In this paper we focus on crucial issues concerning the effectiveness of evaluation of sustainability in the built environment. The paper argues that we need to rethink the evaluation of urban-building sustainability from an integrative perspective. It advances a theoretical and methodological model based on the regenerative approach, which opens up a new way to deal with the sustainability of the built environment. An enlarged definition of urban metabolism is used to carry out the integrated evaluation. Central in it is the concept of reliability, which expresses the ability of products and processes in the built environment to be adaptive, resilient and regenerative. We use reliability in a transversal manner through the process of making the built environment sustainable, referring it both to buildings and the regenerative process triggered by sustainable actions addressed to buildings. Holistic indicators allow assessing it quantitatively or qualitatively. Through reliability we bring regenerative thinking from a theoretical to an operational level. When referred to buildings, reliability allows considering sustainable performances not usually assessed in current evaluations. When referred to processes, it helps to understand directions of change in relation to sustainability of the built environment. Our method can be easily associated to current evaluation systems exceeding their boundaries.

The regenerative approach to model an integrated urban-building evaluation method / Conte, Emilia; Monno, Valeria. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. - ISSN 2212-6090. - ELETTRONICO. - 5:1(2016), pp. 12-22. [10.1016/j.ijsbe.2016.03.005]

The regenerative approach to model an integrated urban-building evaluation method

CONTE, Emilia
;
MONNO, Valeria
2016-01-01

Abstract

In this paper we focus on crucial issues concerning the effectiveness of evaluation of sustainability in the built environment. The paper argues that we need to rethink the evaluation of urban-building sustainability from an integrative perspective. It advances a theoretical and methodological model based on the regenerative approach, which opens up a new way to deal with the sustainability of the built environment. An enlarged definition of urban metabolism is used to carry out the integrated evaluation. Central in it is the concept of reliability, which expresses the ability of products and processes in the built environment to be adaptive, resilient and regenerative. We use reliability in a transversal manner through the process of making the built environment sustainable, referring it both to buildings and the regenerative process triggered by sustainable actions addressed to buildings. Holistic indicators allow assessing it quantitatively or qualitatively. Through reliability we bring regenerative thinking from a theoretical to an operational level. When referred to buildings, reliability allows considering sustainable performances not usually assessed in current evaluations. When referred to processes, it helps to understand directions of change in relation to sustainability of the built environment. Our method can be easily associated to current evaluation systems exceeding their boundaries.
2016
The regenerative approach to model an integrated urban-building evaluation method / Conte, Emilia; Monno, Valeria. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. - ISSN 2212-6090. - ELETTRONICO. - 5:1(2016), pp. 12-22. [10.1016/j.ijsbe.2016.03.005]
File in questo prodotto:
File Dimensione Formato  
CONTE_MONNO_IJSBE_2016.pdf

accesso aperto

Tipologia: Versione editoriale
Licenza: Creative commons
Dimensione 1.2 MB
Formato Adobe PDF
1.2 MB Adobe PDF Visualizza/Apri

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11589/91685
Citazioni
  • Scopus 15
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? ND
social impact