Posted by Your Building Administrator 03 Jul 2008
The Green Building Council of Australia has just released their summary of the credit review process, including next steps, for materials credit Mat-8 'Sustainable Timber'.
Categories: article, sustainable_resource_use, builders, designers, developers, processes_and_tools
Posted by Your Building Administrator 25 Aug 2008
In what is believed to be a world-first on this scale for local government, Melbourne City Council's draft plan - Future Melbourne - is now available as an online wiki so that the community can comment, discuss and directly edit the draft plan.
Categories: article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 12 May 2008
This article presents a tool that tests, at project inception, the financial feasibility of a development that aims for best-practice sustainability.
Categories: designers, developers, sustainability_strategies, article, processes_and_tools, owners
Posted by Your Building Administrator 28 Apr 2008
Davis Langdon investigated the opportunities associated with achieving national emissions targets via the Australian property sector. A principal finding is that in order to achieve a 40% reduction in GHG emissions the existing commercial building stock will have to be upgraded to a MINIMUM Australian Building Greenhouse Rating of 4.5 stars.
Categories: sustainability_strategies, existing_buildings, article, greenhouse_gas_emissions, owners, developers, facility_managers
Posted by Your Building Administrator 22 Apr 2008
Bendigo Bank's new head office building in the Bendigo CBD is the first 5 Star Greenstar building to be built in a regional city in Australia.
Categories: article, case_studies
Posted by Your Building Administrator 04 Jul 2008
YB eZine April 2008 - The 2nd edition of YB newsletter
Categories: article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 02 Feb 2008
This free 600+ page online resource has been developed in line with the activities of the CSIRO Energy Transformed Flagship research program which is focused on research that will assist Australia to achieve at least 60% cuts to greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Categories: sustainable_resource_use, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 28 Jan 2008
The Blue Book is an annually produced handbook for the construction and property industry containing information about current and future trends.
Categories: sustainable_commercial_buildings, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 28 Jan 2008
This article presents issues related to the inclusion of sustainability principles into commercial leasing arrangements.
Categories: processes_and_tools, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 02 Jan 2008
This report looks into the benefits and methods for increasing construction contractors involvement in the design phase to capitalise on their construction knowledge.
Categories: processes_and_tools, designers, developers, builders, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 20 Dec 2007
This 8 page special report in the October 2007 issue of WME magazine takes a look at the operational side of the Australian facility management industry and its goldmine of potential when it comes to improving the performance of the building stock.
Categories: article, facility_managers, processes_and_tools
Posted by Your Building Administrator 13 Dec 2007
This report looks at office buildings and compares occupant satisfaction with indoor environmental quality in green office buildings compared to non-green office buildings.
Categories: indoor_environment, occupiers, designers, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 06 Dec 2007
This report provides the results of a study looking at the changing views of company executives around the world. It uses comparisons from a study in 2005 to show the way the business world is changing, especially with the increasing importance to environmental issues.
Categories: owners, sustainability_strategies, facility_managers, article, occupiers
Posted by Your Building Administrator 27 Nov 2007
This page contains a presentation that introduces issues related to the indoor environment and productivity in commercial buildings.
Categories: indoor_environment, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 03 Dec 2007
This article showcases an investigation of the interior environmental performance of an existing office building, the Deakin Callista Offices. The article also includes the 'before and after' evaluation of the newly retrofitted HVAC control system.
Categories: sustainable_resource_use, indoor_environment, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 08 Nov 2007
This report presents the findings from a research project that examined the symptoms and impacts of over specification of HVAC systems in office buildings. The report also discusses the barriers to right-sizing and solutions to avoid over-sizing of HVAC systems.
Categories: sustainable_resource_use, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 19 Oct 2007
This paper provides an overview of Indoor Environment Quality (IEQ) impacts and criteria and the implementation of a CRC project that is currently researching these factors during the refurbishment of a Melbourne office building.
Categories: indoor_environment, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 03 Oct 2007
This report presents the findings from a study that examined the potential for additional GHG abatement from the buildings sector, in particular by examining the potential to invest in improved energy efficiency.
