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Sustainable water systems will meet water service needs at the lowest cost to society and with the lowest environmental impact through maximising water use efficiency first, then maximising water use effectiveness, optimally matching the quality of ...
Timber and wood products from environmentally certified forests and plantations – background
Published: 29 February 2008Rapid advancement and change within Australia's predominant timber certification schemes has led to the revision of the original November 2004 paper: Timber and Wood products from environmentally certified forests and plantations. That paper now ...
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 ...
Beyond carbon neutrality: strategies for reductive and restorative sustainability
Published: 30 September 2010David Baggs looks at the role of the built environment in our un-sustainability and explores the full spectrum of strategies and solutions as to how our buildings might become a pathway towards a low-carbon future. Baggs explores the concepts of ‘ ...
Impact of indoor environment quality on occupant productivity and well-being in office buildings
Published: 31 August 2008Good indoor environment quality (IEQ) can have a positive impact on the health, wellbeing and productivity of occupants in office buildings. Productivity benefits can potentially be financial as well as intangible in nature, and can be realised at ...
Adjusting building thermostats for environmental gains – a pilot study
Published: 30 November 2008 | Edited: 3 October 2018This note was reviewed and retained for legacy in November 2018. This paper discusses a pilot study which involved altering the thermostat set-points to 2-3°C above the normal summer setting in two air-conditioned buildings during a Brisbane ...
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 ...
Environmental design is in the broadest sense, the human response to the understanding that we are a part of our environment. This is the design realisation that ecology matters. This area of human endeavour has undergone a rapid transformation in ...