Integrating measures for water management and conservation including the collection, treatment and reuse of water; water-sensitive urban design (WSUD) that ensures that urban water management is sensitive to natural hydrological and ecological ...

Strategies for creating environments that encourage active, sociable and meaningful lives that can optimise physical and psychological health and well being. They provide for an inclusive approach to occupant comfort that takes into account building ...

This note was reviewed and approved for currency in November 2018. This note is based on research undertaken as part of a Churchill Fellowship, which included field study in Vigan City, the Philippines; Fujian, China; and Central Japan. The research ...

This note was reviewed and retained for legacy in August 2018. In hot arid climates, cooling is the dominant need in order to attain comfort. In this paper, architect Emilis Prelgauskas highlights the natural forces (wind, solar gain, moisture) that ...

This note was reviewed and retained for legacy in November 2018 in the context of its publication date, with the qualification that some references and examples are now superseded. This paper builds an argument that is developed more fully in the ...

This note was reviewed and retained for legacy in October 2018, with the qualification that some references are now superseded. In order to deliver sustainability in the built environment, planning policies and statutory requirements need to ...

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, but in many areas current practices fall well short of the proper application of these common sense ...

This note was reviewed and approved for currency in November 2018. This paper is the second part of a two part paper intended to introduce the concept of permaculture and urban farming to built environment professionals. These papers seek to ...

A summary update has been provided for this note in June 2023. This summary reflects updates to this topic on the National Construction Code 2022 bushfire protection provisions. The climate is changing. In the past decade Australia has experienced ...

This note was reviewed and approved for currency in August 2018.  This paper describes how green roofs influence the energy performance of a hypothetical commercial office building in each of the Australian Building Code Board’s eight climate zones ...