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This note was reviewed in September 2018 and retained for legacy. George Baird, author of Sustainable Buildings in Practice – What the Users Think, ...

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Environment

Non-residential sustainable building rating tools in Australia

Published: 12 September 2024

Issue 04 September 2024  Read time: 34 minutes Abstract The buildings that we design, build and occupy can be evaluated and benchmarked with regard ...

Environment

Operating a building for the next 20 years

Published: 30 November 2004

The operational stage of a building accounts for up to 65 per cent of the life cycle cost.  However the ability of the Facility Manager to deliver a ...

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Applying expert opinion to domestic building energy assessment

Published: 31 May 2007 | Edited: 20 September 2018

This note was reviewed and retained for legacy in September 2018.  This note considers expert judgement as one of several stated assessing methods ...

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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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Design for eco-services – Part B building services

Published: 30 November 2009 | Edited: 5 September 2018

This note was reviewed and approved for currency by the Author in September 2018. Without the virtually free services of nature like clean air and ...

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Adjusting building thermostats for environmental gains – understanding the issues

Published: 30 November 2008 | Edited: 3 October 2018

This note was reviewed and approved for currency in October 2018. There has been increasing reliance on mechanical heating, ventilation and ...

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Adjusting building thermostats for environmental gains – a pilot study

Published: 30 November 2008 | Edited: 3 October 2018

This note was reviewed and retained for legacy in November 2018. This paper discusses a pilot study which involved altering the thermostat set-points ...

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Practice

DDA - the Premises Standards and building certification

Published: 12 August 2013

The Premises Standards of the DDA are not the NCC and the NCC is not the Premises Standards. One is federal legislation, the other is an instrument ...

Resources

Guide letter 18: Advice to client - building contract

Published: 20 December 2011 | Edited: 17 August 2022

Read time: 2 minutes Guide letters provide advice about matters architects should consider when composing letters to the parties involved in ...

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