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JOURNAL OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Volume 10, Issue 2, Pages 18-31Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/18626033.2015.1058562
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Ballast Point Park; public space; renewable energy distribution; sustainability; triple bottom line (TBL)
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As cities are rapidly developing new interventions against climate change, embedding renewable energy in public spaces is an important strategy. However, most interventions primarily include environmental sustainability while neglecting the social and economic interrelationships of electricity production. Although there is a growing interest in sustainability within environmental design and landscape architecture, public spaces are still awaiting viable energy-conscious design and assessment interventions. The purpose of this paper is to investigate this issue in a renowned public space-Ballast Point Park in Sydney-using a triple bottom line (TBL) case study approach. The emerging factors and relationships of each component of TBL, within the context of public open space, are identified and discussed. With specific focus on renewable energy distribution in and around Ballast Point Park, the paper concludes with a general design framework, which conceptualizes an optimal distribution of on-site electricity produced from renewable sources embedded in public open spaces.
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