Figure 4: The Six Core Criteria of Sustainable INFRASTAR
(1) Pre-Design and Pre-Construction;
(2) Site Land Use;
(3) Ecology and Environment;
(4) Material, Resources, and Waste;
(5) Energy Performance; and
(6) Social and Culture.
Embedded within these core criteria are 27
criteria and 89 sub-criteria.
Each core criterion represents the crucial
values of the sustainability dimensions of an
infrastructure project.
Pre-Design and Pre-Construction
The project team must set up a project plan
and design that ensures all the pre-determined
construction activities are executed effectively and
efficiently throughout the infrastructure project.
Site Land Use
The project must have a proper plan for land-
use strategy that must be developed based on
a systematic technical procedure, which enables
decision-making based on the allocation and
exploitation of available land resources.
Ecology and Environment
The project team is required to comprehensively
consider biotic (plant, animals and micro-
organisms) and abiotic (soil, sunlight, topography,
water, atmosphere, nutrients) elements and how
living organisms interact with each other.
Material, Resources, and Waste
The project team should ‘do more with less’,
placing emphasis on using material, resources,
and waste in the most sustainable and efficient
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