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Setting aside the issue of operational energy used throughout a buildings life cycle, Adaptive Reuse of buildings, at least in the construction phase, is creative eco-design. These few examples barely touch on what is possible.
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Romilly Madew casts her eye back to the past 12 months of events in sustainability in the building industry and gives an insight into where she sees the industry heading.
Warren McLaren does a brief roundup of some of the green digital software tools available for designers, architects and engineers to conjure up a brighter world.
Cement manufacture contributes to 5 per cent of the western world’s global carbon dioxide emissions.
Rob Murray-Leach says retrofitting existing buildings is no different to shedding unwanted kilos, and why you need a trainer to guide you along the process.
Warren McLaren reports on Harmony 9, which is considered the first 9 star home built in Australia by a commercial developer.
Kitchens are early targets for renovations, often only having a lifespan of under 10 years. Warren McLaren examines the choices for more eco-friendly kitchen countertops.
Green is the new gold, and the trend for all things sustainable means no stone is left unturned in the fight to be the greenest kid on the block. Lena Zak reports on some of the sustainable adhesives and sealants on the market.
Warren McLaren has a look at eight materials created from annual or bi-annual agricultural by-products for building.
What exactly do we mean by 'sustainable,' 'affordable' and 'cost effective'? Warren McLaren ponders one of the great sustainability conundrums.
BPN profiles the winner - Davey Water Products - and finalists in the Water Efficient Product category in the 2009 Master Plumbers and Mechanical Services Association of Australia GreenPlumbers Awards.
Following on from Ross Maher’s Sustainability View in the November issue of BPN, Paul Downton argues life cycle assessment needs different environmental weightings for accurate data to be produced.
