Materials

Environment
Published: 11 April 2023
Edited: 16 January 2024

Read time: 4 minutes

The careful selection of building materials and products and their use in design has the potential to reduce life-cycle environmental impacts — including resource depletion and consumption, habitat and biodiversity loss, environmental pollution and toxicity — and contribute to the environmental performance of a building. Materials should be selected to minimise construction waste and maximise reuse and recycling. Materials should also be selected to avoid chemical risks to human health and the environment.

Nightingale 2.0 (Fairfield) project by Six Degrees Architects
Where possible local, regional and Australian products and materials were specified in the Nightingale 2.0 (Fairfield) project by Six Degrees Architects. Traditional land owners: The Wurundjeri people. Image: Tess Kelly.