Lend Lease is the largest developer of urban communities in Australia, operating in nine major population centres, with over twenty projects ranging ...

This paper provides a critique of the Water sensitive urban design (WSUD) paradigm by discussing its congruence with an established sustainable ...

Sustainability imperatives are starting to drive business decisions and government policies. As solutions are sought to developing environmental ...

This note was reviewed in October 2018 and retained for legacy. This paper and its companion paper summarise reports published by the consulting firm ...

The note describes a new procedure for Land Resource Assessment (LRA).  It uses Multi-Criteria Evaluation methods (MCE) in a Geographic Systems (GIS) ...

This note was reviewed and approved for currency in November 2018. While architects and planners don’t seek to disadvantage communities, the ...

The Australian Greenhouse Offices in Canberra aimed to set new environmental standards, by halving the energy use and greenhouse gas emissions of a ...

This is one of three companion papers taken from a study that assesses the comparative costs of urban redevelopment with the costs of greenfield ...

This note was reviewed and approved for currency in August 2018. Tougher economic times have led to an increasing scrutiny of sustainability ...

This note was reviewed and retained for legacy in August 2018. In hot arid climates, cooling is the dominant need in order to attain comfort. In this ...