Sustainable Materials and Building Resources
BASIX - Building Sustainability Index. By BASIX. Year 2007.
‘This Web page is taken from the New South Wales, Department of Planning. It gives an outline of projects under taken by BASIX and the N.S.W government form January 1st 2005 to the 29th June 2007.’
Building Sustainable Schools: Are Places Of Social Interaction More Important Than Classrooms? By Andrea Wheeler. Year 2008.
‘This report examines how British government policy to improve learning and create sustainable communities, through the new schools building program, Building schools for the future, is being addressed by architects and educationalists.’
Children's Environmental Values. By Gary W. Evans, Gernot Brauchle, Aliya Haq, Rachel Stecker, Kimberly Wong and Elan Shapiro. Year 2007.
‘Taken from the Informe Design web site. This “Experiment” examined the reliability and validity of instruments developed by the authors to determine first and second grade children’s environmental attitudes and behaviors.’
Green' Buildings - What Australian Building Users Are Saying. By Adrian Leaman, Leena Thomas and Monica Vandenberg. Year 2007.
‘A comparative post-occupancy evaluation, based on occupant surveys of 22’green design intent’ buildings and 23 conventional buildings in Australia has been undertaken by Leaman, Thomas and Vandenberg. This paper reveals the stud’s results.’
Green Buildings" - What Australian Building Users Are Saying. Notes Taken By Sue Wilks at Comercial Green Buildings Forum. Year 2007.
‘Some note that were taken by Sue Wilks at the Commercial Green Buildings forum. The talk was conducted by researchers, Leaman, Thomas and Vandenberg. Their aim was to interview the occupiers of buildings and inform the owners on how they could improve the environments for their staff.’
Green Star - Education Rating Tool Pilot: Documentation Guidelines For New Design Credits. By The Green Buildings Council Australia. Year 2007.
‘This report outlines the documentation that is needed to gain credits for the new Green Star rating tool.’
Green Star Environmental Rating Tools. By The Buildings Council Australia. Year 2007.
‘This web page explains how the different Green Star rating tools will assess the environmental attributes of different facilities.’
A Guide To Incorporating Sustainability Into Facilities Management., Tertiary Education Facilities Management Association. By Tertiary Education Facilities Management Association. Year 2004.
‘This publication has been produced by the Tertiary Education Facilities Management Association, to assist facilities professionals working in the tertiary education sector in Australasia to incorporate sustainability into their operations.’
New Development Process Leads To Better Buildings. Published by Routledge. (Author not given.) Year 2005.
‘This document introduces a new management process called Soft Landings. A process that is set to change the way that new buildings are developed.’
Seeing The Light: The Impact Of Micro-generation On The Way We Use Energy. Qualitative Research Findings. By Hub Research Consultants. Year 2005.
‘This report explores the impact of Micro-generation technologies like solar heating and mini wind turbines are having on our attitudes to energy use in households and schools.’
Sustainable Building Materials, Sutherland Shire, Environmental Specification. By The Sutherland Shire. Year 2007.
‘This environmental specification contains requirements for sustainable building materials. The purpose of this specification is to provide details on ensuring the use of sustainable building materials in new development.’
Usable Buildings. By usablebuildings.co.uk Year 2007.
‘This document gives the link to www.usablebuildings.co.uk. This is a free resource for anyone who wants to make buildings more suitable for the people who use them.’