Table 5: Resource Conservation
| Author | Title | Description | Access |
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| Association of Cities and Regions for Recycling (ACRR) | Website: An international network of cities and regions for the exchange of information and experiences on the prevention at source, recycling and recovery of municipal solid waste. |
Online: http://www.acrr.org/ (European Union) |
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| Datta E K, Feiler T, Lehmann A, Lovins A B, Rábago K R, Swisher J N and Wicker K (2002) | Small is Profitable: The hidden economic benefits
of making electrical resources the right size |
Book: Describes how distributed energy resources could displace traditional electricity generation and transmission by using new technologies, market forces, institutional structures, analytic methods and societal preferences. | Rocky Mountain Institute, Snowmass, Colorado (USA) |
| Ferguson B, Pinkham R and Collins T (2001) | Restorative Redevelopment: The Nine Mile Run Model | Website: Presents a model for resolving a history of chronic sewer overflows in the Pittsburgh (US) region. Examines how urban communities and watersheds can be restored and revitalised. | Online: http://www.forester.net/sw_0107_restorative.html (USA) |
| Home Resource Efficiency | Website: Provides links to practical information of interest to local authorities and consumers on home resource efficiency. | Online: http://www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid167.php (USA) |
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| IVAM (Universiteit van Amsterdam Holding BV) | Research and Consultancy for a Sustainable Society | Website: Provides background information on a number of sustainability related projects in areas including sustainable building, energy, quality of living and cleaner production. | Online: http://www.ivam.uva.nl/uk/ (Netherlands/UK) |
| McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC) | Website: Examines how products and services can be designed based on patterns found in nature, eliminating the concept of waste entirely. Applications are transferable from the industrial to the urban environment. | Online: http://www.mbdc.com/ (USA) |
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| McDonough W and Braungart M (2002) | Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the way we make things | Book: Describes how an industrial system that “takes, makes and wastes” can become a creator of goods and services that generate ecological, social and economic value. Relatively new concepts such as ‘triple top line’ and ‘eco-effectiveness’ are discussed. | North Point Press, New York (USA) |
| Otto B K | About: Sustainability | Website report: A guide, prepared for the Design Council (UK), on sustainable design which covers topics such as dematerialisation, disassembly, energy use, life extension, and transport. | Online: http://www.designcouncil.org/webdav/servlet/XRM?Page/@id=6046&Session/@id=D_676Kv9lH25WJoOoGKnGb&Document/@id=1678 (UK) |
| Reese A J (2001) | Stormwater Paradigms | Website: Provides an informative overview about the evolution of US storm water practice detailing progress from early to modern storm water paradigms and the challenges involved in establishing a new paradigm. | Online: http://www.forester.net/sw_0107_stormwater.html (USA) |
| savewater.co.au | Save Water | Website: A guide for saving water in residential settings. For example, this site provides a ‘virtual house tour’ allowing the homeowner to identify those aspects where resource savings can be made. | Online: http://www.savewater.com.au/ (Australia) |
| Sustainable Energy Authority of Victoria (SEAV) | Website: Presents new initiatives to accelerate the adoption of sustainable energy across all sectors of the Victorian economy. | Online: http://www.seav.vic.gov.au/ (Australia) |
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| Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) | Website: Outlines ways in which greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced so as to bring benefits to the NSW communities by accelerating the transition to sustainable production and use of energy. | Online: http://www.seda.nsw.gov.au/ (Australia) |
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| Various UK Energy Efficiency Advice Centres | Save Energy UK | Website: Contains a wealth of information designed to help homeowners proceed on a sustainable path to save resources, reduce waste and rehabilitate their home. | Online: http://www.saveenergy.co.uk/ (UK) |
| von Weizäcker E U, Lovins A B and Lovins L H (1997) | Factor Four: Doubling wealth, halving resource use | Book: Factor Four describes a wealth of examples of how to revolutionise productivity; how at least four times as much wealth can be extracted sustainably from the resources the world. | Earthscan, London (USA/Germany) |
| Wilson A, Seal J L, McManigal L A, Lovins L H, Cureton M, and Browning W D (1998) | Green Development: Integrating Ecology and Real Estate | Book: Uses 80 case studies where environmental considerations are viewed as opportunities rather than obstacles to create fundamentally better buildings and communities. | Can be ordered online: http://www.rmi.org/store/p385pid958.php (USA) |
