1.6 Environment Design Guide

The award winning BEDP Environment design Guide (EDG) is a comprehensive source of information on environmental issues in the built environment.

EDG provides reliable, practical information, allowing practitioners to make educated, environmentally responsible decisions during the early phases of design, where the greatest environmental benefits can be effected with the least cost.

The guide can be used in conjunction with the Your Home Technical Manual. You will find references to EDG throughout the technical fact sheets. EDG provides more in-depth discussions and solutions to the issues raised in the Your Home fact sheets. EDG is a subscription based journal which has been growing for 12 years, and is updated quarterly with 6 papers that cover new information about sustainability in the built environment.

EDG brings together the expertise of renowned Australian authors in 250 peer-reviewed papers, including 45 case-studies. These papers are reviewed by practitioners and experts to ensure they are accurate and accessible.

EDG is a useful tool for all design disciplines, and covers topics such as:

Energy efficiency
Indoor environment quality (IEQ)
Life-cycle analysis (LCA)
Greenhouse gas emission reduction
Water sensitive urban design (WSUD)
Salinity
Chilled beams
Urban planning
Photovoltaic cells
Phase-change materials
Passive cooling.

EDG also contains a glossary of ESD terms and references to useful websites.

EDG is produced by the Australian Council of Built Environment Design Professions (BEDP), the peak body for design professionals, and represents:

ACA Association of Consulting Architects
ACEA Association of Consulting Engineers Australia
AIQS Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors
AILA Australian Institute of Landscape Architects
Engineers Australia
IES Illuminating Engineering Society of Australia and New Zealand
PIA Planning Institute of Australia
RAIA Royal Australian Institute of Architects.

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Sample papers as well as subscription details are available on the web at: www.environmentdesignguide.net.au.

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