Final report : task 4 : waste minimisation in construction

The Regenerating Construction Project for the CRC for Construction Innovation aims to assist in the delivery of demonstrably superior ‘green’ buildings. Components of the project address eco-efficient redesign, achieving a smaller ecological footprint, enhancing indoor environment and minimising waste in design and construction. The refurbishment of Council House 1 for Melbourne City Council provides an opportunity to develop and demonstrate tools that will be of use for commercial building refurbishment generally. It is hoped that the refurbishment will act as an exemplar project to demonstrate environmentally friendly possibilities for office building refurbishment

Ecoso exchange newsletter 2/19; Apr. 1992

Contents of this issue: Pages: 1. News from the Crow Collection: The May Celebration; How the Crow Collection is Being Used; Annual Report of the Crow Collection Association; "Scattering Seeds for Change" -A Crow Collection Living Library Project (video production) 3. A Message on International Women's Day 5. What Maurie Crow Learnt from the Union Movement 6. Chart on Linking the Unions and Community Movements 8. How Others Saw Maurie Crow 10. The Annual Report of the Crow Collection Association 12. Ecoso Story So Far and Ecoso Guidelines 13. Australian Studies ... Documents in the Crow Collectio

Ecoso exchange newsletter 2/14; Dec. 1990

This issue emphasizes the launching of the Crow Collection and creation of the Crow Collection Trust. Along with this, there will be a new format of Ecoso Exchange newsletter, which will focus on development of the Crow Collection as a Living Library, with its subscribers receiving: * reprints of some of the documents in the Collection * information on seminars, exhibitions and other projects which will be popularising the ideas in the Crow Collection * information on how the Collection is being used * information on current campaigns of other organisations In this issue: Pages: 1. New Opportunities for Ecoso Exchange 2. The Launching of the Crow Collection 2. The Library launch - The Collection as a Teaching Tool 2. The Seminar Launch - Planing for 21st Century 3. Three Seminar Publications 4. The Celebratory Dinner - a Reunion of Activists 5. The Crow Collection Trust - A living Library 7. Possible Projects for the Crow Collection Trust 8. Encouragement from Long Time-Supporters

Final report : task 4 : waste minimisation in construction

The Regenerating Construction Project for the CRC for Construction Innovation aims to assist in the delivery of demonstrably superior ‘green’ buildings. Components of the project address eco-efficient redesign, achieving a smaller ecological footprint, enhancing indoor environment and minimising waste in design and construction. The refurbishment of Council House 1 for Melbourne City Council provides an opportunity to develop and demonstrate tools that will be of use for commercial building refurbishment generally. It is hoped that the refurbishment will act as an exemplar project to demonstrate environmentally friendly possibilities for office building refurbishment

Ecoso exchange newsletter : ecological, sociological and political discourse 2/44; June 1997

This is a special edition on public housing in Victoria 1937 to 1997. Contents: Page 2. The Tenants Councils (1937 to 1950) 5. The HCV's First Thirty Years (1937/8 to 1967) 9. Community Housing ? Public Housing ? (issues of the 90's) 10. The Commonwealth / State Housing Agreement 10. The Housing Crisis No Accident (Karl Marx

High quality indoor environments for sustainable office buildings

The quality of office indoor environments is considered to consist of those factors that impact occupants according to their health and well-being and (by consequence) their productivity. Indoor Environment Quality (IEQ) can be characterized by four indicators: • Indoor air quality indicators • Thermal comfort indicators • Lighting indicators • Noise indicators. Within each indicator, there are specific metrics that can be utilized in determining an acceptable quality of an indoor environment based on existing knowledge and best practice. Examples of these metrics are: indoor air levels of pollutants or odorants; operative temperature and its control; radiant asymmetry; task lighting; glare; ambient noise. The way in which these metrics impact occupants is not fully understood, especially when multiple metrics may interact in their impacts. While the potential cost of lost productivity from poor IEQ has been estimated to exceed building operation costs, the level of impact and the relative significance of the above four indicators are largely unknown. However, they are key factors in the sustainable operation or refurbishment of office buildings. This paper presents a methodology for assessing indoor environment quality (IEQ) in office buildings, and indicators with related metrics for high performance and occupant comfort. These are intended for integration into the specification of sustainable office buildings as key factors to ensure a high degree of occupant habitability, without this being impaired by other sustainability factors. The assessment methodology was applied in a case study on IEQ in Australia’s first ‘six star’ sustainable office building, Council House 2 (CH2), located in the centre of Melbourne. The CH2 building was designed and built with specific focus on sustainability and the provision of a high quality indoor environment for occupants. Actual IEQ performance was assessed in this study by field assessment after construction and occupancy. For comparison, the methodology was applied to a 30 year old conventional building adjacent to CH2 which housed the same or similar occupants and activities. The impact of IEQ on occupant productivity will be reported in a separate future pape

The making of knowledge cities: Lessons learned from Melbourne

Knowledge cities are seen as fundamental to the economic growth and development of the 21st century cities. The purpose of this paper is to explore the knowledge city concept in depth. This paper discusses the principles of a knowledge city, and portrays its distinguishing characteristics and processes. The paper relates and analyses Melbourne’s experience as a knowledge city and scrutinises Melbourne’s initiatives on science, technology and innovation and policies for economic and social development. It also illustrates how the city administration played a key role in developing Melbourne as a globally recognised, entrepreneurial and competitive knowledge city. Then this paper identifies key success factors and provides some insights to policy makers of the MENA region cities in designing knowledge cities

Trans-urban Networks of Learning, Mega Events and Policy Tourism: The Case of Manchester's Commonwealth and Olympic Games Projects

This paper argues for a rethinking of our understanding of what and where go into the ‘urban’ in the New Urban Politics (NUP). It contends that these issues have always been more complex, complicated and, most importantly, contested than has sometimes appeared to be the case in the literature. Using the example of one trans-urban policy learning network—that around the city of Manchester’s bids for the Olympic and Commonwealth Games—the paper makes the case for taking seriously the politics around comparison and referencing in making possible the NUP. It argues that there is a need to study the circuits, networks and webs in and through which urban knowledge and learning are constituted and moved around, and that often underpin the territorial outcomes that have been the traditional focus of scholars working on the NUP

Diet of powerful owls Ninox strenua in inner city Melbourne parks, Victoria

Most dietary studies of Powerful Owls Ninox strenua have been from forested habitats or partially disturbed habitats on the urban fringe. The diets of single Powerful Owls roosting in two inner city parks in Melbourne, Victoria, in 2008 and 2009 were analysed. Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula and Common Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus were the only prey species recorded in the Fitzroy Gardens (occurring in equal numbers in the Owl’s diet), whereas Common Brushtail Possums and Black Rats Rattus rattus were recorded in the diet of the Flagstaff Gardens bird. This is a less diverse prey selection than recorded in the only other inner city dietary analysis for this species