Sustainability imperatives are starting to drive business decisions and government policies. As solutions are sought to developing environmental ...

Wood products are a staple of the construction sector, and are important in delivering environmentally preferable projects. However the ...

The way we form our urban areas, the spaces they create and the values they embody, have a profound effect on the quality of people’s lives. Urban ...

The disassembly of buildings to recover materials and components for future reuse is not widely practiced in the modern construction industry. This ...

This note highlights some of the fundamental concepts that underpin biophilic design and introduces designers to some basic principles and tools that ...

Climate responsive design and traditional design elements of the Persian Gulf may provide a basis for low-energy design. Current building models ...

Adapting building designs for climate change is about managing the unavoidable. While there is debate around what level of adaptation is needed, ...

This paper explores the evidence that another factor to be considered in Sick Building Syndrome and Indoor Environment Quality is exposure to ...

This paper was originally published in August 1995. It has now been fully reviewed by the authors and republished to reflect updates to the topic ...

In 2003 a demonstration home was constructed by a local authority in Perth to raise public awareness of practical ways to reduce the energy needs for ...