Transitioning to a more sustainable residential built environment in Sydney?

Foong, Daphne; Mitchell, Paul; Wagstaff, Nadine; Duncan, Ed; McManus, Phil

doi:10.1002/geo2.33

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“…Taking the three categories of barriers -socio-spatial embedding, multi-scalarity and power issue -as the major barriers that affect the Australian building industry context (Foong et al, 2017;Martek et al, 2019), the findings bring to light that, as perceived by facilities managers, barriers of socio-spatial embedding nature cause multi-scalarity barriers that eventually result in the manifestation of barriers in the form of power issue, namely, resistance and lack of commitment from key stakeholders.…”

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confidence: 95%

“…As shown by Foong et al (2017) and later by Martek et al (2019), barriers to sustainability transition within the Australian building industry arise from three generic sources: socio-spatial embedding, multi-scalarity and power issues. Firstly, socio-spatial embedding speaks to the synthesis of locally embedded contexts of events, objects and actions that are affected by wider socio-political, institutional and cultural factors.…”

Section: Barriers Affecting the Green Transitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Barriers to “green operation” of commercial office buildings

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Hosseini

Nikmehr

et al. 2019

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Purpose The built environment is a major source of carbon emissions. However, 80 per cent of the damage arises through the operational phase of a building’s life. Office buildings are the most significant building type in terms of emission-reduction potential. Yet, little research has been undertaken to examine the barriers faced by building operators in transitioning to a green operation of the office buildings in their care. This study aims to identify those barriers. Design/methodology/approach Building facilities managers with between 7 and 25 years’ experience in operating primarily Melbourne high-rise office buildings were interviewed. The sample was taken from LinkedIn connections, with ten agreeing to participate in semi-structured interviews – out of the 17 invitations sent out. Interview comments were recorded, coded and categorised to identify the barriers sought by this study. Findings Seven categories of barriers to effecting green operation of office buildings were extracted. These were financial, owner-related, tenant-related, technological, regulatory, architectural and stakeholder interest conflicts. Difficulties identifying green operation strategies that improved cost performance or return on investment of buildings was the major barrier. Practical implications Government, policymakers and facilities managers themselves have been struggling with how to catalyse a green transition in the operation of office buildings. By identifying the barriers standing in the way, this study provides a concrete point of departure from which remedial strategies and policies may be formulated and put into effect. Originality/value The uptake of green operation of office buildings has been extremely slow. Though barriers have been hypothesised in earlier works, this is the first study, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, that categorically identifies and tabulates the barriers that stand in the way of improving the green operational performance of office buildings, drawing on the direct knowledge of facilities experts.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 95%

Section: Barriers Affecting the Green Transitionmentioning

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Barriers to “green operation” of commercial office buildings

Rock

Hosseini

Nikmehr

et al. 2019

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“…In his analysis, Smith explored how eco-housing differs across socio-technical dimensions compared to mainstream housing, highlighting challenges for sustainable housing uptake with regulation and a building regime resistant to change. The importance of supporting niche sustainable housing developments (or experiments) through policy developments or other approaches has been identified by other researchers [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It is timely to review Smith's eco-housing analysis as there have been changes in the larger built environment system over the past decade [21,26]. For instance, at the landscape level, events such as the Paris Agreement, more serious and frequent climate change related disasters, and increased energy security challenges have changed both the narrative around sustainability and the urgency with which we must act [27].…”

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The Uncommon Nightingale: Sustainable Housing Innovation in Australia

Moore

Doyon

2018

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There is a need to deliver more environmentally and socially sustainable housing if we are to achieve a transition to a low carbon future. There are examples of innovative and sustainable housing emerging around the world which challenge the deeper structures of the existing housing regime. This paper uses the analysis of socio-technical dimensions of eco-housing presented by Smith to explore the development of an emerging sustainable housing model known as Nightingale Housing in Australia within a sustainability transitions framing. While there were several similarities to Smith’s analysis (e.g., establishment of guiding principles, learning by doing), there were also some key differences, including the scaling up of sustainable housing while using tried and tested design principles, materials and technologies, and creating changes to user relations, policy, and culture. Smith’s dimensions remain a good framework for understanding sustainable housing development, but they must be located within a scaling up sustainable housing agenda. What is required now is to develop a better understanding of the processes and opportunities that such housing models offer policy makers, housing researchers, and building industry stakeholders to achieve a broader scale uptake of sustainable housing both in Australia and globally.

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“…Green sustainability rating tools arise out of the collision of these two agendas: continued economic growth, and redressing the environmental harm that such growth causes [5]. However, where is the correct balance to be found?…”

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The Sustainability Narrative in Contemporary Architecture: Falling Short of Building a Sustainable Future

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Sustainability has emerged, arguably, as the premiere mission of contemporary architecture. Green assessment tools abound, consultancy services flourish, buildings are marketed on the basis of sustainability performance, and government, media, and corporations seem preoccupied with assessing the quality of the built environment through a green lens. Yet for all the effort, and indeed for all the progress made, fundamental issues resistant to the structural change that is essential for genuine sustainability remain. This paper reviews the state of play of sustainability across the urban landscape. It considers the road travelled so far, and points out some of the major challenges that lie ahead.

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Transitioning to a more sustainable residential built environment in Sydney?

Cited by 19 publications

References 39 publications

Barriers to “green operation” of commercial office buildings

Barriers to “green operation” of commercial office buildings

The Uncommon Nightingale: Sustainable Housing Innovation in Australia

The Sustainability Narrative in Contemporary Architecture: Falling Short of Building a Sustainable Future

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