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| Title: | A Guide to Environmental Design and Assessment Tools |
| Author: | Dr Greg Foliente, Dr Seongwon Seo and Dr Selwyn Tucker |
| Snippet: | GEN 57 - This Note provides building design professionals and other project stakeholders with a consistent framework and an extensive basis for comparing the applicability and basic technical co... |
| Title: | Non-Residential Building Environmental Rating Tools – A Review of the Australian Market |
| Author: | Ania Hampton and Lauren Clay |
| Snippet: | March 2016 | EDG 85 AH - There are a number of environmental rating tools for non-residential buildings in the Australian market. Some rate a project based on its design features, whereas others ... |
| Title: | A summary of urban assessment tools for application in Australia |
| Author: | Suzette Jackson |
| Snippet: | February 2016 | EDG 84 SJ - With increasing world population, urbanization, and climatic changes impacting liveability there is a growing awareness of the urgent need for more sustainable and eco... |
| Title: | Building the Scheme to Deliver Sustainable Infrastructure Solutions |
| Author: | David Hood and Glenn Hedges |
| Snippet: | GEN 78 - Australia’s infrastructure is critical for our economic well-being, but it also impacts significantly on our social and environmental capital. Unlike the property sector where there i... |
| Title: | Building Environmental Performance Assessment: Methods and Tools |
| Author: | Paul Downton |
| Snippet: | EDG 70 PD - This note deals with the methods and tools for assessing the environmental performance of a building design in the early design phase of a building project. It describes building e... |
| Title: | Sustainability Rating Tools – A snapshot study |
| Author: | Dr Usha Iyer-Raniga and Kendra Wasiluk |
| Snippet: | DES 70 | February 2007 - Worldwide, there are over one hundred tools dealing with various aspects of sustainability. The aspects of sustainability included in the rating tools are different... |
| Title: | Residential Building Sustainability Rating Tools in Australia |
| Author: | Usha Iyer-Raniga, Trivess Moore and Kendra Wasiluk |
| Snippet: | August 2014 | EDG 80 UR - The built environment is a significant contributor to anthropogenic climate change, primarily through the increasing demand for fossil fuel energy and increasing total n... |
| Title: | Users' Perceptions of Health and Productivity in Sustainable Buildings |
| Author: | George Baird and Hedda Ooosterhoff |
| Snippet: | GEN 33 - Users of a range of commercial and institutional buildings in eleven countries have been surveyed to understand their perceptions of the performance of a range of factors – oper... |
| Title: | The National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) |
| Author: | Roger Fay, Robert Vale and Paul Bannister |
| Snippet: | GEN 56 - A number of design-based building environment rating systems are now available in Australia and are likely to improve the environmental performance of buildings. NABERS was develo... |
| Title: | Ecotourism Certification |
| Author: | Jane Toner |
| Snippet: | GEN 75 - The rapid growth of tourism over the last few decades has led to an increased demand by tourists wishing to experience pristine environments and fragile cultures. As a consequence... |
| Title: | Indoor Environment Quality, Design, and the Value of Facility Ecology |
| Author: | Vyt Garnys |
| Snippet: | TEC 22 - After 30 years of research into the health effects of Indoor Environment on occupants, there is now extensive research and assessment of the effects of Indoor Environment Quality (IEQ) ... |
| Title: | Measuring Site Biodiversity for Sustainable Development |
| Author: | Roger Fay |
| Snippet: | GEN 59 - Biodiversity, the variety of life on earth, is required for the health of the natural environment and the continuation of the human species. Though Australia has large endowments ... |
| Title: | Designing Buildings that Actually Perform |
| Author: | Dr Paul Bannister |
| Snippet: | GEN 65 - The Australian Building Greenhouse Rating (ABGR) scheme is a performance based rating scheme for office buildings. Although originally intended as a rating system for existing buildings... |
| Title: | Passivhaus: The pathway to low energy buildings in Australasia |
| Author: | Clare Parry |
| Snippet: | May 2017 | EDG 89 CP - The Passivhaus, or Passive House, standard is a rigorous, voluntary and performance-based standard, with fundamental objectives of thermal comfort and energy efficiency... |
| Title: | Vegetation and Habitat Conservation – a Strategic Framework |
| Author: | Victor A Sposito |
| Snippet: | DES 66 - This note outlines a framework to appraise the extent and quality of native vegetation, and identify significant habitats at strategic regional and local levels, namely a Vegetation and... |
| Title: | Comparing Simulated to Actual Energy Consumption in Two Office Buildings |
| Author: | Annie Egan |
| Snippet: | DES 26 - This paper describes the modelling of two Australian office buildings in a capital city using building simulation. The energy use predicted by the building modelling is compared with... |
