Sustainable Built Environment National Research CentreEnvironmental Assessment Systems for Commercial Buildings [Tucker, CSIRO] 2001-006-B
2001
Overview
The principal drivers for building design in Australia continue to be short-term cost related not lifetime environmental factors. Most developed countries, including Australia, have now initiated voluntary environmental rating schemes for building design; however Australia is not yet meeting best practice standards in this area. This project combines life cycle assessment, whole of life costing and whole of life performance assessment to develop a suite of CAD-integrated cost and environmental assessment (eco-efficiency) tools for commercial buildings that can enhance the decision-making process among Architecture/Engineering/Construction professionals and deliver superior built environment outcomes. Benchmark data derived from this project will be applied initially in industry partner projects. It is expected that this eco-efficiency assessment tool and associated databases will become the nominated system for providing a rating assessment of commercial buildings in all Australian jurisdictions.*
Research Team
Participants
Caroline Noller
Bovis Lend Lease
Participants
Carolyn Mitchell
Woods Bagot
Participants
Rob Enker
Building Commission
Participants
Dale Gilbert, Del Jones, Teng Hee Tan
Qld Dept of Public Works
Participants
Michael Ambrose, Robin Drogemuller, David Johnston, Stephen McFallan, Grace Mitchell, Lidia Morawska,Peter Newton, Phillipa Watson
CSIRO
Participants
John Bell, Nur Demirbilek, Jay Yang
Queensland University of Technology
Participants
Graham Miller
University of Western Sydney
Participants
Melissa James, Ron Sharpe
Central Node