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Collaborative partnership for education for sustainability: New Zealand...

Collaborative partnership for education for sustainability: New Zealand vocational education 2011 Sharma, Rashika This year marks the midpoint of the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development but...

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Creative and imaginative scholarship: Lifelong learning for an unpredictable...

Creative and imaginative scholarship: Lifelong learning for an unpredictable future 2010 Sharma, Rashika; Monteiro, Sylila The continued process of economic globalization challenges education as a...

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Employee preferences for work-life benefits in a large New Zealand...

Employee preferences for work-life benefits in a large New Zealand construction company 2012 Thurnell, Derek; Morrison, Emily The construction industry is a challenging environment in which to work,...

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Investigation of the internal functioning of the radial basis function neural...

Investigation of the internal functioning of the radial basis function neural network river flow forecasting models 2009-03 Fernando, Achela; Shamseldin, Asaad This paper deals with the challenging...

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Use of a supercomputer to advance parameter optimisation using genetic...

Use of a supercomputer to advance parameter optimisation using genetic algorithms 2007-10 Fernando, Achela; Jayawardena, Amithirigala Parameter optimisation is a significant but time consuming process...

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Use of gene expression programing for multi-model combination of...

Use of gene expression programing for multi-model combination of rainfall-runoff models 2012 Fernando, Achela; Shamseldin, Asaad; Abrahart, Robert This paper deals with the application of an innovative...

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Auckland 2040: A resilent urban region on the water

Auckland 2040: A resilent urban region on the water 2012 Bogunovich, Dushko; Bradbury, Matthew Further spatial expansion of Auckland is inevitable, but this does not have to lead to environmental...

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The impact of passive design factors on house energy efficiency

The impact of passive design factors on house energy efficiency 2011 Su, Bin The energy consumption of a house can be affected simultaneously by many building design factors related to its main...

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Hotel Design and Energy Consumption

Hotel Design and Energy Consumption 2012 Su, Bin A hotel mainly uses its energy on water heating, space heating, refrigeration, space cooling, cooking, lighting and other building services. A number of...

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Prevention of Winter Mould Growth in Housing

Prevention of Winter Mould Growth in Housing 2006 Su, Bin This paper reports on a study that researched the possibility of building passive designs to prevent mould growth in housing in humid and mild...

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Activity-based teaching for Unitec New Zealand construction students

Activity-based teaching for Unitec New Zealand construction students 2007 Harfield, T; Davies, Kathryn; Hede, Joseph; Panko, Mary; Kenley, Russell In 1993, Betts and Liow called for a shift from...

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Good practices for managing Australia’s public and community housing assets

Good practices for managing Australia’s public and community housing assets 2010 Kenley, Russell; Chiazor, Maxwell; Hall, Jon; Heywood, Christopher This project investigates good practices for managing...

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Indoor moisture control of Auckland houses with different ventilation systems

Indoor moisture control of Auckland houses with different ventilation systems 2013 Su, Bin Auckland has a temperate climate with comfortable warm, dry summers and mild, wet winters. Auckland house...

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Impacts of building design factors on Auckland school energy consumptions

Impacts of building design factors on Auckland school energy consumptions 2013 Su, Bin This study focuses on the impact of school building design factors on winter extra energy consumption which mainly...

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Build back better : implementation in Victorian bushfire reconstruction

Build back better : implementation in Victorian bushfire reconstruction 2014-04 Mannakkara, Sandeeka; Wilkinson, Suzanne; Potangaroa, Regan “Build Back Better” (BBB) is a prominent concept in...

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The benefits of, and barriers to, implementation of 5D BIM for quantity...

The benefits of, and barriers to, implementation of 5D BIM for quantity surveying in New Zealand 2014 Stanley, Ryan; Thurnell, Derek Building Information Modelling (BIM) models are relational and...

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The Participation of Women Employed in Traditionally Male Dominated...

The Participation of Women Employed in Traditionally Male Dominated Occupations including Plumbing: 1975 – 2013 2015-02 Cruickshank, Garry Author Garry Cruickshank investigates the gender gap in New...

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Embedding Building Information Modelling into Construction Technology and...

Embedding Building Information Modelling into Construction Technology and Documentation courses : A case study of the Unitec National Diploma Programmes 2014-11-18 McGarrigle, Malachy The aim of this...

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Systems dynamics modelling of pathways to a hydrogen economy in New Zealand :...

Systems dynamics modelling of pathways to a hydrogen economy in New Zealand : final report 2012-01-01 Leaver, Jonathan; Gillingham, Kenneth; Baglino, A. This report represents a compilation of work...

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A comparative approach to determining the growth of productivity of the New...

A comparative approach to determining the growth of productivity of the New Zealand construction industry 2013 Abbott, Malcolm; Carson, Chris In recent years there has been increasing interest in the...

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