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Integreco delivered ESD advice, thermal comfort (NatHERS) ratings and BASIX assessments for this exciting new project. Due to great passive design principles, the dwellings have achieved high thermal comfort ratings (typically over 5 stars) due to excellent performance in both summer and winter....read more
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BASIX and Beyond – Suitable for all developers, builders, architects, designers, project managers, consultants and council officers involved in residential construction especially multi-unit development.
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Written by David Baggs and other thirty-four of Australia's world leading thinkers and practitioners of sustainable design and building. This book will equip you with the knowledge to achieve the best when selecting the right materials... read more
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There is much being written about how buildings can be a big part of the solutions to truly sustainable cities and a big part of this claim hinges on their perceived ability to deliver not only net carbon zero or positive outcomes but other essential ecosystem services as well...read more
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Increased BASIX targets and mandatory disclosure of energy performance for apartment buildings are some of the ambitious strategies the City of Sydney hopes to implement as part of its plan to cut apartment-sector emissions by 40 percent by 2030....read more
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We have for years been hearing about the potential for ‘peak oil’ and more recently about ‘peak metals’ but for the first time, several peer reviewed articles are warning us other peak resource constraints are threatening several key areas of product supply, including food.... read more
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Imagine if all Central and South American homes, offices and sheds would use corrugated roofs made from bamboo instead of zinc or plastic, and imagine if all these roofs were produced from locally available native bamboo forests and plantations...read more
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Housing affordability is a major challenge in Australian cities. A perfect storm of low interest rates, slow approval processes, insufficient new development (in Sydney, at least), negative gearing and foreign investment has led to a gross imbalance between demand and supply...read more
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Sustainable buildings? There is no such thing, Raymond Cole from the University of British Columbia contended at a recent Utzon Lecture, Changing the Storyline: From Green to Regenerative, at the University of NSW....read more
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