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Building circular economy housing: An Australian story

Louise Dorignon, , , Hazel Easthope, Stefanie Dühr, Trivess Moore, Emma Baker, Tony Dalton, Illustrated by Zhen Xiong

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Building materials in a circular economy

Tony Dalton, , Tillmann Boehme , Leela Kempton , Usha Iyer-Raniga , David Oswald , Mehrdad Amirghasemi , Trivess Moore

AHURI report

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Delivering sustainable apartment housing: New build and retrofit

Hazel Easthope , Jasmine Palmer , Andrea Sharam , Dr Megan Nethercote, Gloria Pignatta , Laura Crommelin

AHURI report

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Informing a strategy for circular economy housing in Australia

, Louise Dorignon, Louise Dorignon, Hazel Easthope, Stefanie Dühr, Trivess Moore, Emma Baker, Tony Dalton, Hal Pawson, Peter Fairbrother

AHURI report

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Nature is in crisis. Here are 10 easy ways you can make a difference

21 April 2023

Matthew Selinske, RMIT University; Georgia Garrard, The University of Melbourne; Jaana Dielenberg, Charles Darwin University, and Sarah Bekessy, RMIT University Last month, Sir David Attenborough called on United Kingdom residents to “go wild once per week”. By this, he meant taking actions which help rather than harm the natural world, such as planting wildflowers for […]

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Will 7-star housing really cost more? It depends, but you can keep costs down in a few simple ways

10 September 2022

Trivess Moore, RMIT University and Nicola Willand, RMIT University The required energy-efficiency rating of new housing in Australia will increase from 6 to 7 stars from October next year. Some claim this will greatly increase housing costs. But is this true? Costs for new home owners are the sum of three things: capital costs to […]

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RMIT students win international Students Reinventing Cities competition

30 September 2021

A team of students from RMIT’s Urban Design Project course have been named among the winners of the C40 Cities’ international Students Reinventing Cities – Melbourne competition.

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Ordinary people, extraordinary change: addressing the climate emergency through ‘quiet activism’

25 August 2021

Across the world, people worried about the impacts of climate change are seeking creative and meaningful ways to transform their urban environments. One such approach is known as “quiet activism”.

Regenerative Environments and Climate Action
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Building a Sustainable Society: Construction, Public Procurement Policy and ‘Best Practice’ in the European Union

David Olsson , Andreas Öjehag-Pettersson , Mikael Granberg

Sustainability

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How can urban and environmental planning shape a post-pandemic future?

04 October 2020

The adversities of COVID-19 have no doubt changed the way we think about our environments. Here, our teachers discuss the role urban, regional and environmental planning has in shaping a post-pandemic future.

Planning and Transport for Healthy Cities Regenerative Environments and Climate Action

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