1st Edition

Rethinking Pathways to a Sustainable Built Environment

Edited By Cheng Siew Goh, Heap-Yih Chong Copyright 2025
424 Pages 54 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

424 Pages 54 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

424 Pages 54 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book aims to provide insights into rethinking pathways in the transition to sustainable built environments in the wake of the pandemic and COP26. It examines our abilities and capabilities to leverage resources to the best use for achieving the universal sustainable development goals. The goal is to identify fresh thinking to make the goals of sustainable built environment more achievable,... Read more

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Rethinking Our Pathways Towards Sustainable Built Environment: Are We Failing?

Cheng Siew Goh; Heap-Yih (John) Chong

 

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Transdisciplinary Integrated Design for Carbon Neutral High-Rise Commercial Buildings

Man Kit Leung; Dicken Poon; Carolina Sanchez Salan

3

Retrofitting Solutions Toward Net Zero Buildings

Roberto Minunno, Matthew van Someren, Karl Welsch

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Developers’ Insights: Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) Challenges and Potentials in Malaysia

Kai Chen Goh, Md Asrul Nasid Masrom, Sulzakimin Mohamed, Ta Wee Seow, Hui Hwang Goh

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Carbon Source/Sink Scenarios in Passive Buildings

Bao-Jie He, Xin Dong, Mingqiang Yin

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Home Retrofitting Initiatives Towards a Sustainable Built Environment in The Australian Context

Roberto Minunno, Karla Fox-Reynolds

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Energy Efficiency Retrofitting of Existing Building Stock for Net-Zero: Sentiment Analysis of Social Media Data

Mershack Opoku Tetteh, Amos Darko, Emmanuel B. Boateng, Albert P.C. Chan

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Sustainable Buildings Within Low Carbon Energy Systems

David Jenkins, Peter McCallum, Kumar Biswajit Debnath

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Life Cycle Assessment in The Building and Construction Sector

Yahong Dong

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Social Transition Towards Creating a Sustainable and Resilient Built Environment

Thomas S.K. Tang

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Stakeholders’ transformative adaptation in sustainable design and construction

Cen-Ying Lee, Bruno Lot Tanko, Chris Harty, Martin Skitmore

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Building Back Better: Residential Retrofit Options for Older Australians in Bushfire Prone Areas

Alison.Wain, Saeed.Banihashemi, Sara Wilkinson, Lois Towart, Aso Harji Rasouli, Iina Lohi

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Green Finance: A Tool for Financing Green Building Projects

Caleb Debrah, Albert P. C. Chan, Amos Darko, De-Graft Owusu-Manu, Eric Ohene

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An Evaluation of The Implementation of Sustainable Construction Practices in the UK: An Analysis of The UK Government’s Role

Harry Deane, Serik Tokbolat

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Pathways To a Sustainable Built Environment: A Knowledge Based View from Malaysia

John Peter Rogers

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Enhancing Sustainable Build Environments Through Ecotourism Villages in Mount Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, Indonesia

Wiratno, Benny Hutahayan, Adji Achmad Rinaldo Fernandes

Biography

Dr Cheng Siew Goh is a professional surveyor and academic. Her subject knowledge lies in sustainability, green buildings, life cycle management, risk management, construction project management, and construction innovations. She has undertaken several individual and joint research projects to produce high quality research outputs and her works have been published in peer reviewed journals, conference proceedings and books. Her expertise is highly recognised where she has been invited to serve as reviewer for several peer reviewed journals and international conferences.

Dr. Heap-Yih (John) Chong obtained his PhD in Civil Engineering (Construction Engineering and Management) from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 2011. He brings with him a sound understanding of the construction sector. He has a strong track record of coherent research outputs in the top refereed journal articles, and has successfully secured a number of competitive research grants from funding bodies in Australia, Malaysia, China, Middle East, and Japan. He has a growing profile and is actively involved in professional bodies, industry engagements and international collaboration. His research focuses on the interdisciplinary area of construction engineering and management.