This paper presents a new conceptualization of social sustainability that emphasizes addressing basic human needs, integrating social and environmental aspects, and demonstrates how regeneration programs targeting housing deprivation can address social and environmental problems.

Sustainable community development: Integrating social and environmental sustainability for sustainable housing and communities

The multi-objective optimization model effectively optimizes housing design and construction decisions, maximizing environmental performance, social quality of life, and minimizing life cycle cost while maintaining affordability.

Optimizing tradeoffs among housing sustainability objectives

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) can inform and influence decision-making in housing plans by promoting sustainability, identifying alternatives, and identifying risks to achieve affordable housing goals.

Mainstreaming environmental issues into housing plans: the approach of Strategic Environmental Assessment

Sustainable architecture, design, and housing aim to minimize environmental impact, adapt to site, region, and climate, and create harmonious, long-lasting relationships between inhabitants and their surroundings.

Sustainable Architecture, Design and Housing

This study visualizes the process of producing and revising sustainable design guidelines, making it more manageable and efficient for system designers to adapt them to different countries and situations over time.

Comprehensive Strategy for Sustainable Housing Design

Energy-efficient design strongly correlates with environmental, social, and economic sustainability in housing development practices in Esfahan, Iran.

Energy-efficient design for sustainable housing development

Environmental sustainability is not fully integrated in South African affordable housing delivery systems, highlighting the need for improved integration and policy development.

Environmental sustainability in the delivery of affordable housing in South Africa

Smart and connected technologies can enhance sustainability and affordability in affordable housing, but proper data management and human-building interactions must be addressed.

Sustainability in Affordable Housing: Trends and Opportunities for Connected Communities

Integrating Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) into Mexico's housing sector sustainability strategy is feasible, but requires a paradigm shift and legislative connection.

A top-down approach for implementation of Environmental Product Declarations in Mexico’s housing sector

Sustainable Building Renovations in residential buildings in Norway face economic barriers, but social engagement and urban Facility Management can help overcome these barriers and promote neighborhood renovations.

Sustainable building renovation in residential buildings: barriers and potential motivations in Norwegian culture

Sustainable housing, available, high-quality, economical, ecological, and comfortable, is crucial for creating healthy and attractive communities in the UK.

High-quality housing—A key issue in delivering sustainable communities

This paper presents a framework for achieving eco-efficiency in new housing developments, aiming to integrate urban environment, environmental impacts, resource use, and house design into a sustainable housing strategy.

A FRAMEWORK FOR ACHIEVING ECO-EFFICIENCY IN NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS

Barriers to achieving sustainable housing in urban areas include inadequate building regulations, limited knowledge in green building methods, negative perceptions of higher density housing, poor quality designs, and limited resources.

Regeneration for sustainable communities? Barriers to implementing sustainable housing in urban areas

Sustainable housing environments should be economical, pro-social, and beautiful, promoting physical health, emotional wellbeing, and social coherence.

Healthy Housing Environment in Sustainable Design

Sustainable renovation of Swedish multifamily housing stock is possible, but conflicts between different sustainability dimensions exist.

Sustainable Renovation Strategy in the Swedish Million Homes Programme: A Case Study

Sustainable building maintenance requires rethinking, driven by market, ethics, and legislation, to achieve sustainable development in the housing sector.

Rethinking Sustainable Housing Maintenance Delivery

Sustainable housing policies in Australia can reduce carbon emissions and environmental costs through mandatory building codes and fiscal incentives for sustainable building practices.

Sustainable Housing in Australia - Fiscal Incentives and Regulatory Regimes - Current Developments - Policies for the Future

User needs for low-emission housing in the tropics include utility, durability, and comfort, with building layout and materials being crucial considerations in planning and detailed design phases.

Demand-Oriented Design Strategies for Low Environmental Impact Housing in the Tropics

UK social housing sector faces a gap between policy and practice, with only a minority of organizations developing sustainable development policies and not giving equal weight to environmental, economic, and societal aspects of sustainability.

Sustainable development policy perceptions and practice in the UK social housing sector

Sustainable design in urban high-rise buildings should consider social, psychological, and behavioral factors to improve user behavior and achieve conservation and recycling goals.

Environmental psychology and sustainability in high-rise structures

How can incorporating sustainable practises address housing needs while minimising environmental imp

These studies suggest that incorporating sustainable practices in housing can address housing needs by optimizing design and construction for environmental performance, social quality of life, and affordability, while also promoting social sustainability and minimizing environmental impact.