Adaptiave reuse and sustainability of commercial buildings
Purpose – To investigate the viability of adaptive reuse of commercial buildings and the impact it has on the sustainability of existing built environment in Western Australia. Design/methodology/approach – A survey of building owners in Western Australia and a review of literature concerning adapti...
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2007
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| author | Bullen, Peter |
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| description | Purpose – To investigate the viability of adaptive reuse of commercial buildings and the impact it has on the sustainability of existing built environment in Western Australia. Design/methodology/approach – A survey of building owners in Western Australia and a review of literature concerning adaptive reuse of commercial buildings. Findings – The concept of adaptation is supported by building owners and there is a strong intuition/perception that adaptive reuse serves the key concepts of sustainability. Building owners are considering adaptive reuse as a viable option to demolition and redevelopment of existing facilities. Research limitations/implications – The use of a structured questionnaire limits the depth of responses in the study. A follow up study using interviews would allow further because it does not allow probing, prompting and clarification of the issues addressed. Practical implications – Results from this research has implications for building owners and managers as it will eventually provide a theoretical framework that can be incorporated in the decision‐making process for adaptive reuse projects. Originality/value – The contribution of existing buildings to the three tenets of sustainability has not been explored comprehensively in Western Australia. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-245502017-09-13T15:06:34Z Adaptiave reuse and sustainability of commercial buildings Bullen, Peter Sustainable design Australia Industrial property Buildings Purpose – To investigate the viability of adaptive reuse of commercial buildings and the impact it has on the sustainability of existing built environment in Western Australia. Design/methodology/approach – A survey of building owners in Western Australia and a review of literature concerning adaptive reuse of commercial buildings. Findings – The concept of adaptation is supported by building owners and there is a strong intuition/perception that adaptive reuse serves the key concepts of sustainability. Building owners are considering adaptive reuse as a viable option to demolition and redevelopment of existing facilities. Research limitations/implications – The use of a structured questionnaire limits the depth of responses in the study. A follow up study using interviews would allow further because it does not allow probing, prompting and clarification of the issues addressed. Practical implications – Results from this research has implications for building owners and managers as it will eventually provide a theoretical framework that can be incorporated in the decision‐making process for adaptive reuse projects. Originality/value – The contribution of existing buildings to the three tenets of sustainability has not been explored comprehensively in Western Australia. 2007 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24550 10.1108/02632770710716911 Emerald Group Publishing Limited restricted |
| spellingShingle | Sustainable design Australia Industrial property Buildings Bullen, Peter Adaptiave reuse and sustainability of commercial buildings |
| title | Adaptiave reuse and sustainability of commercial buildings |
| title_full | Adaptiave reuse and sustainability of commercial buildings |
| title_fullStr | Adaptiave reuse and sustainability of commercial buildings |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adaptiave reuse and sustainability of commercial buildings |
| title_short | Adaptiave reuse and sustainability of commercial buildings |
| title_sort | adaptiave reuse and sustainability of commercial buildings |
| topic | Sustainable design Australia Industrial property Buildings |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24550 |