BASIX

NSW government BASIX website. This is the ESD portal for all building design professionals. It contains a design tool that ensures your building design will meet with ESD requirements set down by the NSW government.

http://www.basix.nsw.gov.au/information/index.jsp

YOUR HOME

Established as a joint government-industry venture, Your Home website is a suite of consumer and technical guide materials and tools developed to encourage the design, construction or renovation of homes to be comfortable, healthy and more environmentally sustainable.

http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/yourhome/index.htm

Centre for Design

The Centre for Design is a team of multi disciplinary researchers and consultants with backgrounds in architecture, industrial design, interior design, environmental science, arts and cleaner production. It is part of the School of Architecture and Design at RMIT in Melbourne and has some useful links to other resources on sustainable construction.

http://www.cfd.rmit.edu.au/

NSW Dept. of Energy, Utilities and Sustainability

This State government department provides information resources on Water, Energy and Sustainability, including commercially available grey water systems approved by government bodies.

http://www.deus.nsw.gov.au

Ecospecifier

Ecospecifier is database of over 3000 products, materials, technologies and resources that may present an environmentally preferable option in building design. It is managed by a private sector ESD research and consulting practice, collaborating with the Green Building Council of Australia and various industry and academic associations.

http://www.ecospecifier.org/

CSIRO

The Federal Government’s chief scientific agency provides a wealth of information on materials science and engineering. They provide brochures on a range of subjects such as embodied energy ratings for different construction materials.

http://www.cmmt.csiro.au/brochures/tech/embodied/index.cfm