About Your Home
BUYER'S GUIDE RENOVATOR'S GUIDE SANCTUARY MAGAZINE TECHNICAL MANUAL

Your Home - Design for lifestyle and the future

Acknowledgements

Your Home Technical Manual

This is a collaborative project of the government and the building and design industry. The project was managed on behalf of the Your Home Steering Committee by the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.

Principal Author
Chris Reardon Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS
Contributing Authors
Stuart White Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS
Caitlin McGee Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS
Steven Shackel Consultant
Brian Slapp Consultant
Editors
Steven Shackel Consultant
Paul Downton Urban Ecology Australia
Stuart Waters Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS
Peter Corcoran Australian Greenhouse Office
Communications Research
Robyn Penman University of Canberra
Steering Committee
Stephen Berry (chair) Australian Greenhouse Office
Elizabeth Young Australian Greenhouse Office
Nerida Taylor Department of Transport and Regional Services
Elisabeth Egle Industry Science and Resources
Shane McWhinney Environment Australia
Ray Jones Environment Protection Agency, Queensland
Bruce Taper Department of Urban Affairs and Planning, NSW
Rob Enker Building Commission in Victoria
Technical Advisers
Katrina Graham Australian Building Energy Council
Roger Fay Deakin University
Paul Downton Urban Ecology Australia
Robert Vale Auckland University
Holger Willrath Solar Logic
Alan Pears RMIT University
Industry & Community Representatives
Natasha Palich Australian Council of Building Design Professions
Terence Ring Royal Australian Institute of Architects
Ron Badger Institution of Engineers Australia
Judy van Gelderen Australian Institute of Landscape Architects
Andreas Sederof Building Designers Association of Australia
Dick Clarke Building Designers Association of Australia
Trevor Rieck Housing Industry Association
Denis Wilson Master Builders Australia
Marie Illman Australian Local Government Association
Ray Prowse Sustainable Energy Industries Association

1st Edition 2001
2nd Edition 2004
3rd Edition 2005
4th Edition 2008

ISBN 978-1-921298-01-1
© Commonwealth of Australia 2008

Your Home Renovator's Guide

The following organisations collaborated on the production of the Your Home Renovator's Guide:

The Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts; The Building Commission, Victoria; Sustainability Victoria; Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW; Queensland Government Environmental Protection Agency; Department of Housing and Works, Government of Western Australia; Australian Capital Territory Planning and Land Authority; Moreland Energy Foundation; More Communication Design; Centre for Design at RMIT University; Institute for Sustainable Futures at UTS.

Your Home Buyer's Guide

The following organisations collaborated on the production of the Your Home Buyer's Guide:

Australian Greenhouse Office, Department of the Environment and Water Resources; Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW; Queensland Government Environmental Protection Agency; The Building Commission, Victoria; Sustainability Victoria; Landcom; Department for Planning and Infrastructure, Government of Western Australia; Western Australian Planning Commission; Institute of Sustainable Futures at UTS; Centre for Design, RMIT University; More Communication Design; Clarendon Residential Group; Investa Property Group.