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Housing Indicators for Sustainable Cities in Middle-Income Countries through the Residential Urban Environment Recognized Using Single-Family Housing Rating Systems
- Source :
- UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Sustainability, Vol 11, Iss 16, p 4276 (2019), Sustainability, Volume 11, Issue 16, Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya, instname
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2019.
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Abstract
- This study presents a comparative analysis of the housing indicators used by the singlefamilyhousing rating systems (SHRSs), in which the residential urban environment (RUE)influences buildings&rsquo<br />certification scores, emphasizing the relationships of six systems developedby middle‐income countries (MICs)&mdash<br />BEST, CASA, GBI, BERDE, Green Homes, and LOTUS&mdash<br />andthe two most‐recognized rating systems, BREEAM and LEED. The aim is to provide new housingindicators that are capable of bringing the concept of sustainability into the cities of MICs. Theresults reveal that the percentage of influence that single‐family housing (SFH) can achieve in themetric established by each system is relatively low. However, considering all of the identifiedindicators, this influence could increase to 53.16% of the total score in multi‐criteria evaluations.Furthermore, a significant lack of indicators for mandatory criteria evaluations was found, withCASA being the only system that considers their inclusion. This paper identifies 37 indicators formulti‐criteria assessments and two for mandatory‐criteria assessments, providing new perspectiveson several topics. Furthermore, the methodology established to obtain the indicators could be usefulfor other researchers in the identification of new sustainable indicators.
- Subjects :
- Urbanisme [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC]
Comparative method
020209 energy
single-family house
Geography, Planning and Development
TJ807-830
02 engineering and technology
Certification
010501 environmental sciences
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
TD194-195
01 natural sciences
Renewable energy sources
residential urban environment
Comparative approach
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
GE1-350
Single-family house
rating systems
Sustainable cities
residential sector
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Desenvolupament humà i sostenible [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC]
Environmental effects of industries and plants
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Middle-income countries
Sustainable urban development
Environmental economics
housing indicators
BREEAM
middle-income countries
Environmental sciences
sustainable cities
Housing indicators
Identification (information)
Residential urban environment
Residential sector
Single-family detached home
Sustainability
Rating systems
Desenvolupament urbà sostenible
Metric (unit)
Business
comparative approach
Inclusion (education)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20711050
- Volume :
- 11
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Sustainability
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b18d6a29517a55c7d9614a700b7c4bfb