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Introductory Vodcast to the Book

Mark Kelly, Director of Sustainability, and his colleagues Director, Earle Arney, and Senior Associate, David Craven, discuss their intent for writing Public #5: A Human Thing and comment on some of the key findings of Woods Bagot’s research into sustainability.

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	Global Issue. Personal Impact. The next revolution is upon us, where natural capital will drive future business opportunity. Woods Bagot acknowledges that a problem of this magnitude has no single solution.
	Sense and Sustainability The ‘Green Team’ program was Woods Bagot’s response to do something practical for the environment, making sustainability a core part of the firm’s design philosophy.
	Sustainability: Strategy or Spin? Sustainability is the new business buzzword, but companies need to do more than pay lip service to it.
	City Central: A Sustainable High Performance Workplace A post-occupancy survey carried out at Five Star Green Star City Central Tower One, reveals a positive effect on the job performance of workers in the new building.
	A Holistic Approach to Sustainable Development: The UK Regeneration Experience This paper explores the impact of building typology and urban planning on creating sustainable urban regeneration.
	Sustainability Who Cares? A Property Industry Survey Woods Bagot interviewed key leaders in the field to determine their views on the future of sustainability for the industry.
	The Future of Sustainability Five leading figures in the industry share their perspectives on where sustainability is heading.
	Red to Green China, the world’s largest producer of greenhouse gas emissions is said to be choking on its own success. Authorities and developers are starting to take steps to address their cities.
	The Colour of Money: The Business Case for Sustainable Design The business case for sustainability is often argued in purely financial terms. Our research reveals that there is a much more complex matrix of drivers.
	Attitude to Action Attitudes and actions are not the same. This paper proposes that in the quest to generate change in an organisation all elements of behavioural change need to be addressed.
	S.E.E. Breeze: The Impact of Indoor Air Quality on Education One of the major problems of built structures, including learning environments, is that they contain numerous sources of airborne pollutants.
	Harmonious with Nature: The Chinese Approach to Building Energy Reduction In seeking answers to sustainable living environments in China, adherence to China’s traditional culture, which has always emphasised harmony with nature, is needed.
	Vertical Farming Vertical Farms are modelled on multi-storey building construction, teamed with a sustainable, agricultural strategy. Read the interview with pioneer Dr Despommier.
	Wanchai 2010: Towards Sustainable Urban Transformation Hong Kong has been following the general consciousness in its attitudes towards generating an overall sustainable urban environment, particularly in the Wanchai district.

PUBLIC #5: A HUMAN THING

Public #5: A Human Thing, edited by Mark Kelly and published in 2009, is a commentary on social, ecological and economic sustainability.

For the first time in human history more than half of the world’s population lives in cities. As the globe experiences rapid climate change and issues of energy and resources conservation are paramount, the design industry faces an urgent challenge on how better buildings and cities can significantly reduce our impact on the environment. By entering the debate, Public#5 acknowledges that a problem on this scale has no single solution: policy, technology and behavioural change all have important roles to play in an arena that traverses the individual, product, industry, city, country, affecting the entire globe.

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