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Artificial lighting design techniques – sustainability by quality design
Published: 31 August 2004‘Lighting’ is good lighting when it provides adequate illuminance to enable a task to be performed efficiently, is perceived as comfortable, and ...
An overview of energy, climate and resource considerations for residential appliances and equipment
Published: 19 April 2021 | Edited: 27 June 2023A summary update has been provided for this note in June 2023. This summary reflects updates to this topic on the National Construction Code 2022 and ...
Adaptive comfort: passive design for active occupants
Published: 30 September 2011 | Edited: 16 November 2018This note was reviewed and approved for currency in November 2018. The adaptive model of thermal comfort shifts attention from engineered comfort ...
Applying the adaptive model of comfort
Published: 31 August 2003 | Edited: 13 September 2018This note was reviewed and approved for currency by the authors in September 2018. This note is directed to one major aspect of the comfort of ...
Sustainability imperatives are starting to drive business decisions and government policies. As solutions are sought to developing environmental ...
Design for disassembly – themes and principles
Published: 31 August 2005 | Edited: 24 August 2018This note was reviewed and approved for currency of underlying principles in August 2018. The disassembly of buildings to recover materials and ...
This note was reviewed and approved for currency in August 2018. This note provides a background introduction to the lost art of designing for ...
Circulating fans for summer and winter comfort and indoor energy efficiency
Published: 30 November 2007Circulating fans are defined as a class of axial propeller fans, generally without an enclosing housing, and used for circulating air in a space. The ...
Innovation in ventilation systems is becoming an increasingly popular and targeted topic of architectural discourse. Architects, consultants and ...
Timber and wood products – applications and ESD decision making
Published: 30 November 2003Wood products are a staple of the construction sector, and are important in delivering environmentally preferable projects. However the ...