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Building T at Deakin University, Burwood in Victoria was designed by DesignInc. The development, located in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, utilises thermal mass and hybrid ventilation systems. This case study provides a detailed evaluation of the ...
Comparative service life assessment of window systems
Published: 30 November 2007 | Edited: 30 October 2018This note was reviewed and approved in October 2018 - not applicable for update. The BRANZ research organisation investigated the environmental implications of 51 alternative archetype window and door systems commonly available in the Australian ...
This note reviews the quantities and types of building materials use internationally and in Australia, with projected trends for Australia to 2055. It introduces methods available to evaluate environmental impacts and then goes onto analyse current ...
The costs of urban sprawl – predicting transport greenhouse gases from urban form parameters
Published: 30 April 2010This is one of three companion papers taken from a study that assesses the comparative costs of urban redevelopment with the costs of greenfield development. The first paper, The costs of urban sprawl – infrastructure and transportation, showed that ...
Understanding quantification is one key to delivering environmentally sustainable assets
Published: 31 August 2003This note discusses how the quantity surveyor's skills can be harnessed in the development of environmentally sustainable design. It focuses on the skills of managing quantity and the relationship of quantity to cost and environmental performance.
Kelvin Grove Urban Village is the first inner-city development of its kind in Australia. It is a master-planned community that demonstrates best practice in sustainable, mixed-use urban development, and brings together educational, residential, ...
The philosophy and practice of water sensitive urban design – is it consistent with a whole system approach
Published: 31 August 2007This paper provides a critique of the Water sensitive urban design (WSUD) paradigm by discussing its congruence with an established sustainable design principle called 'whole system design'. It was found that WSUD is congruent with the whole system ...
Mental landscapes – the forgotten element in sustainable design
Published: 30 November 2003 | Edited: 3 October 2018This note was reviewed and approved for currency in October 2018. Built environments are an incarnation of our mental landscapes. In Western culture we have an unhealthy and unsustainable approach to our inner paradoxes (e.g. our need to move and ...
Adjusting building thermostats for environmental gains – understanding the issues
Published: 30 November 2008 | Edited: 3 October 2018This note was reviewed and approved for currency in October 2018. There has been increasing reliance on mechanical heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems to achieve thermal comfort in office buildings. The use of universal ...
The impetus for this note largely derives from both authors' recent experiences presenting the 'Best Practices in Lighting' seminar series in mid 2004. Many attendees raised concerns about not having sufficient basic knowledge of lighting (and in ...