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Environment

Applying the adaptive model of comfort

Published: 31 August 2003 | Edited: 13 September 2018

This 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 ...

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Environment

Section J and commercial building facade design: NCC 2022

Published: 15 October 2019 | Edited: 7 February 2024

Section J of the National Construction Code (NCC) Volume One codifies minimum glazing thermal performance measures for both facade vision glazing and ...

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Embodied water in construction

Published: 1 December 2022

Read time: 18 minutes Water is necessary for human survival, but it is also a key ingredient in the production of construction projects. Increasing ...

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Environment

Designing, managing and retrofitting non-residential buildings to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Published: 30 August 2000 | Edited: 31 August 2005

This note, originally published in August 2000, was reviewed by Stephen Pupilli in June 2005. Energy consumption related to Australia's ...

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Project

Designing for building health

Published: 29 November 2011 | Edited: 14 January 2020

It is becoming increasingly well understood that there is a widespread problem with building health issues in our modern built environment. Sealed, ...

Project

When to engage a fire safety engineer

Published: 31 March 2022 | Edited: 20 October 2022

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 ...

Practice

Privacy legislation - coverage and exemptions

Published: 14 December 2011 | Edited: 30 June 2021

Read time: 7 minutes Privacy legislation is part of a global trend to protect personal information and to regulate in the area of fair information ...

Resources

COVID-19 site inspection considerations

Published: 5 May 2020 | Edited: 9 June 2020

This note was reviewed in October 2023, and has been retained for legacy. Read time: 8 minutes Architects, like many other professionals and ...

Environment

Green roofs for energy efficiency – a simulation study in Australian climates

Published: 30 November 2016 | Edited: 21 August 2018

This note was reviewed and approved for currency in August 2018.  This paper describes how green roofs influence the energy performance of a ...

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Environment

Roof and facade gardens

Published: 28 February 2003

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 ...

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