Lu Aye, Charters, WWS, Iyer-Raniga, U, Langdon, M & Robinson, J 2001, 'Sustainable built asset management', Construction Innovations - The Future, Sixth Annual Conference of the Construction Industry Institute Australia (CIIA), Brisbane, Australia, 23 May 2001, pp. 1-10.

Abstract

A research proposal to investigate sustainable built asset management is described. A sample of office buildings is to be analysed to establish their environmental performance and footprint. It is anticipated that even in many cases of recent property development no appreciable application of sustainable development will be observed. However in some new developments significant environmental improvements may be apparent. These could assist in providing a benchmark environmental footprint against which future sustainable development can be assessed. An innovative component of this research is the post-occupancy evaluation methodology. The buildings are to be monitored to ascertain their actual environmental performance and the occupants are to be surveyed to establish their contribution to and acceptance of the environmental conditions. A guide to the future potential of environmentally sustainable property development may be a prime outcome of this study.

Keywords: Environmentally sustainable development (ESD), Environmental footprint, Asset management, Office property, Energy, Life cycle costs