@inproceedings{5101,
  abstract     = {{The Government of Dubai implemented Green Building Regulations & Specifications & Specifications (GBRS). In March 2014. Dubai has more than 1000 high-rise buildings in which more than 2 million residents are accommodated. However, 62% of the existing residential high-rise buildings dating from 1970-2014 do not meet the requirements of the new GBRS. The paper suggests a sustainability plan framework for the modern heritage buildings in Dubai that satisfies the new building regulations. This will require the development of a new set of tools to adequately protect and keep the identity and heritage of the existing buildings instead of replacing them with new ones. In this context, several case studies are presented, analyzed and discussed to present the potential and the challenges of keeping these buildings.Many of the existing buildings built in the City of Dubai from 1970-2014 are part of the memory of the place and contribute to the story of Dubai development in the recent past. This research aims at protecting and documenting an important phase of the history of the urban development in the City of Dubai, highlighting the time period in which the initial principles that govern and guide the development of the city were developed. As part of Dubai modern heritage, the buildings under study have had a major impact on shaping the urban environment and crystallizing the architectural character of Dubai development in the 1970s and 1980s. Besides that, the headlong modernization of Dubai will eliminate all evidence of the city evolution. As a result, retrofitting of existing buildings should not only improve energy efficiency and performance but also keep the identity and heritage of the City of Dubai instead of replacing buildings with new ones.}},
  author       = {{Raed, Abeer Abu and Pottgiesser, Uta and Quist, Wido J.}},
  booktitle    = {{LDE Heritage Conference on Heritage and the Sustainable Development Goals}},
  editor       = {{Pottgiesser, Uta and Fatoric, Sandra and de Maaker, Erik and Pereira Roders, Ana}},
  keywords     = {{Modern Heritage, Sustainability, High-rise Buildings, Dubai, Green Building}},
  pages        = {{268--278}},
  publisher    = {{TU Delft Open}},
  title        = {{{Sustainable Development of 1970-2014 High-Rise Residential Architecture from: Dubai Case Study on Modern Heritage}}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}

@misc{7696,
  abstract     = {{Although an increasing amount of empirical research has been linked to the impact of management control and governance on corporate social responsibility (CSR) issues since the financial crisis of 2008/09, heterogeneous results have characterised this research field. Regarding the group level of corporate governance, the efficacy of board committees (e.g., audit, compensation or CSR committees) has been included in recent research designs. However, analyses of corporate governance at the individual level are related to the effects of top management members [e.g., chief executive officer (CEO), chief financial officer (CFO) or chief sustainability officer (CSO)] on CSR outcomes. This paper aims to convey a detailed understanding of sustainable management control's impact as CSR-related board expertise. In more detail, we focus on the influence of both CSR committees and CSOs on three CSR measures mainly analysed in empirical-quantitative research: (1) CSR reporting; (2) CSR assurance (CSRA); and (3) CSR performance. We motivate our analysis with increased relevance from practical, regulatory and research perspectives, and we employ a systematic literature review of the symbolic vs. substantive effects of sustainability-related board composition. Based on our theoretical model (legitimacy theory, stakeholder theory and upper-echelons theory), we selected 48 quantitative peer-reviewed empirical studies on this research topic. Our analysis shows that CSR committees positively influence CSR reporting and performance. Thus, there are indications that the implementation of a CSR committee is not a symbolic act, but instead substantively contributes to CSR activities. However, in light of inconclusive empirical research results and a lack of studies that have analysed CSO-related effects, a notable research gap has been identified. Moreover, we note the main limitations of prior research in this review and develop an agenda with useful recommendations for future studies.}},
  author       = {{Velte, Patrick and Stawinoga, Martin}},
  booktitle    = {{Journal of Management Control}},
  issn         = {{2191-477X}},
  keywords     = {{CSR committee, Chief sustainability officer (CSO), CSR reporting, CSR performance, CSR assurance, Board expertise}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{333--377}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  title        = {{{Do chief sustainability officers and CSR committees influence CSR-related outcomes? A structured literature review based on empirical-quantitative research findings}}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/s00187-020-00308-x}},
  volume       = {{31}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}

@techreport{2184,
  abstract     = {{Material flows and energy flows can be correlated with sufficient data, e.g. on production energies, annual production quantities and degrees of dissipation with temperature increases in the atmosphere, volumes of molten ice or sea level increases, as well as with probability statements, information densities and management recommendations. All these quantities can be described by the comprehensive term entropy.
In order to consider the efficiency of material and energy flows, the difficulty to understand the concept of entropy with its different definitions can be summarized simply and easily in a model related to ice cubes.
The quality of a model containing percentage probability statements, statements on dissipation in material flow models in connection with statements on information density and its description by the ice cube model is still to be determined in practice in suitable material flow models. Such projects should show the types of mathematical correlations between dissipation degrees, entropy increase, increase of molten ice and sea level rise.
}},
  author       = {{Sietz, Manfred and Wrenger, Burkhard}},
  keywords     = {{Entropy, Ice Cube, Sustainability, Sea Level Rise, Information Density, Probability Statements, Material Flow Model, Dissipation}},
  title        = {{{Entropie eines Eiswürfels, Wahrscheinlichkeitsaussagen und Meeresspiegelerhöhung}}},
  doi          = {{10.25644/76E5-PC61}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}