Categories: sustainable_resource_use, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 25 Sep 2007
Released by The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), this report presents the facts and trends of energy use in buildings and puts forwards a preliminary, high-level approach to achieve zero net energy use for residential and commercial buildings.
Categories: article, sustainable_resource_use
Posted by Your Building Administrator 26 Oct 2007
This article presents the findings of a comparative post-occupancy evaluation based on occupant surveys of 22 'green design intent' buildings and 23 conventional buildings in Australia.
Categories: article, indoor_environment, sustainable_commercial_buildings
Posted by Your Building Administrator 08 Oct 2007
This section contains extracts of, and links to, two recent reports that consider the risk, consequences and possible management responses to climate change for buildings in various locations of Australia.
Categories: article, sustainable_commercial_buildings
Posted by Your Building Administrator 10 Apr 2008
1 Bligh St - also known as Space - features a transparent elliptical shape and double skin façade.
Categories: case_studies, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 02 Sep 2007
This article introduces four fundamental questions that underlie all business cases for sustainable commercial buildings.
Categories: business_cases, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 26 Sep 2007
The Green Square South Tower is the first 5 Green Star Rated commercial building in Queensland.
Categories: article, case_studies
Posted by Your Building Administrator 18 Sep 2007
This case study discusses the experience of leading property group Stockland in bringing together corporate responsibility, sustainability and human resources.
Categories: sustainability_strategies, case_studies, article
Posted by Rosie Meaton 11 Feb 2008
This article presents issues related to water use in sustainable commercial buildings
Categories: article, sustainable_resource_use
Posted by Your Building Administrator 26 Sep 2007
This article explains the basic steps in designing successful sustainable commercial buildings.
Categories: six_steps, designers, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 26 Sep 2007
This article provides concise answers to the ten most relevant issues for designers of sustainable commercial buildings.
Categories: designers, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 26 Sep 2007
This article provides developers of commercial buildings the key steps to integrating sustainability into their commercial building developments.
Categories: developers, six_steps, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 28 May 2008
This article provides concise answers to the ten most relevant issues for developers of sustainable commercial buildings.
Categories: article, developers
Posted by Your Building Administrator 17 Sep 2007
This article provides builders with the key steps to to integrating sustainability into their commercial buildings.
Categories: article, six_steps, builders
Posted by Your Building Administrator 26 Sep 2007
This article provides concise answers to the ten most relevant issues for builders of sustainable commercial buildings.
Categories: builders, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 26 Sep 2007
This article provides facility managers with the key steps to integrating sustainable practices into their commercial buildings management.
Categories: article, facility_managers, six_steps
Posted by Your Building Administrator 26 Oct 2007
This article provides concise answers to the ten most relevant issues for managers of sustainable commercial buildings.
Categories: article, facility_managers
Posted by Your Building Administrator 26 Sep 2007
This article describes the key steps for occupiers of commercial buildings who want to integrate sustainability into their workplaces.
Categories: occupiers, six_steps, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 26 Sep 2007
This article provides concise answers to the ten most relevant issues for occupiers of sustainable commercial buildings.
Categories: occupiers, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 26 Sep 2007
This case study features Investa Property Group -- the largest listed owner of commercial property in Australia and the first Australian property fund manager to receive Sustainable Responsible Investment (SRI) certification for its two principal funds.
Categories: case_studies, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 26 Sep 2007
This four-storey office building with street-front retail shops has won a number of awards and features sustainable water, sewage and passive ventilation systems and a productive roof top garden.
Categories: case_studies, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 26 Sep 2007
500 Collins Street is Australia's first tenanted high-rise CBD office refurbishment to achieve the Green Building Council of Australia's five star Green Star rating.
Categories: case_studies, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 28 Aug 2007
Six steps to sustainability is a 'how to' guide for owning, developing, designing, constructing, occupying and managing sustainable commercial buildings. For each industry group, it is a compilation of input and ideas from Australian industry leaders as to what, in their experience, are the most important issues and how they can be addressed.
Categories: sustainability_strategies, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 02 Sep 2007
This section contains articles that present the business cases for sustainability. They explore the rationale for why individuals and companies should make decisions in favour of sustainability when owning, developing, designing, building, occupying, or managing commercial buildings.
