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Microclimate

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• Fact Sheet
• by Michael O'Brien
• posted 16 Jun 2008

Sustainable development achieves potentially greater levels of energy efficiency through the principles of design for climate and through utilising or influencing local microclimate conditions. It is possible to create a development environment which maintains conditions within human comfort zones without reliance on additional energy for heating and cooling.
 

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• Greenfield Development,
• Site Ecology, Estate Design, Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation,

Built Form

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• Fact Sheet
• by Michael O'Brien
• posted 14 May 2008

Sustainable development is reliant on a synthesis of elements - achieving a built form which is supportive of the environmental, social, and economic elements of sustainability, delivered through appropriate development planning, public realm (urban) design, landscaping, and architectural design, engineering and construction, marketing and education, as well as the provision of urban systems and infrastructure.

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