Office Buildings - The Importance Of "Make Good", Fitout and Recurring Embodied Energy

Forsythe, PJ

Office Buildings - The Importance Of "Make Good", Fitout and Recurring Embodied Energy

Forsythe, PJ

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Publisher:: Beacon Pathway
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Proceedings: SB10 Wellington - Innovation and Transformation, 2010, pp. 1 - 8
Issue Date:: 2010-01

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dc.contributor.author	Forsythe, PJ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0997-9118	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	NA	en_US
dc.date	2010-05-26	en_US
dc.date.issued	2010-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings: SB10 Wellington - Innovation and Transformation, 2010, pp. 1 - 8	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/16587
dc.description.abstract	The sustainable refurbishment of buildings is of increasing interest because existing building stock far outweighs new building stock in developed cities. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) represents a holistic means of measuring the total energy usage in buildings, including the likes of embodies energy and operating energy. This paper debates an apparent gap in the LCA literature, in that much of it only looks at initial embodies energy, and pays little attention to recurring embodied energy associated with the continual refurbishment and repair of buildings. This is particularly relevant to office buildings as many under "Make Good" on a regular basis - often as short as once every 7 years. Make Good involves the procedure at the end of office space leases, and typically includes the demolition of the outgoing tenant's fitout, followed by the reinstatement of the pre-lease fit-out, which may then be further changed by the incoming tenant's specific fitout needs. This very wasteful process generates significant recurring embodied energy. The paper helps identify the scale of the problem, the impact of occupancy churn, and analyses a selection of existing LCA studies.. Finally, the paper explores the small amount of literature that focuses on the occurrence of recurring embodied energy in buildings. The study puts forward the case for further research in this area, focussing on Make Good and the associated office fitout. This is expressed by way of a structured series of research questions that come out of the paper, and include potential solutions such as the re-thinkof office fit-out design.	en_US
dc.publisher	Beacon Pathway	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings: SB10 Wellington - Innovation and Transformation	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	SB10: Innovation and Transformation, New Zealand Sustainable Building Conference	en_US
dc.title	Office Buildings - The Importance Of "Make Good", Fitout and Recurring Embodied Energy	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
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utslib.location.activity	Wellington, New Zealand	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Built Environment
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CCDP - Contemporary Design Practice
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Abstract:

The sustainable refurbishment of buildings is of increasing interest because existing building stock far outweighs new building stock in developed cities. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) represents a holistic means of measuring the total energy usage in buildings, including the likes of embodies energy and operating energy. This paper debates an apparent gap in the LCA literature, in that much of it only looks at initial embodies energy, and pays little attention to recurring embodied energy associated with the continual refurbishment and repair of buildings. This is particularly relevant to office buildings as many under "Make Good" on a regular basis - often as short as once every 7 years. Make Good involves the procedure at the end of office space leases, and typically includes the demolition of the outgoing tenant's fitout, followed by the reinstatement of the pre-lease fit-out, which may then be further changed by the incoming tenant's specific fitout needs. This very wasteful process generates significant recurring embodied energy. The paper helps identify the scale of the problem, the impact of occupancy churn, and analyses a selection of existing LCA studies.. Finally, the paper explores the small amount of literature that focuses on the occurrence of recurring embodied energy in buildings. The study puts forward the case for further research in this area, focussing on Make Good and the associated office fitout. This is expressed by way of a structured series of research questions that come out of the paper, and include potential solutions such as the re-thinkof office fit-out design.

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