Print Email Facebook Twitter Floor area concession incentives as planning instruments to promote green building: A critical review of international practices Title Floor area concession incentives as planning instruments to promote green building: A critical review of international practices Author Fan, K. Qian, Q.K. Chan, E.H.W. Faculty Architecture and The Built Environment Department OTB Date 2015-12-09 Abstract Gross Floor Area (GFA) concession scheme, as a planning incentive, is developed from the notion of “make developers pay” in UK in 1990. It rewards developers additional GFA in exchange for public amenities so that government could save that amount of money. This paper carries out a review of GFA concession scheme in Hong Kong and Singapore to synergize the key features and success factors of its implementation. Reasons for its effectiveness were discussed from the perspective of political, economical, and business issues. Based on case studies, the key features of “Floor Area Concession Schemes” are discussed, including 1) very effective in places with high land value; 2) influencing built environment positively and negatively; 3) ensuring the buildings get certified by green building (GB) rating system. This paper identifies key success factors, comprising 1) common goal but different interests shared by developers and governments; 2) a bonus cap; 3) regular review and revision of the scheme; 4) links between planning objectives and GB technology and design practice, which will be discussed. These help formulate a general approach or model of “Floor Area Concession Schemes” for promoting green building. Subject GFA incentive schemegreen buildingcase studyHong KongSingapore To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f8463c76-7d2a-4007-b1a2-177536f5ed04 Publisher SASBE Source A critical review of International practices, Smart and Sustainable Built Environments (SASBE) conference 9-11 Dec, 2015, Pretoria, South Africa Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c) 2015 Fan, K.Qian, Q.K.Chan, E.H.W. Files PDF FLOOR_AREA_CONCESSION_INC ... TICES_.pdf 574.11 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:f8463c76-7d2a-4007-b1a2-177536f5ed04/datastream/OBJ/view