This note provides building design professionals and other green-building stakeholders with an overview of the complex interrelationships which must ...

This note, originally published in November 2000, was reviewed by John Todd in August 2005. This summary page includes recent updates to the topic ...

Sustainable water systems will meet water service needs at the lowest cost to society and with the lowest environmental impact through maximising ...

Energy saving technologies can significantly reduce building energy consumption, while enhancing thermal comfort and occupant health and wellbeing, ...

This paper summarises a study that looked at the factors that influence both energy and water efficiency for commercial office buildings. Using ...

This note discusses the difficulties currently being experienced in implementing Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) from a development ...

Read time: 25 minutes A summary update has been provided for this note in June 2023. This summary reflects updates to this topic on the National ...

This note was reviewed and approved for currency in August 2018. A balanced mix of play activities is critical to a child’s development. However for ...

This note was reviewed in September 2018 and retained for legacy. Social sustainability is about ensuring the sustenance of the diverse social ...

This note was reviewed and approved for currency in November 2018. The physical destruction accompanying disasters typically creates an urgency to ...