...Perry Forsythe Purpose The purpose of this paper is to quantify fitout churn in office buildings to more accurately evaluate the recurrent embodied energy in life cycle assessment studies. Design/methodology/approach Three research methods were used in the context of Central Business District...

... roofs are a living vegetated roofing alternative to traditional impervious roofing materials comprising the following: Australia Retrofit Central business district Green roof Office buildings Water sensitive urban design (WSUD) The 2013 Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC...

... the questions; what is the nature of adaptations in relation to Premium quality office building stock in the Central Business District (CBD) and, what is the extent and scope for sustainable retrofits to Premium grade office buildings. Findings The nature and extent of adaptations to Premium office...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 --> Market forces Office buildings Article Type: Newsbriefs From: Structural Survey, Volume 28, Issue 3 Keywords: Market forces, Office buildings The RICS Commercial Market Survey for Q4 2009 suggests that London office...

...Sara J. Wilkinson; Kimberley James; Richard Reed Purpose This paper seeks to establish the rationale for existing office building adaptation within Melbourne, Australia, as the city strives to become carbon neutral by 2020. The problems faced by policy makers to determine which buildings have...

... larger ones. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 This research sampled all office buildings and a comprehensive database was compiled, analysing characteristics including age, net lettable area and gross floor area, as well as examining the physical location of each building...