Ideas & Advice Archives - Page 2 of 8

Treat your site right

If you protect, rather than neglect, your soil and vegetation you’ll reap the rewards in your new garden, writes landscape designer Michael Tanner.

Sustainable Design

The rise of the courtyard

As courtyards replace backyards as the primary outdoor space, architect Marie Carrel explains how they are best designed to maintain liveability.

Multi-residential

Refining the model: Nightingale

Nightingale Housing skips over the traditional, profit-driven property development model to instead deliver affordable and beautiful apartment communities that people are clamouring to live in.

Building materials

Changing phase: Are PCMs living up to their promise?

Richard Keech considers why you might choose to use phase change materials (PCMs)

Interiors

Stairs with flair

The humble staircase can do far more than provide access to your second floor. Stairs can fulfil multiple purposes from storage and thermal regulation to design feature or just sheer fun.

Sustainable Design

Open source home automation

Designer Paul Hendy explains how he used the open standard KNX software to augment his passive solar home for ultimate comfort.

In focus

The makings of a sustainable renovation

We present you with our top eight design considerations along with real-world profiles that show just how good renovated homes can be.

Interiors

Focus on furnishings

We take a look at the choices you can make to ensure you furnish your home sustainably.

In focus

Composite benefits: When are SIPs the right choice?

Many households now factor construction time and expected energy bills into their project bottom line. Could structural insulated panels be an answer to lowering them both?

Outdoors

Sustainable stays

Make your next getaway a stay in an eco home and pick up valuable ideas for your own green renovation or build.

Ideas & Advice

When Stars align: Finding the energy star rating and financial ‘sweet spot’

When does investment in energy performance garner a financial return? We ask three of Australia’s leading energy efficiency housing researchers to find out.

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