Sustainability Concepts and Technical Criteria: The Case of Eco-city Megaprojects

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Farah Mneimneh (Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Engineering Management Program, American University of Beirut, Lebanon);

Issam Srour (Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Engineering Management Program, American University of Beirut, Lebanon);

Isam Kaysi (Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, American University of Beirut, Lebanon).

ABSTRACT

Several international tools and standards exist for evaluating the level of sustainability of buildings or neighborhoods. Nonetheless, similar tools are still not internationally adopted in the context of new urban development or megaprojects. While such sustainability assessment tools are important, of special interest to practitioners is how to ensure that their requirements are well integrated in a proposed Master Plan. This paper is part of a research study which aims at assisting the design manager, during the pre-project planning stages of a new eco-city megaproject. The purpose is to evaluate the Master Plan alternatives in light of pre-defined sustainability requirements. The study relies on literature review on urban sustainability to infer key sustainability concepts and technical criteria for eco-city megaprojects. The research outcomes will pave the way for proposing a management framework to ensure the integration of sustainability criteria in the proposed master plan for a new eco-city.

Published in the International Journal of Architecture, Engineering and Construction, Vol 3, No 2 (2014).

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