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  • Urban Planning and Design
  • Public Health Policy
  • Building Science

Background:

  • Residential apartment design policies aim to enhance resident well-being and urban sustainability.
  • Assessing the on-ground implementation of these policies is crucial for evaluating their effectiveness.
  • Existing methods for measuring policy adherence in apartment construction are limited.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a comprehensive and objective method for measuring the implementation of residential apartment design policies in Australia.
  • To develop a protocol for extracting and quantifying specific health-enhancing design requirements.
  • To enable benchmarking and assessment of policy uptake in apartment design and construction.

Main Methods:

  • A protocol was developed to extract policy-specific design requirements from three Australian state government policies.
  • Ten key design elements (solar access, natural ventilation, open space, privacy, parking, etc.) were identified and measured.
  • A scoring system was computed to quantify the level of on-ground implementation and policy compliance at building and apartment levels.

Main Results:

  • The developed method systematically assesses apartment buildings against specific design policy requirements.
  • Policy implementation was defined and quantified by the degree of adherence to stipulated design policies.
  • A scoring system was successfully applied to quantify policy implementation at both apartment and building scales.

Conclusions:

  • The introduced method provides an objective tool for researchers to quantify and benchmark apartment policy implementation.
  • This systematic approach allows for the assessment of policy uptake in design and construction.
  • The findings will inform future policy development and enhance the effectiveness of residential apartment design guidelines.