This book sets out some positive directions to move forward including government policy and
regulatory options an innovative GRID (Greening Regenerative Improvement Districts) scheme
that can assist with funding and management and the first steps towards an innovative carbon
credit scheme for the built environment. Decarbonising cities is a global agenda with huge
significance for the future of urban civilisation. Global demonstrations have shown that
technology and design issues are largely solved. However the mainstreaming of low carbon urban
development particularly at the precinct scale currently lacks sufficient: standards for
measuring carbon covering operational embodied and transport emissions assessment and
decision-making tools to assist in design options certifying processes for carbon neutrality
within the built environment and accreditation processes for enabling carbon credits to be
generated from precinct-wide urban development. Numerous barriers are currently hindering
greater adoption of high performance low carbon developments many of which relate to
implementation and governance. How to enable and manage precinct-scale renewables and other low
carbon technologies within an urban setting is a particular challenge.
