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Concrete and sustainability – supporting environmentally responsible decision making
Published: 30 November 2003Concrete is the most widely used building material in the world with many architectural and engineering benefits, but also with a high capacity to ...
Biodiversity, the variety of life on earth, is required for the health of the natural environment and the continuation of the human species. Though ...
Adaptive comfort: passive design for active occupants
Published: 30 September 2011 | Edited: 16 November 2018This note was reviewed and approved for currency in November 2018. The adaptive model of thermal comfort shifts attention from engineered comfort ...
This note was reviewed in September 2018 and retained for legacy. This note, originally published in November 1996, was reviewed by Harry Partridge ...
An integrated building design approach which considers a building’s orientation, layout, form and materials with respect to climatic conditions to ...
This note has been written to show firstly, where lighting design fits into the overall sustainability context, and secondly, to show how lighting ...
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 ...
Beyond carbon neutrality: strategies for reductive and restorative sustainability
Published: 30 September 2010David Baggs looks at the role of the built environment in our un-sustainability and explores the full spectrum of strategies and solutions as to how ...
Read time: 10 minutes Copyright protects specific categories of works, one of which is artistic works. Architectural drawings, models of buildings, ...
Facilities management has adapted processes developed by other professions and enterprises for its own use. These processes include quality ...