The built environment as the key agent for change in the scottish context

Richard Atkins, Rohinton Emmanuel, Roger Talbot

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    Abstract

    In this polemical paper we seek to argue that the process of assessing sustainability in the built environment has developed towards quasi or explicit forms of regulation and that a developmental shift towards assessing how well the existing built environment and future interventions within it can "sustain" is both desirable and necessary. Existing built environment Sustainability Assessment Tools (SATs) habituate a series of passive attributes designated as being "sustainable" and they are as yet poorly adapted to reconciling the three paradigms of sustainability (Fig. 1) [1]. We argue that SATs have a role to play in embedding "Sustainability Intelligence" in society, shifting the role of the built environment to that of a proactive instrument and this paper concludes by outlining the building blocks needed to develop SATs which counter current unintelligent anthropogenic behaviour and deliver transformational change.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationCESB13 – Central Europe towards Sustainable Building 2013
    PublisherČeské vysoké učení technické v Praze
    Pages875-878
    Number of pages4
    ISBN (Print)9788024750187, 9788024750170
    Publication statusPublished - 2013
    EventCentral Europe Towards Sustainable Building 2013: Sustainable Building and Refurbishment for Next Generations - Prague, Czech Republic
    Duration: 26 Jun 201328 Jun 2013
    https://cesb.cz/cesb13/index.html (Link to conference website)

    Publication series

    NameCESB 2013 PRAGUE - Central Europe Towards Sustainable Building 2013: Sustainable Building and Refurbishment for Next Generations

    Conference

    ConferenceCentral Europe Towards Sustainable Building 2013: Sustainable Building and Refurbishment for Next Generations
    Abbreviated titleCESB 2013 PRAGUE
    Country/TerritoryCzech Republic
    CityPrague
    Period26/06/1328/06/13
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    Keywords

    • Assessment
    • Holistic
    • Intelligence
    • Proactive
    • Sustain

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Building and Construction

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