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BIPV and Australian façades — reading EDG 68 with Section J
Building-integrated photovoltaics as envelope, generator and glare control — and the NCC conversation that follows.
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How to use the catalogue without pretending it is 2006
Original editorials that earn internal links: citation method, Passivhaus reading order, Docklands WSUD, BIPV and rating-tool literacy.
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How students should cite Environment Design Guide notes
A clean citation pattern for historical EDG IDs, this rewrite, and the Australian agency page you actually used.
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Comparing Australian sustainability rating tools
NatHERS, NABERS, Green Star, Section J and Passivhaus do different jobs — a field guide seeded from DES 70 and the papers stream.
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How to use EDG case studies in a design report
A student and practitioner method for citing CAS notes without treating a 2000s project as a 2026 certificate.
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Passivhaus in Australia: what the EDG papers actually say
A reading guide to EDG 79 and EDG 89 — principles, Australasian pathway, and the NCC conversation they sit beside.
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WSUD in the Melbourne Docklands — lessons from CAS 46–48
How the Docklands water-sensitive trio still teaches precinct design, and where Melbourne Water thinking has moved.
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