Transport, housing and urban form: the life cycle transport and housing impact of city centre apartments compared with suburban dwellings

In this study, life cycle analysis is used to calculate the total transport and housing energy and emissions from a sample of 41 households resident in seven apartment buildings in Adelaide City Centre. The analysis includes delivered energy and greenhouse gas emissions generated by motorised travel and activities within the dwelling (heating, cooling, water heating, cooking, electrical appliances etc.); and the energy and emissions embodied in household motor vehicles and the apartment buildings. The study builds on previous research which calculated the life cycle energy and emissions from a sample of 212 inner suburban and outer suburban households living in detached, semi-detached, unit and terraced dwellings. In that analysis it was found that certain urban form variables were significant in explaining the variance in energy use and emissions between households. The results for the expanded sample of households are compared with reference to key urban form factors (location, density, dwelling type), and to socio-demographic variables (income, family type, employment, age profile). Inferences are drawn concerning the impact of the urban form factors on the total transport and housing energy and emissions of the expanded sample, and the impact of urban form on the transport and housing specific activities. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E216382.

• Authors:
  • PERKINS, A
  • HAMNETT, S
  • PULLEN, S
  • ZITO, R
  • TREBILCOCK, D
• Publication Date: 2007-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 11P
• Serial:
  • STATE OF AUSTRALIAN CITIES NATIONAL CONFERENCE, 2007, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
  • Publisher: University of South Australia

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Business districts; Carbon dioxide; Conferences; Costs; Dwellings; Environment; Households; Life cycle analysis; Pollutants; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Equivalence
• ITRD Terms: 302: Business district; 7393: Carbon dioxide; 8525: Conference; 224: Cost; 308: Dwelling; 2442: Emission; 2455: Environment; 9019: Equivalent; 309: Household; 5950: Life cycle; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Finance; Society; Terminals and Facilities; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01109164
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 25 2008 7:47AM