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Environment

Building materials selection – greenhouse strategies

Published: 30 June 2005

This note, originally published in August 2000, was reviewed by Dr Graham Treloar in June 2005. This summary page includes recent updates to the ...

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Straw bale construction

Published: 30 November 2003 | Edited: 4 September 2018

This note was reviewed in September 2018 and retained for legacy. This note, originally published in November 1996, was reviewed by Harry Partridge ...

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This note, originally published in 1997, was reviewed by John Gelder in October 2002. This Note reviews a number of issues which arise out of ...

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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 ...

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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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