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