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Aye, L, Bamford, N, Charters, B and Robinson, J (2000) Environmentally sustainable development: a life-cycle costing approach for a commercial office building in Melbourne, Australia. Construction Management and Economics, 18(08), 927-34.

Boonstra, C and Knapen, M (2000) Knowledge infrastructure for sustainable building in The Netherlands. Construction Management and Economics, 18(08), 885-91.

Chau, C K, Lee, W L, Yik, F W H and Burnett, J (2000) Towards a successful voluntary building environmental assessment scheme. Construction Management and Economics, 18(08), 959-68.

Cole, R J (2000) Building environmental assessment methods: assessing construction practices. Construction Management and Economics, 18(08), 949-57.

Graham, P (2000) Building education for the next industrial revolution: teaching and learning environmental literacy for the building professions. Construction Management and Economics, 18(08), 917-25.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: environmental literacy; building professionals; teaching; Learning; resource efficiency; resource awareness; sustainability
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/014461900446876
  • Abstract:

    Resource efficient design and construction, i.e. doing more with less, contributes to decreasing the negative environmental implications of resource consumption. However, the environmental effects of buildings arise from the combination of many design and management decisions, and good environmental design and construction can avoid more than just the damage that flows from resource use. It is therefore important that students of building professions learn how the many decisions they make can help create ecology sustaining buildings, and this awareness begins in the classroom. This paper proposes a model for teaching and learning environmental literacy for tertiary students of building professions. It also argues that, in comparison with a well recognized theory for language learning, some of the conditions required for learning environmental literacy may not be present in Australian tertiary institutions. This work was commissioned for the Australian Council of Building Design Professions for the Environment Design Guide and funded by EcoRecycle Victoria.

Kibert, C J, Sendzimir, J and Guy, B (2000) Construction ecology and metabolism: natural system analogues for a sustainable built environment. Construction Management and Economics, 18(08), 903-16.

Lavers, A P and Shiers, D E (2000) Construction law and environmental harm: the liability interface. Construction Management and Economics, 18(08), 893-902.

Ofori, G, Briffett, C, Gang, G and Ranasinghe, M (2000) Impact of ISO 14000 on construction enterprises in Singapore. Construction Management and Economics, 18(08), 935-47.