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Aligning goals for sustainable outcomes: Case study of a university building in Australia Iyer-Raniga, U, Moore, T, Ridley, I and Andamon, M 2016, 'Aligning goals for sustainable outcomes: Case study of a university building in Australia' in W. L. Filho and Lu. Brandli (ed.) Engaging Stakeholders in Education for Sustainable Development at University Level, Springer, Switzerland, pp. 163-176. Document type: Book Chapter Collection: Book Chapters Title Aligning goals for sustainable outcomes: Case study of a university building in Australia Author(s) Iyer-Raniga, U Moore, T Ridley, I Andamon, M Year 2016 Title of book Engaging Stakeholders in Education for Sustainable Development at University Level Publisher Springer Place of publication Switzerland Editor(s) W. L. Filho and Lu. Brandli Start page 163 End page 176 Subjects Building Construction Management and Project Planning Building Science and Techniques Summary The importance of universities goes beyond teaching and undertaking research. Universities can shape cities due to the significant number of buildings they occupy, large amounts of resources they consume and the high number of staff and students attending them. With many universities teaching subjects relating to sustainable planning, design, management, cities and society, they present an opportunity to lead by example and act as urban learning labs for a transition to a low carbon future. This chapter presents analysis from a post-occupancy evaluation of a Green Star rated university building in Melbourne, Australia. In addition to the analysis of building performance data, interviews were undertaken with key stakeholders involved across the design, construction and occupation of the building. A Building User Satisfaction survey was also undertaken for occupants. The analysis identified a number of key successes as well as a number of challenges. Learnings from the research are applicable not just to academic institutions but to the wider built environment industry in shaping the sustainability of the built environment. Copyright notice © Springer International Publishing Keyword(s) Case study Green Star Post-occupancy evaluation Sustainability Melbourne DOI - identifier 10.1007/978-3-319-26734-0_11 ISBN 9783319267326 Related Links Link Description http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26734-0_11 Link to Published Version   Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 14 Apr 2016, 11:40:57 EST Filtered Full Altmetric details: Access Statistics: 260 Abstract Views  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 14 Apr 2016, 10:28:00 EST by Catalyst Administrator