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Sustainable Campus: Engaging The Community In Sustainability, Linda Too, Bhishna Bajracharya
Sustainable Campus: Engaging The Community In Sustainability, Linda Too, Bhishna Bajracharya
Linda Too
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the major factors necessary for engaging university campus community in sustainability. While general awareness in sustainability issues has improved in recent years through mass media coverage, this knowledge is not always translated into actual sustainable practice. Studies have indicated that there are many factors for engaging the community in sustainability.
Design/methodology/approach – A multi-disciplinary literature review is first undertaken to distil the drivers that enhance participation in sustainability programmes by the university community. Next, to illustrate the applicability of the factors identified in the community engagement framework, two case studies …
Measuring Good Architecture: Long Life, Loose Fit, Low Energy, Craig Langston
Measuring Good Architecture: Long Life, Loose Fit, Low Energy, Craig Langston
Craig Langston
Good architecture is something that we all seek, but which is difficult to define. Sir Alexander John Gordon, in his role as President of the Royal Institute of British Architects, defined ‘good architecture’ in 1972 as buildings that exhibit ‘long life, loose fit and low energy’. These characteristics, nicknamed by Gordon as the 3L Principle, are measurable. Furthermore, life cycle cost (LCC) provides a method for accessing the economic contribution or burden created by buildings to the society they aim to serve. Yet there is no research available to investigate the connection, if any, between 3L and LCC. It might …
Sustainable Campus: Engaging The Community In Sustainability, Linda Too, Bhishna Bajracharya
Sustainable Campus: Engaging The Community In Sustainability, Linda Too, Bhishna Bajracharya
Bhishna Bajracharya
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the major factors necessary for engaging university campus community in sustainability. While general awareness in sustainability issues has improved in recent years through mass media coverage, this knowledge is not always translated into actual sustainable practice. Studies have indicated that there are many factors for engaging the community in sustainability.
Design/methodology/approach – A multi-disciplinary literature review is first undertaken to distil the drivers that enhance participation in sustainability programmes by the university community. Next, to illustrate the applicability of the factors identified in the community engagement framework, two case studies …