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Permaculture - Part A - Introduction and urban farming

Published: 28 February 2010 | Edited: 28 November 2018

This note was reviewed and approved for currency in November 2018. This paper is the first of a two part paper intended to introduce the concept of ...

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Living walls – a way to green the built environment

Published: 31 August 2008 | Edited: 17 September 2018

This note was reviewed and approved for currency in September 2018. Green or living walls is an emerging technology that integrates vegetation into ...

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Measuring site biodiversity for sustainable development

Published: 31 May 2004

Biodiversity, the variety of life on earth, is required for the health of the natural environment and the continuation of the human species.  Though ...

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Biodiversity and the built environment

Published: 28 February 2002

This note, GEN 3, was originally published in 1995 and authored by Richard Lamb.  The note was reviewed in August 2001 and the original paper needed ...

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Ecological connectivity design strategies

Published: 29 November 2023

Read time: 28 minutes The Indigenous Ecosystem Corridors and Nodes Project (IEC+N) was launched in 2016 by the International Union of Architects (UIA ...

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International research and product development has resulted from partnerships between the research community and the world's leading glass, window ...

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This note has been written to show firstly, where lighting design fits into the overall sustainability context, and secondly, to show how lighting ...

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Daylighting of buildings

Published: 30 August 2000 | Edited: 31 August 2004

This note, DES 6, originally published in August 2000, was revised and rewritten by Nancy Ruck in August 2001. The information herein is considered ...

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Proponents of energy efficiency and sustainability in the built environment have always understood the importance of the facade as a key element for ...

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This note was reviewed in October 2018 and has been retained for legacy. In 2003 a demonstration home was constructed by a local authority in Perth ...

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