'Sustainable Urbanism' encompasses Australian urban design and transportation practices that seek to create vibrant, liveable communities.  This ...

This paper reviews the major North American and Australian sustainability rating tools to determine how they measure building energy performance. It ...

This guide addresses visual resource, siting and design issues associated with wind farm development. This is an introductory overview of the key ...

The principles of erosion and sediment control are said to be at the cutting edge of common sense.  These principles have been around for decades, ...

The note describes a new procedure for Land Resource Assessment (LRA).  It uses Multi-Criteria Evaluation methods (MCE) in a Geographic Systems (GIS) ...

An integrated building design approach which considers a building’s orientation, layout, form and materials with respect to climatic conditions to ...

Building design and the selection of materials, appliances, equipment and technologies can all contribute to the minimisation of both operational and ...

The CSIRO's Energy Centre at Newcastle has many innovative energy saving and renewable energy generation systems.  The Centre explores new methods of ...

Post occupancy evaluations of buildings are noted for their ability to provide vital feedback regarding a building's performance in use. In addition ...

Exploring climate-responsive design, passive design principles and innovative construction and technologies in new and renovated residential projects ...