Local Authorities worldwide are encouraging adaptation to reduce building related energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. The City of Melbourne is promoting the retrofit of 1,200 CBD properties before 2020 with sustainability measures as part of their policy to become a carbon neutral...

Purpose – Sustainable property development has increased in market share over the past two to three years globally and locally. This research aims to analyze the drivers and barriers to sustainable property development in Melbourne using the triple bottom line (TBL) theoretical framework. The...

The ‘single most important technological discovery since the birth of the p.c.’, (Gates, 1996). The swift increase in Internet utilisation within businesses and surveying has changed working methods within UK based Surveying practices. User numbers expanded rapidly since the early 1990’s...

As professional institutions increasingly seek to be global organisations with local significance there is a need for them to maintain and grow their membership base. In order to survive and thrive a new generation of members are needed for professional bodies in the built environment. Wilkinson...

Buildings contribute around half of all greenhouse gas emissions and Australian offices alone account for 12% of all greenhouse gas emissions. As city authorities seek ways of reducing the contribution of cities to climate change and global warming, building adaptation appears to offer a means...

Population modelling has shown Australian buildings face a future where adaptation of the stock will become increasingly necessary to secure a sustainable future (CSIRO, 2002). Changes in population pose threats to sustainability in terms of the trend for increasing affluence and because there...

Professional bodies need to maintain and grow their membership base. Moreover to survive and thrive a new generation of members are needed for professional bodies in property and the built environment. Wilkinson and Zillante (2007) identified the issues of under recruitment and an ageing...

The built environment is responsible for around half of total greenhouse gas emissions with the majority of emissions produced during the building lifecycle. As such the property sector has considerable potential to reduce lifecycle emissions and can contribute in mitigating global warming. Our...

The conclusions of the Stern Report (HMSO, 2006) made clear the increasingly stark choices facing mankind. If stringent action to reduce carbon emissions is not taken within the ten to fifteen year period between 2016 and 2021, the coming generations are locked into climate disaster (HMSO,...

Whilst the profile of sustainability has increased substantially in the wider property market, relatively little attention is placed on the business case for sustainable development. In the commercial property market this remains one of the largest barriers to sustainability. For example, a...