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Designing For Climate

Now, more than ever, climate design is a critical element in the modern design process.

Since prehistoric man first took shelter in caves, we have understood the importance of climate in creating and building our dwellings. Yet even today, climate data is often poorly presented, too technical or not easily accessible to designers.

Here you will find clear, simple information that will help you plan your building project to take advantage of the unique characteristics of your regional location.

Think Brick and Climate Design

Think Brick Australia is using its research programme to develop guides to make climate design more practical and accessible to designers, architects and planners. More

Climatic Zones

A range of climatic conditions exist across Australia. These include temperate, warm temperate, tropical and sub-tropical zones. Within each climate zone there are smaller micro-climates. Each climatic zone and/or micro-climate has its own distinct climatic characteristics and therefore requires a specific strategy to achieve thermal comfort. More

Solar Passive Design

Hundreds of years ago designers, through experience, understood how to make a building thermally comfortable. This was referred to as 'building conditioning'. More

Thermal Comfort

Human thermal comfort is the state of mind that expresses satisfaction with the surrounding environment and was first explored by Ole Fanger in the 1970s. More

The 8 Star House built in Brick

Think Brick Australia and Jade Projects proudly present the facts about the Perth 8 Star House that prove that sustainability and affordability can go hand in hand. This home uses 76% less energy and 72% less water than an average Perth home*, which is why it has achieved an outstanding 8-star rating. More

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