Issue # 105 ‘Sustainable Timber’, AR
23.07.2008| Profile on Plus Architecture’s Moonah Links Golf Clubhouse, which uses spotted gum timber cladding from sustainably managed plantations. |  |
29/4/08 ‘Six-Star System Fails to Earn its Stripes’, The Australian Financial Review
30.04.2008| ‘A growing demand for six-star green buildings from Australian architects and developers means the country’s planning authorities are being pushed to rewrite archaic ratings systems and rules.“The thing that’s really pathetic is the current assessment tool only considers heat loss,” Plus Architecture director Craig Yelland said of Melbourne’s system.
Mr Yelland’s recently approved Society building in Prahran which has almost sold out to mainly generation Y buyers, has Moped and bicycle parking…and the units are smaller in size and rainwater is collected and used for gardens.’ |
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ESD & Offices
8.11.2007| ”If we can design and build furniture which not only lasts twice as long, but users will still want to sit on it in 10 years’ time because of its timeless quality and looks, then we will have halved the environmental impact of our office furniture.
Upfront cost of this process may be substantial but this investment will be cheaper in the long run. Another option is produce take-back, where manufacturers offer to take back products at the end of their initial life, for re-manufacturing or reuse.’ Ralph Horne, Director, Centre for Design at RMIT University. |
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1.11.07 ‘Sustainability a Plus’, City Weekly
1.11.2007| ‘You have likely seen buildings designed by Plus Architecture all over Melbourne and never realised their origin. Next month the firm will celebrate its 10-year milestone and acknowledge its architectural contribution to the aesthetics of Melbourne.
Plus Architecture has embraced environmentally sustainable design, and all its residential developments will achieve at least a five-star energy rating.’ |
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