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September 1, 2015
Designing homes for flood-prone areas often means elevating floors, but floating houses offer a smarter, simpler, and adaptable alternative.
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Sanctuary
In this issue, we explore two key home-building considerations: underfloor insulation in timber homes and the role of low-e glass in double-glazed windows for extreme climates.
We need to think differently when designing or adapting a home to better cope with the multiple adverse impacts of climate change. Dick Clarke and Chris Reardon look at smarter ways to prepare for heatwaves.
September 18, 2014
This can’t tell you what to think, but it can help you know what to think about – now there is a brand new book designed to be that guide…
August 18, 2014
A new report from the Total Environment Centre (TEC) points clearly to the importance of green spaces in the urban environment, and points equally clearly at the progressive failure of planners and their
July 1, 2014
The Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC) at the University of Wollongong is a 2,600m2 multi-disciplinary facility that brings together a wide range of researchers to holistically address the challenges of making our buildings
April 8, 2013
If we have the technology (almost) to ‘print’ buildings, can we make them all different, so they respond to the place they are in? A giant 3D printer – squirting concrete from its
March 24, 2011
A solar powered boat office – is this a world first? I have been a solar power enthusiast since 1990, when I bought my first 160 watts of Solarex panels to power
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