Program overview | Projects
Sustainability and the future Building Code of Australia [Ashe, ABCB] 2001-013-B
Project participants and team members | Brian Ashe |
Arup Australasia | Richard Hough |
Australian Building CodesBoard | Brian Ashe- Project Leader, Matthew Patterson |
Building Commission | Rob Enker |
Qld Dept of Public Works | Ron Apelt |
CSIRO | Peter Newton, Lam Pham, Kwesi Sagoe-Crenstil |
Queensland University of Technology | John Bell |
The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) is currently developing a Future Building Code that will replace the 1996 Building Code of Australia. The purpose of this project is to provide the ABCB with information that will allow it to determine whether sustainability requirements are necessary in the Future Building Code and how they may be incorporated. The project will study sustainability requirements and developments in Australia and overseas. It will also identify issues and implications associated with sustainability requirements for buildings and advise how these could be regulated.