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Auditing and Rating Sustainability of Mediterranean Buildings, Neighbourhoods and Cities

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  • Constantinos A. Balaras

    (Group Energy Conservation, Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development (IERSD), National Observatory of Athens (NOA), P. Penteli, 15236 Athens, Greece)

  • Kalliopi G. Droutsa

    (Group Energy Conservation, Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development (IERSD), National Observatory of Athens (NOA), P. Penteli, 15236 Athens, Greece)

  • Elena G. Dascalaki

    (Group Energy Conservation, Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development (IERSD), National Observatory of Athens (NOA), P. Penteli, 15236 Athens, Greece)

  • Simon Kontoyiannidis

    (Group Energy Conservation, Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development (IERSD), National Observatory of Athens (NOA), P. Penteli, 15236 Athens, Greece)

  • Andrea Moro

    (iiSBE Italia R&D, International Initiative for a Sustainable Built Environment, 10138 Torino, Italy)

  • Elena Bazzan

    (iiSBE Italia R&D, International Initiative for a Sustainable Built Environment, 10138 Torino, Italy)

  • Paola Borgaro

    (iiSBE Italia R&D, International Initiative for a Sustainable Built Environment, 10138 Torino, Italy)

Abstract

Sustainability rating systems for the built environment involve a multitude of indicators that are based on different types of data. This work capitalizes on an existing multicriteria assessment method and supporting decision-making tool at building and neighbourhood scale, to develop an enhanced method and tool at city scale. The main sustainability issues at building and city scales include site and infrastructure, energy and resources consumption, environmental loadings, climate change, environmental quality, water, waste, transportation, services, social aspects, economy and governance. Approximately 300 indicators distributed among the different scales are used to describe and quantify the various facets of sustainability. Specifically, the building scale includes a pool of 80 indicators of which 17 are key performance indicators (KPIs), the neighbourhood scale has 133 indicators of which 14 are KPIs and the city scale has a total of 99 indicators of which 10 are KPIs that were new additions to the existing method. The emphasis in this paper is given on elaborating the key performance indicators for cities and demonstrating their applicability through a case study. The common method and tools provide a flexible assessment system for local authorities and stakeholders to develop and assess sustainability plans.

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  • Constantinos A. Balaras & Kalliopi G. Droutsa & Elena G. Dascalaki & Simon Kontoyiannidis & Andrea Moro & Elena Bazzan & Paola Borgaro, 2023. "Auditing and Rating Sustainability of Mediterranean Buildings, Neighbourhoods and Cities," Energies, MDPI, vol. 17(1), pages 1-18, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:17:y:2023:i:1:p:82-:d:1305780
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    1. Davide Forcellini, 2023. "The Role of Redundancy of Infrastructures on the Seismic Resilience (SR) of Sustainable Communities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(15), pages 1-13, August.
    2. Constantinos A. Balaras & Andreas I. Theodoropoulos & Elena G. Dascalaki, 2023. "Geographic Information Systems for Facilitating Audits of the Urban Built Environment," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(11), pages 1-26, May.
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