| Title: | Mind the Gap: Predicted vs. Actual Performance of Green Buildings |
| Author: | Brett Pollard |
| Snippet: | EDG 66 BP - This paper reviews the major North American and Australian sustainability rating tools to determine how they measure building energy performance. It then reviews the major buildin... |
| Title: | Design Guide and Principles for the Visual Assessment and Design of Wind Farms |
| Author: | Dennis N Williamson |
| Snippet: | DES 64 - This guide addresses visual resource, siting and design issues associated with wind farm development. This is an introductory overview of the key visual resource issues that shoul... |
| Title: | Comparative Service Life Assessment of Window Systems |
| Author: | Nigel P Howard and John C Burgess |
| Snippet: | PRO 9 - The BRANZ research organisation investigated the environmental implications of 51 alternative archetype window and door systems commonly available in the Australian domestic market, and ... |
| Title: | Winning Hearts and Minds: the role of emotion and logic in sustainable design decision making |
| Author: | Gerard Healey |
| Snippet: | August 2014 | EDG 81 GH - Tougher economic times have led to an increasing scrutiny of sustainability initiatives. Despite this, the environmental imperatives for action are not diminishing, wh... |
| Title: | A Practical Guide to Life Cycle Assessment of Buildings |
| Author: | Dominique Hes |
| Snippet: | May 2012 | EDG 72 DH - This note aims to provide an overview of how LCA is being applied in the building area, and to give practical guidance on using LCA and other life cycle approaches. It... |
| Title: | 40 Albert Road, South Melbourne: Designing for Sustainable Outcomes – A Review of Design Strategies, Building Performance and Users’ Perspectives |
| Author: | Leena Thomas and Monica Vandenberg |
| Snippet: | CAS 45 - 40 Albert Road, a refurbished 80's building, was the first building in Australia to achieve a 6-Star Green Star rating and 5 Star NABERS water rating. Since re-opening in 2006 numerous ... |
| Title: | Land Resource Assessment |
| Author: | Victor Sposito |
| Snippet: | GEN 37 - The note describes a new procedure for - (LRA). It uses Multi-Criteria Evaluation Methods (MCE) in a Geographic Systems (GIS) environment. As an example, the LRA method is appli... |
| Title: | Sustainability and Building Information Modelling (BIM) |
| Author: | Rory Martin |
| Snippet: | August 2017 | EDG 90 RM - This note introduces readers to some of the current environmental analysis tools available within Building Information Modelling (BIM) software packages. It hi... |
| Title: | November 2016 | EDG 88 JP Regenerative Development through LENSES with a case study of Seacombe West |
| Author: | Josette Plaut, Brian Dunbar, Helene Gotthelf and Dominique Hes |
| Snippet: | November 2016 | EDG 88 JP Regenerative Development through LENSES with a case study of Seacombe West Josette Plaut, Brian Dunbar, Helene Gotthelf and Dominique Hes Green building and sustainable devel... |
| Title: | Life Cycle Energy Analysis |
| Author: | Robert Crawford |
| Snippet: | March 2012 | EDG 71 RC - - (LCEA) is a method of assessing both the operational and embodied energy of buildings over their lifetime. It is an easily-conducted form of Life Cycle Assessment (... |
| Title: | Australian Ethical Investment Headquarters, 6 Star Green Star Office Refurbishment, Canberra |
| Author: | Kevin Miller |
| Snippet: | CAS 50 - The refurbishment of Trevor Pearcey House for the new Australian Ethical Investment Headquarters was designed by Collard Clarke Jackson Architects and in 2007 was the first building in ... |
| Title: | Lighting at the New Australian Greenhouse Offices, Canberra |
| Author: | David Oppenheim |
| Snippet: | CAS 35 - The new Australian Greenhouse Offices in Canberra aimed to set new environmental standards, by halving the energy use and greenhouse gas emissions of a standard building, achieving a be... |
| Title: | AccuRate: 2nd Generation Nationwide House Energy Rating Software |
| Author: | Tony Isaacs |
| Snippet: | DES 23 - This note, DES 23, previously described the NatHERS software and was originally published in November 1998 by John Ballinger. The software has now been extensively upgraded ... |
| Title: | Mobile Architecture and Built Environment Laboratory (MABEL) – a Building Performance Evaluation Tool |
| Author: | Mark B Luther and Dirk A Schwede |
| Snippet: | DES 69 - This paper describes the Mobile Architecture and Built Environment Laboratory (MABEL) and its application for systematic building performance evaluation for compliance testing, commissi... |
| Title: | Urban Planning for Sustainability |
| Author: | Matthew Ulterino |
| Snippet: | GEN 17 - In order to deliver sustainability in the built environment, planning policies and statutory requirements need to consider environmental, social, and economic concerns simultaneously.&n... |
| Title: | Applying Expert Opinion to Domestic Building Energy Assessment |
| Author: | Emilis Prelgauskas |
| Snippet: | TEC 21 - This Note considers expert judgement as one of several stated assessing methods approved for compliance with the Building Code of Australia's Performance Requirements for housing energy... |
