The pros and cons of glass types, which to use and when.

A mould-free, easy clean shower screen installation. Watch this short video to understand the benefits for you healthy home.

We recently attended the Australian Passive House Association conference in Melbourne in an attempt to discover whether PassivHaus is appropriate to warmer climates such as coastal Sydney and further north. What is PassivHaus?

Rather than exclude the elements, this rainforest house harmonises with them By Jenny Brown

this interview focuses on different themes including what a sustainable future in buildings is all about, a look at the issues behind the choices we make, contested ideas about material impacts and the fast-approaching horizon of new materials.

We often get people sending pretty infographics explaining the world in pictures, they make good points and are well researched but rarely do they provide the information that gets us closer to a better world. This

The Banksia Award winning Centre for Liveability Real Estate (CLRE) has begun a quiet revolution in the way sustainable residential property is valued, and marketed, in Australia. Through its ‘features based’ approach, and the list of

With a flurry of solar and battery technologies being released this summer it can be overwhelming trying to sort through all the information flying around out there. And with the new solar and

Narara Ecovillage is a 64 hectare property located on the Central Coast of NSW. For over a hundred years the site was used as an agricultural research station, the site is dotted with

This week is World Green Building Week. Started in 2009 by the World GreenBuilding Council the week aims to create a more connected, more interactive, more public conversation around the role buildings play in

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Thinking of sustainable solutions for your business? You can create your own green office goals. The good news is – there are lots of ways we can contribute to sustainability.

Designing homes for flood-prone areas often means elevating floors, but floating houses offer a smarter, simpler, and adaptable alternative.

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.

What is Sustainable House Day, and when’s it on? Sustainable House Day, on Sunday 13 September 2015, is an international event where people who own houses that are doing good things with materials,

Why all the fuss about batteries at the moment? What’s it all about? The ability to store energy isn’t new, but the technology to store it at household scale and larger, at an

How can we design eco friendly homes if they are powered by dirty energy, and are potentially undermined or overcome by toxic emissions? We can design the home, it can be eco friendly,

What if all our efforts to design and build sustainable eco homes over the last 20 years has been wasted? What if they don’t achieve the big reductions in energy and water that

It saddens me to announce the death of my close friend and colleague Dr Chris Reardon, who passed away at his keyboard on Monday 17 November 2014. Chris and I had shared many

The Climate Council have just published a report card on Australia’s performance in policy and investment in renewable and solar energy (RE), which factors into building design. It’s a fascinating read, although not

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… How to

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

Our Federal elected representatives have voted to abolish the carbon tax. Did you give your rep a mandate to do that? I didn’t, yet tho is now what we have: no effective energy

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

Sustainability is mercurial, an ever retreating horizon. Just when you think you’ve arrived, you find it’s moved on, and yet again you have to rethink your strategy, your choices, your designs and specifications.

We don’t like getting into politics at the personal level at Envirotecture, although we sure jump in boots and all at the policy level. Therefore we are reluctant to say too much about

The Royal Commission into Kevin Rudd’s insulation scheme should, if it is real deal, uncover the truth of the whole affair. In which case, Kevin Rudd and Peter Garrett are likely to have

“Don’t vote – it only encourages them” is the typically irreverent and slightly anarchic joke about politicians. People are often heard to say, “I have no interest in politics.” The problem is, politics

LJ Hooker has made a change that will revolutionise the way real estate is bought and sold in Australia. Finally, there is a mechanism for agents to recognise, understand, and value a home’s