@inproceedings{5847,
  abstract     = {{Urban noise pollution is a major environmental health problem. International organizations are making efforts to prevent health damage due to high levels of noise in cities, but the design of the built environment typically neglects the acoustic impact of architectural projects. Building facades, covering a substantial part of the vertical surfaces of the urban fabric, have a significant effect on the wellbeing of the population and on the environmental impact of buildings. Facade geometries and materials interact with the diversity of sounds in the city composing soundscapes that influence the health, comfort, and productivity of people inside and outside of buildings. This study gives an overview of the elements involved in the composition of the urban soundscape and revises the potential effects of sound-reflective and sound-absorptive facades. With the purpose of exemplifying the integration of acoustic data into facade design processes, a parametric design workflow is developed to experiment with acoustic simulations of a street environment, alternating between sound-reflective and sound-absorptive facades.}},
  author       = {{Balderrama, Alvaro and Arztmann, Daniel and Schulz, Jens-Uwe}},
  booktitle    = {{Facade Tectonics 2020 World Congress}},
  keywords     = {{acoustics, sustainability, computational design, parametric workflows}},
  location     = {{Los Angeles}},
  title        = {{{Influence of Façade Materials on the Acoustic Environment}}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}

@inproceedings{5848,
  abstract     = {{Urban noise pollution is a major environmental health problem. International organizations are making efforts to prevent health damage due to high levels of noise in cities, but the design of the built environment typically neglects the acoustic impact of architectural projects. Building facades, covering a substantial part of the vertical surfaces of the urban fabric, have a significant effect on the wellbeing of the population and on the environmental impact of buildings. Facade geometries and materials interact with the diversity of sounds in the city composing soundscapes that influence the health, comfort, and productivity of people inside and outside of buildings. This study gives an overview of the elements involved in the composition of the urban soundscape and revises the potential effects of sound-reflective and sound-absorptive facades. With the purpose of exemplifying the integration of acoustic data into facade design processes, a parametric design workflow is developed to experiment with acoustic simulations of a street environment, alternating between sound-reflective and sound-absorptive facades.}},
  author       = {{Arztmann, Daniel and Ramirez, Jhosangela and Mena Lozada , Tomas}},
  booktitle    = {{Facade Tectonics 2020 World Congress}},
  keywords     = {{acoustics, sustainability, computational design, parametric workflows}},
  location     = {{Los Angeles}},
  title        = {{{Facade 4.0 – The new digital life-cycle of the building envelope}}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}

@misc{13372,
  abstract     = {{This bachelor thesis explores the adaptive reuse of the former Telekom high-rise at Kesselbrink in Bielefeld, a vacant modernist office tower awaiting new purpose. The project proposes a mixed-use transformation that reinterprets the building as a “city within the city,” inspired by Le Corbusier’s Unité d’Habitation in Marseille. The existing structure is strategically reduced to its essential load-bearing concrete frame and floor slabs, preserving the structural skeleton while enabling radical spatial reconfiguration.
Prefabricated timber modules are inserted and cantilevered between the reinforced-concrete columns, extending the usable floor area and introducing a warm, contemporary material contrast to the original façade. This intervention not only increases density and flexibility but also redefines the tower’s appearance, giving it a cosmopolitan and forward-looking architectural identity. The ground floor is conceived as an open and publicly accessible urban platform, activating the surrounding plaza and strengthening social interaction. Upper floors are redesigned as affordable and attractive living spaces for young residents, encouraging a diverse and vibrant community within the building.
A newly designed park-like rooftop landscape provides recreational space and panoramic views over the city, enhancing environmental quality and urban connectivity. By combining structural preservation, modular timber construction, public programming, and residential reuse, the proposal demonstrates how high-rise retrofitting can generate social, ecological, and economic value simultaneously. The project positions adaptive reuse as a viable strategy for sustainable urban regeneration and architectural longevity.}},
  author       = {{Konschake, Leon}},
  keywords     = {{Adaptive Reuse, Mixed-Use Development, High-Rise Transformation, City within the City, Modular Timber Construction, Prefabrication, Structural Preservation, Concrete Skeleton, Cantilevered Modules, Urban Regeneration, Public Ground Floor, Youth Housing, Rooftop Landscape, Sustainability, Social Impact, Ecological Design, Economic Viability, Cosmopolitan Architecture}},
  publisher    = {{Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe}},
  title        = {{{TreeTower}}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}

@misc{7894,
  author       = {{Stawinoga, Martin}},
  booktitle    = {{Umwelt-Wirtschafts-Forum : uwf ; die betriebswirtschaftlich-ökologisch orientierte Fachzeitschrift }},
  issn         = {{1432-2293 }},
  keywords     = {{Directive 2014/95/EU     CSR-Directive-Implementation-Act     Regulation     Non-financial reporting     Assurance of qualitative sustainability disclosures}},
  number       = {{25}},
  pages        = {{ 213–227}},
  publisher    = {{Springer Spektrum }},
  title        = {{{Die Richtlinie 2014/95/EU und das CSR-Richtlinie-Umsetzungsgesetz – Eine normative Analyse des Transformationsprozesses sowie daraus resultierender Implikationen für die Rechnungslegungs- und Prüfungspraxis}}},
  doi          = {{https://doi.org/10.1007/s00550-017-0463-6}},
  year         = {{2017}},
}