scholarly journals The Business Case for Sustainable Design - the City of Melbourne CH2 Project

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 58-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Stewart ◽  
Jon Robinson ◽  
Sowfun Low
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Design ◽  
Triple Bottom Line ◽  
Business Case ◽  
Property Development ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Sustainable Technologies ◽  
Societal Benefits ◽  
Council Staff ◽  
The City ◽  
Council House

The City of Melbourne's landmark building development project.referred to as Council House 2 (CH2) is to be completed during2006. CH2 is a world leading six star environmental buildingincorporating sustainable technologies and producing financial.environmental and societal benefits. The business case forsustainable design within the context of CH2 is examined . Anoverview is carried out of traditional business case decisionmaking tools used in the context of property development. Thecase for the design and construction of ecologically sustainablebuildings is considered . The CH2 project is reviewed in detail andthe "triple bottom line" business case model developed by the Cityof Melbourne. which underpins the development. is investigated.It is concluded that the CH2 development should deliver diversebenefits to all stakeholders; the Council. staff. business andratepayers. Further. the business case model developed by theCH2 project can be utilized as an exemplar for other developments.

scholarly journals Green Measures... or, none of us are green until all of us are green

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-50
Author(s):  
Brian Szymanik
Keyword(s):  
Urban Poor ◽  
Sustainable Design ◽  
Triple Bottom Line ◽  
Societal Implications ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Design Metrics ◽  
Environmentally Sensitive

This paper introduces a re-consideration of the tenets of the ‘triple bottom line’ (economy, environment, and society) to contemplate the societal implications of the current successes enjoyed by the environmentally-sensitive design movement. Considering the tools that we use to gauge the successes of sustainable ambitions, this work proposes the ways in which we apply sustainable design metrics are fundamentally working against the tenets of the triple bottom line. When considered through the lens of society, and in particular the urban poor, the current trajectory of the sustainable design movement is one that may create voids where a sustainable urban future can not exist.

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