The impacts of urban form on energy & GHG emissions in Metropolitan Melbourne

Building and transport energy are the main drivers of energy consumption in urban areas. The building typologies and transport choice variables have a large influence on the emission of GHG to the atmosphere, especially in cities with low density and aging building stock and private car dependency, such as Australian cities. One of the main concerns related to this environmental impact is the lack of integrated energy and GHG assessments methodologies that can provide useful insights to decision makers and planning departments on the impact of their planning decisions on the urban environment. This research propose a Building typology based assessment methodology, integrating domestic transport energy and GHG emissions. The model can be provide useful information on the energy and GHG emissions at smaller geographical levels (SA1 in Australia) to larger areas such as Suburbs and LGA (Local Government) or Metropolitan.