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Application of particle swarm optimisation for the design of UWB bandpass filters

Toya Sunao; Huang Tony; Sanagavarapu Ananda; Yakabe Toshiyuki (The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Inc (IEEE), 2007)

Ultra-wideband (UWB) wireless technology has recently obtained a renewed stimulus and wider attention as Federal Communications Committee (FCC) of USA released unlicensed spectrum in the 3.1~10.6 GHz band for short ...
Changing the culture of commercial buildings in Australia: the role of green leases

Roussac Craig; Mcgee Caitlin; Milne Geoffrey (www.sb08melbourne.com, 2008)
City limits: pushing boundaries in urban infill development

Mcgee Caitlin; Mitchell Cynthia; Retamal Monique (www.sb08melbourne.com, 2008)
Cost recovery for urban sanitation in Asian countries: insurmountable barrier or opportunity for sustainability?

Mitchell Cynthia; Abeysuriya Kumudini; Willetts Juliet (Australia New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics, 2005)

Urban sanitation and waste management services are in crisis in many Asian countries, attributed to a number of factors. In this paper we argue that the crisis is exacerbated by the application of inappropriate economic ...
DEco Arch: Trust and Reputation Aware Service Brokering Architecture in Digital Ecosystems

Steele Robert; Schmidt Stefan; Dillon Tharam (The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Inc (IEEE), 2007)

Awareness of social ratings such as reputation, credibility and trustworthiness plays a key role in digital ecosystems where autonomous agents collaborate in order to publish their services or search for services. The ...
Diffusing sustainability: Towards a framework for adopting sustainable procurement

Grob Suzanne; Crawford John (ANZAM, 2008)

Rogers (2003) presented a Diffusion of Innovations (DOI) framework which has been used to examine the factors influencing the rate of adoption of various types of innovations in a wide variety of organisational contexts. ...
Economic and environmental advantages of using fly ash as a soil amendment in agronomy

Yunusa Isa; Veeragathipillai Manoharan; Eamus Derek; Skilbeck Charles (World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society, 2007)

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Estimating the Treatment Performance and OSD Characteristics of Both Proprietary and Non-Proprietary WSUD Systems at Castle Hill in Sydney

Beecham Simon; Hourigan Paul; Wells John; Brisbin Scott (Engineers Australia/Stormwater Industry Association, 2004)

In Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUO) there is often a focus on water quality control. In practice however, there is normally a need to provide extensive flood control, often through some form of onsite stormwater ...
Exploring Prefiltering for Water Sensitive Urban Design Systems in Australia

Roach Leanne; Beecham Simon (INSA Lyon, 2004)

Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) Is a new philosophy of water management being developed within Australia that embraces sustainability principles to reduce the impacts of development on the total water cycle. Critical ...
A Forensic Investigation of Water Sensitive Urban Design Problems

Khiadani Mehdi; Beecham Simon (Engineers Australia/Stormwater Industry Assocaition, 2004)

Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) is a relatively new concept in Australia and aims to manage and conserve water as well as to resolve some of the problems caused by conventional urban drainage systems. The design and ...
Future Latrobe Valley scenarios for a carbon-constrained world: industrial ecology, environmental impacts and property rights

Giurco Damien; Prior Jason; Boydell Spike (Society for Sustainability and Environmental Engineering (SSEE), 2009)

The Latrobe Valley has substantial brown coal deposits which are currently mined for use in coal-fired power stations which supply 85% of Victoriaâ¿¿s electricity. This paper considers the role that industrial ecology could ...
Harmonising International Development Efforts with Resource Diplomacy: Potential for the strategic use of ODA to Secure Lithium in South America

Shin Joon; Dalton Bronwen (University of NSW, 2011)

Korea's current Green Growth strategy seeks to lessen the country's dependence on fossil fuel resources and promote significant investment into the development of alternative, environmentally-friendly energy sources. As ...
Institutional arrangements for onsite and decentralised systems: needs and opportunities for key players in the field of distributed wastewater management

Mitchell Cynthia; Abeysuriya Kumudini; Willetts Juliet (Australian Water Association, 2008)
LCIs for minerals processing in South Africa and Australia and their use in decision making for technology choice

Stewart M; Giurco Damien; Brent G; Petrie J (Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemist, 2005)

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Mainstreaming sustainable housing: policies and programs that work

Mcgee Caitlin; Partridge Emma; Carrard Naomi; Milne Geoffrey (www.sb08melbourne.com, 2008)
The mineral resources landscape - an expanded conceptualisation of minerals sustainability

Cooper Carlia; Giurco Damien (The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2009)

As part of global systems of mineral production and consumption, the Australian minerals sector is facing sustainability challenges across technological, social, ecological, economic and governance domains, as well as ...
Minerals and sustainability - exploring cross-scale issues and responses

Giurco Damien; Cooper Carlia; Mason Leah; Evans Geoff; Moffat; Littleboy (Engineers Australia, 2009)

The ways in which Australia¿s minerals resources are used to support sustainable futures merits serious and broad discussion. This paper reviews the issues associated with minerals and sustainability and the contemporary ...
Minimum performance standards for showerheads in Australia-the benefits and the barriers

Day Denise; White Stuart (AWA Bookshop, 2002)

This paper discusses the potential merits and opportunities of introducing national minimum performance standards (MPS) for water efficient appliances, in particular showerheads. At a national level the introduction of ...
A Novel Approach for Electrical Load Forecasting Using Distributed Sensor Networks

Challa Bhanu; Challa Subhash; Chakravorty Rajib; Deshpande Suhrud; Sharma Deepak (IEEE, 2005)

Electrical market often demands accurate forecasting of electrical load for planning and operation of the power infrastructure. Current models can forecast load from half hour up to 24 hours and are based on aggregate ...
Phosphorus, food and 'messy' problems: A systemic inquiry into the management of a critical global resource

Cordell Dana (SECAU - Security Research Centre, 2008)

This paper presents a process of systemic inquiry into the roles, relationships and perceptions in the management of phosphorus resources in the context of global food security. Phosphorus, like water, energy and nitrogen, ...

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