Posts Tagged ‘Consumer building guide’
Building with Principles of Energy Efficient Design 1
Ecologically sustainable development is arguably the central challenge of our time. We need to continue to develop and build to maintain our way of life. But we need to do this more efficiently and effectively to also maintain the ecological processes on which life depends. We need to embrace the principles and details of ESD…
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Wastes Climate change is real. It is no longer acceptable to pollute the air, water, or soil-the essential elements on which life depends. Cleaner, non-toxic production is a new necessity. New ecological awareness has been placed on the biological role of these elements for plants and animals and their interdependence with plants and animals in…
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Resource Depletion Building materials use up enormous amounts of energy, water and other resources, whether they are metals, ceramics, glass, timber, plastics or fibres! Some of these resources are running low and so we are forced to use poorer reserves and cart them greater distances, using more energy. Depletion of the world’s scarce resources is…
Read MoreConsumer Building Guide NSW- Checklist
Before You Sign the Contract check: Whether or not your builder or tradesperson has a contractor licence with NSW Fair Trading, Is the licence relative to what you want to be done? Do the licence and contract reflect the same name and number? Is the work outlined in the contract, plans and specifications? Does the…
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Friends, in 2009 my chosen blog designer provided a game plan and a decent upfront fee. After expending AUD$, years go by so quickly, and a new blog designer disagrees thus I spent more AUD $ upfront in 2017. Time rolls on and the blogs are judged wrong by the powerhouse. So be it, the…
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