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Research in policy and practice · No. 130 · 2025
Research helping explain the gap between ratings and ecological outcomes
MECLA · WWF-Australia · Sydney Environment Institute
- Role
- Biodiversity-assessment evidence
- Host
- MECLA · WWF-Australia · Sydney Environment Institute
- Publication
- From the Outside In: Buildings and Biodiversity
- Contribution
- Biodiversity-assessment evidence
- Evidence
- April 2025 · Section 6.1.1, printed page 78 · Reference page 113
Research reaching practice
An Australian industry-facing buildings-and-biodiversity report uses Professor Amir’s rating-system comparison.
How the research was used
The report cites the study when discussing the apparent gap between assessment metrics and ecological outcomes. It also uses the research in its account of rating systems and their evolving treatment of biodiversity, informing discussion of more nature-sensitive building decisions.
The documented contribution
April 2025 · Section 6.1.1, printed page 78 · Reference page 113. A specific evidence contribution to an industry-facing report; the report’s recommendations and certification changes are not attributed to Professor Amir.
Research and coauthor credit
A critical comparison of green building rating systems — Dat Tien Doan; Ali Ghaffarianhoseini; Nicola Naismith; Tongrui Zhang; Amirhosein Ghaffarianhoseini; John Tookey. DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.07.007
