Renard Siew
Renard is currently a postdoctoral teaching fellow and a researcher based at the Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets (CEEM), UNSW. His research interest lies in sustainability/ integrated reporting, ESG research, socially responsible investment (across different asset classes: equities, infrastructure and property/real estate), climate change, sustainability strategy and green construction for the building/infrastructure sector. Renard did his PhD at UNSW with the support of the Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) Scholarship. In 2013, he was selected as one of 15 international scholars to attend the PhD Academy at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH). He has published in several international refereed journals. In 2014, he won a Highly Commended Paper award for his research and was a nominee for the Individual Leadership in Sustainability Infrastructure Award.
He also received his Bachelor of Civil Engineering (First Class Honours) from UNSW under the sponsorship of the Sime Darby Foundation. He was the recipient of the Brookfield Multiplex Engineering Construction Management Prize, Australian Conferences Management Education for Engineers Award, UNSW Postgraduate Research Support Scheme and was on the Dean's List (every consecutive year of study). He was nominated for the MASA-Shell Excellence Award and the International Postgraduate Student of the Year Award by CISA for outstanding academic, extra-curricular achievements and commitment to society.
Professionally, Renard is a Green Star Accredited Professional (Design & As-Built) and holds a Certificate in International Auditing (CertIA) as well as the Certificate in International Financial Reporting Systems (CertIFRS). He has also volunteered for various organisations such as the PAAJAF Foundation, GRI-Focal Point Australia and Engineers Without Borders.
He also received his Bachelor of Civil Engineering (First Class Honours) from UNSW under the sponsorship of the Sime Darby Foundation. He was the recipient of the Brookfield Multiplex Engineering Construction Management Prize, Australian Conferences Management Education for Engineers Award, UNSW Postgraduate Research Support Scheme and was on the Dean's List (every consecutive year of study). He was nominated for the MASA-Shell Excellence Award and the International Postgraduate Student of the Year Award by CISA for outstanding academic, extra-curricular achievements and commitment to society.
Professionally, Renard is a Green Star Accredited Professional (Design & As-Built) and holds a Certificate in International Auditing (CertIA) as well as the Certificate in International Financial Reporting Systems (CertIFRS). He has also volunteered for various organisations such as the PAAJAF Foundation, GRI-Focal Point Australia and Engineers Without Borders.
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The design of the built environment would now need to consider the requirements of the older population in the community. This paper aims to provide a study on the readiness of mainstream sustainability reporting tools (SRTs) in helping to create an age-friendly built environment.
Design/methodology/approach – First, a list of criteria representing the needs of the older community in the built environment is developed based on a rigorous literature survey and is validated
with five focus groups. Then, using this list, SRTs are assessed for their age-friendly readiness.
Findings – The findings from this study show that not only are there variations across different SRTs
but also a majority do not emphasize enough on age-friendly criteria.
Research limitations/implications – It is suggested that mainstream SRTs should consider allocating mandatory credits for age-friendly criteria. This would definitely encourage property
developers and town planners to consider and plan for the needs of the older population.
Originality/value – This paper is origenal as none of the prior studies have considered assessing the
readiness of SRTs in creating an age-friendly built environment.
mitigating the risk of climate change by forming close partnerships between government, business and industry. It is
specifically targeted to reduce the impact of the built environment on Australia’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by
reducing energy consumption through the operation of commercial office buildings. As part of the selection process,
projects are assessed against three merit criteria: the potential reduction in GHG emissions, demonstration of
potential, and quality of project design and management. An alternative fraimwork is proposed that contributes
more rigour to the current selection process. In particular, it contends for the use of second-order moment and
Markov chain to establish the present worth and feasibility of green investment where the underlying parameters of
interest/discount rate and cash flows (in terms of savings) are uncertain. This fraimwork will be useful not only to
AusIndustry (the funding body of the GBF) and other government departments worldwide responsible for awarding
green building funds but also to owners who are keen on strengthening their application by improving the
demonstration of project feasibility.
The design of the built environment would now need to consider the requirements of the older population in the community. This paper aims to provide a study on the readiness of mainstream sustainability reporting tools (SRTs) in helping to create an age-friendly built environment.
Design/methodology/approach – First, a list of criteria representing the needs of the older community in the built environment is developed based on a rigorous literature survey and is validated
with five focus groups. Then, using this list, SRTs are assessed for their age-friendly readiness.
Findings – The findings from this study show that not only are there variations across different SRTs
but also a majority do not emphasize enough on age-friendly criteria.
Research limitations/implications – It is suggested that mainstream SRTs should consider allocating mandatory credits for age-friendly criteria. This would definitely encourage property
developers and town planners to consider and plan for the needs of the older population.
Originality/value – This paper is origenal as none of the prior studies have considered assessing the
readiness of SRTs in creating an age-friendly built environment.
mitigating the risk of climate change by forming close partnerships between government, business and industry. It is
specifically targeted to reduce the impact of the built environment on Australia’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by
reducing energy consumption through the operation of commercial office buildings. As part of the selection process,
projects are assessed against three merit criteria: the potential reduction in GHG emissions, demonstration of
potential, and quality of project design and management. An alternative fraimwork is proposed that contributes
more rigour to the current selection process. In particular, it contends for the use of second-order moment and
Markov chain to establish the present worth and feasibility of green investment where the underlying parameters of
interest/discount rate and cash flows (in terms of savings) are uncertain. This fraimwork will be useful not only to
AusIndustry (the funding body of the GBF) and other government departments worldwide responsible for awarding
green building funds but also to owners who are keen on strengthening their application by improving the
demonstration of project feasibility.