Green Building Transitions by Julia Affolderbach

Green Building Transitions by Julia Affolderbach

This volume analyzes sustainability-related innovations in the building sector and discusses how regional contexts articulate transition trajectories toward green building. It presents ‘biographies’ of drivers and processes of green building innovation in four case studies: Brisbane (AUS), Freiburg (GER), Luxembourg (LU), and Vancouver (CA). Two of them are relatively well known for their initiatives to mitigate climate change – particularly in the building sector, whereas the other two have only recently become more active in promoting green building. The volume places emphasis on development paths, learning processes, and innovations. The focus of the case studies is not restricted to purely technological aspects but also integrates regulatory, procedural, institutional, and other processes and routines and their influence on the variations of the building sector. 

The diversity of the selected case studies offers the reader the opportunity to gain a thorough understanding of how sustainability developments have unfolded in different city regions. Case study-specific catalogues of transition paths provide insights to inform policy debates and planning processes. The catalogues identify crucial innovations (technological, regulatory, etc.) and explain the factors and circumstances that have led to their success and broader acceptance in Freiburg, Vancouver, Luxembourg, and Brisbane. With the help of a number of micro case studies within each of the four city regions, the case studies also offer ground for comparison and identification of differences. 

The book represents the outcome of the GreenRegio project, which stands for ‘Green building in regional strategies for sustainability: multi-actor governance and innovative building technologies in Europe, Australia, and Canada.’ GreenRegio was a 3-year CORE-INTER research project funded by the National Research Fund Luxembourg (FNR) and the German Research Foundation (DFG).

Chapters 2, 3,10 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Prof. Dr. Martin W. Schnell (M.A.), Lehrstuhlinhaber fü¾˜¶˜¼r Sozialphilosophie und Ethik sowie Direktor des Instituts fü¾˜¶˜¼r Ethik und Kommunikation im Gesundheitswesen (IEKG), Universitü¾†”¼t Witten/Herdecke.

Dr. Christian Schulz (MSc), Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK.

Dr. Christiane Atzmü¾˜¶˜¼ller, Universitü¾†”¼tsassistentin post doc, Institut fü¾˜¶˜¼r Wirtschaftssoziologie, Universitü¾†”¼t Wien.

Christine Dunger (MSc), wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Lehrstuhl fü¾˜¶˜¼r Sozialphilosophie und Ethik sowie Mitarbeiterin am Institut fü¾˜¶˜¼r Ethik und Kommunikation im Gesundheitswesen (IEKG), Universitü¾†”¼t Witten/Herdecke.

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ISBN 13	9783030085186
ISBN 10	303008518X
Title	Green Building Transitions
Author	Julia Affolderbach
Series	The Urban Book Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Year published	2018-12-22
Number of pages	236
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