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Filter house, Broome, Western Australia
Published: 30 November 2006 | Edited: 5 September 2018This note was reviewed and approved by the Author in September 2018. Filter House design was developed as an entry to the Broome Sustainable Housing Competition, organised by the Western Australian Department of Housing and Works. The competition ...
The 811 square metre site had been owned by the Mathews family since the early 1970’s, and was used as a car park by nearby businesses up until construction commenced in 2002. In 1998 several family members (including this author) formed a company, ...
How data collection can help in understanding buildings in operation
Published: 31 August 2005Regular data collection of a building's energy and water use provides building owners/operators with a real understanding and insight into the actual operation of their buildings. Building owners can then use this knowledge to achieve a range of ...
Design for disassembly – themes and principles
Published: 31 August 2005 | Edited: 24 August 2018This note was reviewed and approved for currency of underlying principles in August 2018. The disassembly of buildings to recover materials and components for future reuse is not widely practiced in the modern construction industry. This note ...
As Australia faces a number of challenges, including water shortages, rising fuel costs, expanding population and insufficient land, resources and services to support it in a sustainable manner, there is a growing need to address these issues, adapt ...
'Sustainable Urbanism' encompasses Australian urban design and transportation practices that seek to create vibrant, liveable communities. This approach proposes the creation of compact, walkable communities centred around high quality public ...
Office building retrofit at 55 St Andrews Place, Melbourne – Turning a Sparrow into a Peacock
Published: 31 August 2008This note was reviewed in September 2018 and has been retained for legacy. This article describes the upgrade of an existing government building, 55 St Andrews Place in Melbourne’s Treasury Reserve, utilising an unconventional design process and ...
How to approach material selection for waste minimisation – a guide for dealing with material suppliers
Published: 30 November 1999 | Edited: 22 October 2018This note was reviewed by co-author as approved to retain for legacy in October 2018. There is now widespread recognition among government and industry that environmental impacts are best avoided rather than treated. In relation to waste ...
Implementing energy efficiency and ESD from a development perspective
Published: 30 November 2004This note discusses the difficulties currently being experienced in implementing Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) from a development perspective. It looks at what motivates developers and examines what is needed, either through mandatory ...
During the twentieth century the earth warmed by about 0.6°C, primarily due to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Consequent to this were changes to the characteristics of climatic patterns all over the earth that can be linked ...