Smart and Sustainable Built Environment: Volume 3 Issue 1

Positive development and assessment

Janis Lynn Birkeland

There has been a tendency in sustainability science to be passive. The purpose of this paper is to introduce an alternative positive framework for a more active and direct…

The role of facilities managers in sustainable practice in the UK and Ireland

Xianhai Meng

The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of facilities managers in sustainable practice. It also analyzes the change in facilities management (FM) in terms of…

A decision-making framework for sustainable land use in Hong Kong's urban renewal projects

Qiping Shen, Hao Wang, Bo-sin Tang

Urban renewal projects provide an effective channel for adjusting land-use allocation and improving land-use efficiency, which effectively increases land supply. The purpose of…

Material eco-efficiency indicators for Brazilian buildings

Marcella Ruschi Mendes Saade, Maristela G. da Silva, Vanessa Gomes, Hawllynsgton Gumez Franco, Dimaghi Schwamback, Blandina Lavor

The purpose of this paper is to propose a set of lifecycle-based indicators to describe material eco-efficiency of buildings normalized per unit of gross floor area (GFA), and at…

Investigation of audible carbon monoxide alarm ownership : Case study

Noora Kokkarinen, Andy Shaw, Jeff Cullen, Montserrat Ortoneda Pedrola, Alex Mason, Ahmed Al-Shamma’a

The purpose of this paper is to outline the level of audible carbon monoxide (CO) alarm ownership. In this particular paper the data collected by the fire and rescue services from…

Moving beyond our silos

Professor Douglas Baker