicians, the resident’s opinions exposed in websites, social networks and press. The field research and the collection of information through conversations with the agents involved were the keys to verify the real results of the projects. We consider that the development and the conclusion of these initiatives have been a failure. The reasons are in its origin and the process of realization, but mainly in the confused premises that were the foundation of its design and localization. The absence of dialogue with neighbors and associations turned the official speeches and plans in something strange to the citizen’s necessities of the southern area, with the lowest rents of Madrid.

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“…The approach combined with low energy consumption within buildings and the neighbourhood, has initiated zero/near zero emission buildings and neighbourhoods (ZEB and ZEN) (Lund et al, 2019). The initiation of the neighbourhood-scale schemes in sustainable development is a new approach (Oliver & Pearl, 2017). It has two advantages, one they are small enough for policy execution and two they have a big social and ecological impact at the city scale (Oliver & Pearl, 2017).…”

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A study of the greenhouse gas emissions from land reclamation activities in Jakarta Indonesia

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Land reclamation activities have direct and indirect impacts on the environment. Examples of direct impacts include coastal geomorphic alternations, changes in water chemistry and disturbances to the local natural ecology. Land reclamation processes also result in greenhouse gas emissions, from vehicle and machinery fuel use, and through the release of carbon stored in vegetation, soils, and the sediment in mangroves, seagrass, and other estuary ecosystems. Given the global extent of land reclamation activities, the scale of these emissions is of global interest. In this thesis, I derive an estimate of the carbon footprint of a major land reclamation project in Jakarta, Indonesia. The results reveal opportunities for emissions reduction initiatives, and cost savings, and in turn, inform better land reclamation development policy, both in Indonesia and internationally where settings are similar.

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Rethinking sustainability frameworks in neighbourhood projects: a process-based approach

Cited by 32 publications

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Is the evolution of building sustainability assessment methods promoting the desired sharing of knowledge amongst project stakeholders?

Is the evolution of building sustainability assessment methods promoting the desired sharing of knowledge amongst project stakeholders?

The Failure of Eco-Neighborhood Projects in the City of Madrid (Spain)

A study of the greenhouse gas emissions from land reclamation activities in Jakarta Indonesia

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