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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 ...
This note was reviewed and approved for currency in November 2018. The design of the Prasad house renovation evolved from a fusion of the owners’ ...
The Armstrong-Mobbs sustainable house is a celebrated case study of sustainable refurbishment of an inner-city terrace house. The owners, Michael ...
Pemberton house, Hobart – implementing thermal design principles for housing in a cool temperate climate
Published: 31 May 2008This case study looks at the passive heating design principles adopted in a Tasmanian House, discusses the designers consideration of the interplay ...
Clovelly house, East Sydney, New South Wales
Published: 31 August 2006 | Edited: 29 September 2018This note was reviewed and approved for currency in September 2018. Sydney is not short of terraces and semis that have been completely reworked with ...