Critical connections: The role of the built environment sector in delivering green cities and a green economy
The green agenda for cities and the economy in general is a major focus of global institutions and is increasingly a major national and urban priority. Core issues and best practice for built environment businesses were collated from published studies and used in a survey of Australian firms to see...
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| description | The green agenda for cities and the economy in general is a major focus of global institutions and is increasingly a major national and urban priority. Core issues and best practice for built environment businesses were collated from published studies and used in a survey of Australian firms to see how committed they were to the green economy. The results show high awareness of the challenges and opportunities with 85% of firms having sustainability as an established agenda with senior management and over 20% of built environment firms deriving more than 50% of their sales from green products and services. This is much higher in design firms and is globally high. Whilst recognizing the scope for more engagement by industry in transitioning to a low carbon green economy, there is doubt within the built environment sector about how to create a business case for innovative green ventures and a lack of certainty or encouragement from government about how to proceed. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-133572017-09-13T14:59:51Z Critical connections: The role of the built environment sector in delivering green cities and a green economy Newton, P. Newman, Peter The green agenda for cities and the economy in general is a major focus of global institutions and is increasingly a major national and urban priority. Core issues and best practice for built environment businesses were collated from published studies and used in a survey of Australian firms to see how committed they were to the green economy. The results show high awareness of the challenges and opportunities with 85% of firms having sustainability as an established agenda with senior management and over 20% of built environment firms deriving more than 50% of their sales from green products and services. This is much higher in design firms and is globally high. Whilst recognizing the scope for more engagement by industry in transitioning to a low carbon green economy, there is doubt within the built environment sector about how to create a business case for innovative green ventures and a lack of certainty or encouragement from government about how to proceed. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13357 10.3390/su7079417 MDPI AG fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Newton, P. Newman, Peter Critical connections: The role of the built environment sector in delivering green cities and a green economy |
| title | Critical connections: The role of the built environment sector in delivering green cities and a green economy |
| title_full | Critical connections: The role of the built environment sector in delivering green cities and a green economy |
| title_fullStr | Critical connections: The role of the built environment sector in delivering green cities and a green economy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Critical connections: The role of the built environment sector in delivering green cities and a green economy |
| title_short | Critical connections: The role of the built environment sector in delivering green cities and a green economy |
| title_sort | critical connections: the role of the built environment sector in delivering green cities and a green economy |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13357 |