Table of Contents

About the Author

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction    

1. Global and Built Environment Climate Fundamentals

Climate Fundamentals

International Legislations, Agreements, Frameworks, Roadmaps and Plans for Action

Risks and Opportunities in a Net Zero Economy

Sustainable Urbanism, Architecture and Engineering

Built Environment Policy, Legislation, Regulations, Commitments, Frameworks, Benchmarks and Construction Industry Guidance

2. Sustainable Outcomes and Common Threads

Outcome-based Briefing, Design, Delivery and Management of the Built Environment Retrofit (Adaptation and Reuse)

Planning for (Climate) Extremes, Disaster Risk, Resilience/Robustness, Redundancy and Adaptation

Climate Justice, Equitable and Inclusive Design

Procurement, Process, Life Cycle Costing, Research and Innovation

3. Human Factors

Health, Wellbeing and Comfort

Biophilic and Sensory Design

User Experience Design and Occupant Behaviour

Communities, Interconnectivity and Inclusion

Social Value

4. Circular Economy

Resource Efficiency, Sufficiency and Geographic Implications

Designing for Change (Flexibility and Adaptability) and Regeneration

Waste as a 'Resource'

Environmental and Health Impacts of Materials and Waste

Responsible and Ethical Sourcing

5. Energy and Carbon

Passive Design

Active Design: Environmental Systems and Technologies

Whole Life Carbon Impacts (for Retrofit and New Build)

Offsetting and Carbon/Offset Credits

Iterative and Integrated Design and Delivery Process

6. Water

Water Cycles, Sources, Stresses, Quality and Management

Water Recycling and Reuse

Rainwater Harvesting, Stormwater Management and Sustainable Urban Drainage

Water Pollution on Land and in Aquatic Habitats

Impacts of Climate Change (Water-related Hazards and Disasters)

7. Ecology and Biodiversity

Biodiversity and Net Gain

Nature-based Solutions

Land Use and Urban Density

Bioregional Planning and Biophilic Urbanism

Sustainable Food Production and Urban Food Systems

8. Connectivity and Transport

Site Selection, Location and Urban Ecosystems

Compact Development and Walkability

Regional and Local Infrastructure and Planning

Low Carbon Transport and Multimodal Transportation Networks

Planning for Future of Transportation

About the Author

Mina Hasman is a practising architect, an environmental engineer, and a strong advocate for addressing climate change. She challenges the norms and contributes to the wider climate change, sustainability, wellbeing, and equity debate, as well as actions in her role as the Sustainability Lead at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, a subject matter expert at numerous international organisations and as a tutor at various academic institutions.

Passionate about education, collaboration and co-creation, Hasman is the founder of the global, transdisciplinary initiative, the Climate Framework, whose mission is to upskill and build collective capacity, across the built environment sector and related academia, for climate action. The taxonomy of the Framework was officially adopted by the Royal Institute of British Architects in 2020, to formulate their ‘Climate Literacy Knowledge Schedule’, which this book is structured around.