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Residential buildings account for around 13 per cent of the Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions, and numerous studies have identified energy ...

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Comparative service life assessment of window systems

Published: 30 November 2007 | Edited: 30 October 2018

This note was reviewed and approved in October 2018 - not applicable for update. The BRANZ research organisation investigated the environmental ...

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Practice

DDA overview - building access

Published: 25 November 2014

In 1992 the Australian Federal Parliament enacted the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). The DDA is a civil rights law, activated by lodging a ...

Environment

Thermal mass and insulation for temperate climates

Published: 30 November 2010 | Edited: 24 August 2018

This note was reviewed and approved for currency in August 2018. Insulation and thermal mass are highly effective ways to reduce energy use and ...

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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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Enquiries For general enquiries contact Acumen at the Australian Institute of Architects. Level 1, 41 Exhibition Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000, ...

Practice

Employment agreements

Published: 2 September 2015 | Edited: 22 June 2021

Effective employment agreements not only set out salary, employment conditions and other statutory entitlements but will also include provisions ...

Environment

Revisiting energy efficiency in commercial buildings

Published: 28 February 2003

The previous version of this note (Energy Efficiency in Commercial Buildings by Deo Prasad May 1995) emphasised the need for including fundamental ...

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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, ...

This paper provides a critique of the Water sensitive urban design (WSUD) paradigm by discussing its congruence with an established sustainable ...

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