| Title: | Thermal Comfort in School Buildings in the Tropics |
| Author: | Kerrie Prescott |
| Snippet: | DES 42 - In the mid 1990's the 'need' to mechanically air condition school buildings became a political issue in North Queensland. Research suggests that school children are susceptible to heat ... |
| Title: | Marketing Ecologically Sustainable Design Skills |
| Author: | David Brown |
| Snippet: | GEN 5 - This paper, Gen 5, was originally published in May 1995. It has now been fully reviewed by the author and republished to reflect updates to the topic since original publication. Buildin... |
| Title: | The Environmental Impact of Building Materials |
| Author: | Andrew Walker-Morison, Tim Grant & Scott McAlister |
| Snippet: | PRO 7 - Centre for Design, RMIT University This note reviews the quantities and types of building materials use internationally and in Australia, with projected trends for Australia to 2055. It... |
| Title: | Sustainable Water Use – Efficient then Effective |
| Author: | Cynthia Mitchell, Andrea Turner and Stuart White |
| Snippet: | DES 27 - 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 maximi... |
| Title: | Properties and Rating Systems for Glazings, Windows and Skylights (Including Atria) |
| Author: | Peter Lyons |
| Snippet: | PRO 32 - International research and product development has resulted from partnerships between the research community and the world's leading glass, window and skylight companies. This has... |
| Title: | On-site Domestic Wastewater Treatment and Reuse |
| Author: | Phillip Geary, David Stafford and Joe Whitehead |
| Snippet: | DES 24 - This note includes descriptions of the different systems used for the on-site treatment and disposal/reuse of domestic wastewaters from residential developments in non-sewered areas in ... |
| Title: | An Ecological Design Strategy for the Planning and Development of Healthy Urban Habitat |
| Author: | Allen Kearns, Guy Barnett and Andrew Nolan |
| Snippet: | DES 68 - This Ecological Design Strategy is based on systems thinking where a particular development is placed within its local social-ecological setting and bioregional context. Ecologica... |
| Title: | The Erskine Building, Canterbury University, Christchurch – A Case Study of Building Performance |
| Author: | George Baird |
| Snippet: | CAS 56 - George Baird, author of Sustainable Buildings in Practice – What the Users Think, presents a post-occupancy evaluation of Canterbury University’s Erskine Building. Although it has b... |
| Title: | Santos Headquarters, Adelaide – 5 Star Green Star CBD Office Tower |
| Author: | Chris Watkins, Christie Medhurst and Graham Dyus |
| Snippet: | CAS 51 - Santos Headquarters was the first building in South Australia to achieve both the 5 Star Green Star Office Design and the 5 Star Green Star Office As-Built certified ratings. It also ac... |
| Title: | Life Cycle Assessment of Forest and Wood Products in Australia |
| Author: | Selwyn Tucker, Jacqui England, Murray Hall, Barrie May, Pene Mitchell, Rob Rouwette and Seongwon Seo |
| Snippet: | PRO 37 - Sustainability imperatives are starting to drive business decisions and government policies. As solutions are sought to developing environmental assessments, it is important to... |
| Title: | Building Energy Brief for Commercial and Public Buildings |
| Author: | Sustainable Energy Authority |
| Snippet: | DES 34 - Taylor Oppenheim Architects, Lincolne Scott Australia, Clifton Project Management and Sustainable Solutions This note, DES 34, originally published in May 2000, was reviewed by David C... |
| Title: | Thermal Performance of an Energy Efficient House in a Dry Temperate Climate |
| Author: | Elizabeth Karol and Terrance McMinn |
| Snippet: | DES 22 - In 2003 a demonstration home was constructed by a local authority in Perth to raise public awareness of practical ways to reduce the energy needs for heating and cooling. The house was... |
| Title: | Energy Systems, Appliances and Equipment |
| Author: | Alan Pears |
| Snippet: | DES 37 - Sustainable Solutions Pty Ltd This note, DES 37, originally published in August 2000, was reviewed by the original author in June 2005. The information herein is considered conte... |
| Title: | THE COSTS OF URBAN SPRAWL - PREDICTING TRANSPORT GREENHOUSE GASES FROM URBAN FORM PARAMETERS |
| Author: | Roman Trubka, Peter Newman and Darren Bilsborough |
| Snippet: | GEN 84 - This 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, GEN 83:... |
| Title: | How to Approach Material Selection for Waste Minimisation – A Guide for Dealing with Material Suppliers |
| Author: | John Gertsakis and Tim Grant |
| Snippet: | PRO 22 - This note, PRO 22, originally published in November 1999, was reviewed by Andrew Walker-Morison and Tim Grant in September 2004. This summary page includes recent updates to the t... |
| Title: | Advanced Glazing Systems in Commercial Buildings |
| Author: | PC Thomas and Leena Thomas |
| Snippet: | PRO 19 - This note PRO 19, originally published in August 1998, was reviewed by PC Thomas and Leena Thomas in June 2003. Considerable advances in the technology and application of glazing system... |