Tools & Resources
Sustainable Steel
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- 28 March 2007 Producing Sustainable Housing En Masse
- As a growing number of Australian architects expand the use of corrugated steel from residential roofs to external and internal walls, some believe the time is right to bring the techniques of mass production to bear on sustainable steel building products. [Read more]
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- 06 February 2004 Award Winning Home Causes Minimal Disturbance
- An innovative Tasmanian builder has created a striking bush home which showcases environmentally sensitive construction. Builder David Leake's Oyster Cove home south of Hobart is an innovative step in environmental awareness and fire resistance. [Read more]
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- 17 January 2004 Towers Harness The Wind
- It's the cleanest air on earth. And it's now helping Hydro Tasmania produce clean electricity. According to the air monitoring station at Cape Grim, the purity of the air that blows in from the Southern Ocean across the north-east tip of Tasmania is the cleanest that has ever been measured on the planet. [Read more]
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- 12 December 2003 Tower Power
- XLERPLATE® steel from BlueScope Steel is at the heart of Australia's newest power generation industry. Victorian firm Keppel Prince Engineering has used its expertise in steel tower construction to win a key role in the rapidly growing wind power generation industry. [Read more]
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- 16 October 2003 Wind Towers a Breeze For Air Ride Technology
- South Australian company, Air Ride Technology, are powering ahead in the fabrication of 34 wind towers for a new wind farm located at Millicent in south east South Australia. [Read more]
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- 05 February 2003 Darwin Verandah House Scoops Architecture Awards
- A striking house in steel and glass perched midway up a steep ridge in virgin bushland near Darwin has captured two major prizes in the National Architecture Awards of 2002. The Rozak House was designed by Troppo Architects in Darwin on bushland surrounding Lake Bennet 80kms south of Darwin. [Read more]
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- 02 August 2000 Wind Turbines of Crookwell - Clean, Green, International Partnership Machines
- Australia's first grid connected wind farm represents the way of the future in more than just electricity generation, it shows the way for successful international partnerships in emerging industries. The wind farm at Crookwell, near Goulburn in the NSW Southern Highlands, contributes five megawatts to the national electricity grid, generated by eight of the largest wind turbines yet installed in Australia. [Read more]