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Applying the adaptive model of comfort
Published: 31 August 2003 | Edited: 13 September 2018This note was reviewed and approved for currency by the authors in September 2018. This note is directed to one major aspect of the comfort of ...
Section J and commercial building facade design: NCC 2022
Published: 15 October 2019 | Edited: 7 February 2024Section J of the National Construction Code (NCC) Volume One codifies minimum glazing thermal performance measures for both facade vision glazing and ...
Read time: 18 minutes Water is necessary for human survival, but it is also a key ingredient in the production of construction projects. Increasing ...
Designing, managing and retrofitting non-residential buildings to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Published: 30 August 2000 | Edited: 31 August 2005This note, originally published in August 2000, was reviewed by Stephen Pupilli in June 2005. Energy consumption related to Australia's ...
It is becoming increasingly well understood that there is a widespread problem with building health issues in our modern built environment. Sealed, ...
Read time: 9 minutes This note explains the role of a fire safety engineer (fire engineer) at various stages of a project and the value they can add ...
Privacy legislation - coverage and exemptions
Published: 14 December 2011 | Edited: 30 June 2021Read time: 7 minutes Privacy legislation is part of a global trend to protect personal information and to regulate in the area of fair information ...
This note was reviewed in October 2023, and has been retained for legacy. Read time: 8 minutes Architects, like many other professionals and ...
Green roofs for energy efficiency – a simulation study in Australian climates
Published: 30 November 2016 | Edited: 21 August 2018This note was reviewed and approved for currency in August 2018. This paper describes how green roofs influence the energy performance of a ...
Environmental design is in the broadest sense, the human response to the understanding that we are a part of our environment. This is the design ...