Categories: article, sustainable_commercial_buildings
Posted by Your Building Administrator 19 Sep 2007
This article discusses the role of sustainability performance in investor appraisals of company value, and explains why sustainable commercial buildings can enhance valuations.
Categories: article, owners, sustainability_strategies, sustainable_commercial_buildings
Posted by Patrick Burke 26 May 2008
This article discusses issues related to waste in sustainable commercial buildings
Categories: sustainable_resource_use, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 08 May 2008
This article provides a broad overview of relevant information about indoor environment quality (IEQ) including the importance of various aspects of IEQ, potential impact on occupants' health, well-being and productivity, and practical guidance to enhance, measure and assess indoor environment.
Categories: indoor_environment, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 25 Sep 2007
This article provides an overview of issues related to performance settings and assessment of sustainable commercial buildings.
Categories: article, processes_and_tools
Posted by Your Building Administrator 27 Nov 2007
This article identifies and describes issues related to facilities management and maintenance for improved ESD performance in commercial buildings.
Categories: article, processes_and_tools, facility_managers
Posted by Your Building Administrator 26 Oct 2007
This article provides an overview to issues related to the commissioning of sustainable commercial buildings.
Categories: article, processes_and_tools, builders, facility_managers, owners
Posted by Your Building Administrator 29 Sep 2007
This article provides information, guidance and resources on sustainable construction process.
Categories: developers, processes_and_tools, builders, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 06 Sep 2007
This article provides an overview of project management for sustainable commercial buildings, discusses the benefits and risks of sustainable project management practices and explores opportunities for incorporating them at each stage of the project delivery process, and outlines relevant standards and guidelines.
Categories: processes_and_tools, developers, builders, designers, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 06 Sep 2007
This article introduces issues related to the design of sustainable commercial buildings.
Categories: designers, processes_and_tools, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 30 Aug 2007
This article discusses issues related to the valuation of sustainable commercial buildings.
Categories: article, owners, processes_and_tools
Posted by Your Building Administrator 25 Sep 2007
This article provides an overview of how to create effective programs for learning and change within your organisation.
Categories: sustainability_strategies, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 25 Sep 2007
This article explains how organisations in the property and construction sector can bring about the cultural change required to achieve a vision of sustainability for their organisation, whether they are involved in design, construction, management or occupancy of sustainable buildings.
Categories: article, occupiers, sustainability_strategies
Posted by Your Building Administrator 01 Apr 2008
This article explains how organisations in the property and construction sector can take a strategic approach to sustainability as a means to enhance competitive advantage, add value, and contribute to the procurement and operation of sustainable commercial buildings.
Categories: article, sustainability_strategies
Posted by Your Building Administrator 26 Oct 2007
This article discusses the use of sustainable products and materials in commercial buildings.
Categories: sustainable_resource_use, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 26 Sep 2007
Council House Two (CH2) is the first project in Australia to achieve a six Green Star certified rating.
Categories: case_studies, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 07 Sep 2007
This article provides the key steps for owners to integrate sustainability into their commercial buildings portfolio.
Categories: six_steps, owners, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 26 Sep 2007
This article provides concise answers to the ten most relevant issues for owners of sustainable commercial buildings.
Categories: owners, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 05 Oct 2007
This section contains articles on benefits and ways of planning, implementing and measuring energy efficiency and effectiveness in commercial buildings.
Categories: sustainable_resource_use, article
Posted by Your Building Administrator 27 Aug 2007
This article focuses on regulation concerning sustainability for commercial buildings, in both Australian and international contexts.
Categories: article, sustainable_commercial_buildings
Posted by Your Building Administrator 26 Sep 2007
This article provides an introduction to sustainability in commercial buildings and outlines the drivers, barriers, benefits and risks for implementing sustainable initiatives and practices into commercial buildings and the commercial property sector.
Categories: sustainable_commercial_buildings, article
Posted by Patrick Burke 27 Sep 2007
This article defines sustainable commercial buildings and discusses some of the features you may expect such a building to have.
Categories: article, sustainable_commercial_buildings
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