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

Built environments are an incarnation of our mental landscapes.  In Western culture we have an unhealthy and unsustainable approach to our inner ...

This note, originally published in November 2000, was reviewed by John Greenwood in September 2005. This paper examines the issue of solar ...

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 ...

Also known as life cycle analysis; LCA is an objective technique for assessing the potential impacts associated with a product or process by ...

This paper introduces phase change materials (PCMs) as an alternative energy storage methodology to current latent heat exchange systems commonly ...

This note follows on from the note: The environmental impact of building materials. It outlines Australian and international responses to materials ...

Strategies for optimising the use of land with respect to social, economic and environmental criteria. Includes consideration of urban form: the ...

Section J of the National Construction Code (NCC) Volume One codifies minimum glazing thermal performance measures for both facade vision glazing and ...

Inspiring approaches in which wider systems are understood, and occupant choices and behaviours can be designed for and supported through to ...