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Environment

Indoor environment quality

Published: 17 December 2018

Indoor environment quality (IEQ) considers the overall comfort of a building’s interior and the comfort and health of its occupants. Many factors may ...

Environment

Biophilic design: an introduction for designers

Published: 31 July 2018

This note highlights some of the fundamental concepts that underpin biophilic design and introduces designers to some basic principles and tools that ...

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Designing user-friendly passive buildings

Published: 31 May 2011 | Edited: 24 August 2018

This note was reviewed and approved for currency in August 2018. Passive design is a fundamental feature of good building design. Going further than ...

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User perceptions of health and productivity in sustainable buildings

Published: 28 February 2010 | Edited: 3 September 2018

This note was reviewed and approved for currency in September 2018. Users of a range of commercial and institutional buildings in eleven countries ...

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This paper explores the evidence that another factor to be considered in Sick Building Syndrome and Indoor Environment Quality is exposure to ...

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The shade audit

Published: 31 May 2000 | Edited: 31 May 2005

This note, was originally published in May, 2000. It was reviewed by John Greenwood in March, 2005. The summary page includes recent updates to the ...

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Protecting against solar UVR

Published: 30 September 2005

This note, originally published in November 2000, was reviewed by John Greenwood in September 2005. This paper examines the issue of solar ...

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Mental landscapes – the forgotten element in sustainable design

Published: 30 November 2003 | Edited: 3 October 2018

This note was reviewed and approved for currency in October 2018. Built environments are an incarnation of our mental landscapes.  In Western culture ...

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Water conservation and harvesting in Adelaide, SA: four case studies

Published: 31 May 2011 | Edited: 10 September 2018

This note was reviewed and retained for legacy in September 2018. Adelaide has a relatively long history of innovation in wastewater treatment and ...

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This paper outlines Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) initiatives in Melbourne Docklands and discusses experiences from the design, construction ...

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