Climate change preparedness across sectors of the built environment – A review of literature

The rapid pace at which the climate is changing has forced governments globally to focus on adaptation techniques for their built environment. This paper will define and explain Ontario's current management framework over its building portfolio and identify gaps in planned adaptation strategies and recommend solutions to fill these gaps. This research will be informed by current literature that details the most appropriate and successful approaches to managing a building portfolio in the face of climate change. Recommendations will be made as to how Ontario's public infrastructure frameworks and strategic approaches can be modified to embody a more holisitic, realistic and result-based approach to built form adaptation.

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Built Environment Education for Sustainability and Climate Change Preparation

Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-95717-3_73 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 21-33

Author(s):

Usha Iyer-Raniga

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Built Environment ◽

Education For Sustainability ◽

Environment Education

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Climate Change in the Built Environment

Claiming Identity Through Redefined Teaching in Construction Programs - Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-8452-0.ch006 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 100-121

Author(s):

Jeremy T. Gibberd

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

South Africa ◽

Built Environment ◽

Sierra Leone ◽

Climate Changes ◽

Cape Town ◽

Built Environments ◽

Water Shortages ◽

La Paz

Despite a growing awareness of climate change, there is little evidence that this is being addressed in cities and built environments. Events such as flooding in Houston, USA; landslides in Free Town, Sierra Leone; and water shortages in La Paz, Bolivia and Cape Town in South Africa demonstrate that it is increasingly important that climate change is understood and addressed in built environments to ensure that they become more resilient. This chapter introduces climate change and outlines the implications of this for built environments. It describes measures that can be incorporated into built environments to enable them to adapt to projected climate changes. Understanding climate change and preparing for this by developing built environments that are more resilient will be an increasingly valuable and important skill. Reading this chapter will support the development and refinement of skills and knowledge in this area and it is an essential reference for built environment students and practitioners.

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Links between circular economy and climate change mitigation in the built environment

Journal of Cleaner Production ◽

10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121115 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 260 ◽

pp. 121115 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Alejandro Gallego-Schmid ◽

Han-Mei Chen ◽

Maria Sharmina ◽

Joan Manuel F. Mendoza

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Built Environment ◽

Circular Economy ◽

Climate Change Mitigation ◽

Change Mitigation

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Nature-Based Solutions Applied to the Built Environment to Alleviate Climate Change: Benefits, Co-benefits, and Trade-offs in a Geographical Multi-scale Perspective

Handbook of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation ◽

10.1007/978-1-4614-6431-0_123-2 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-52

Author(s):

Tiziana Susca

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Built Environment ◽

Multi Scale ◽

Trade Offs

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Construction goes green: An interview with Kevin Surace of Serious Materials

MRS Bulletin ◽

10.1557/mrs2010.699 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 35 (12) ◽

pp. 958-959

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Built Environment ◽

Global Climate Change ◽

Energy Efficient ◽

Materials Science ◽

Global Climate ◽

Construction Materials ◽

Green Buildings ◽

Materials Chemistry ◽

National Semiconductor

Buildings are stealthy contributors to global climate change. The energy needed to heat, cool, and light buildings, as well as manufacture construction materials, contributes more than half of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. But Kevin Surace, chair and CEO of Serious Materials, has made it his mission to tackle the built environment head-on. An electrical engineer by training, he has worked at IBM, Seiko-Epson, National Semiconductor, and General Magic. He later started the companies Air Communications and Perfect Commerce. In 2002, he began to develop sound-muffling polymers as a sideline, shifting his focus to materials chemistry. Sound-dampening materials now account for much of Serious Materials' business, but the company has received most of its accolades for its energy-efficient products. We caught up with Surace at Serious Materials' headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., to talk about how materials science can help make green buildings good business.

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