Section of the Environment Protection Agency of Queensland, offering a range of information on Sustainable Housing and Sustainable Urban Development to assist industry and consumers with sustainable design and construction. Categories provided under Sustainable Housing are Design, Climatic factors, Expert design advice, Display homes, Products, Construction, Rebates/Financial incentives, and Education and research.

http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/environmental_management/
sustainability/climatesmart_living




The website of the sustainable buildings company provides a description of what sustainable housing can be including energy efficiency, site management and selection of building material. Link to recipe housing, design, construction, landscaping, resource recovery and retrofit.

http://www.sustainablebuildings.com.au/Howwework/Essence
ofSustainable.aspx




Smart Housing is good practice in designing, planning and building homes to make them more socially, environmentally and economically sustainable. Smart Housing has been developed in response to the demand for housing that better meets people's needs and responds to the Queensland climate while saving money. The website provides the following information: Smart Housing overview, Elements of Smart Housing, Examples of Smart Housing, Building your own Smart House and Related resources.

http://www.housing.qld.gov.au/initiatives/smarthousing/




Brisbane government website providing environmental information including Sustainable home rebates, Smarter energy use, Green choice gardening and Sustainable Green home. The site includes a model of a comfortable house and garden that uses sustainable living principles, information on building a new home, what sustainable living is and if sustainable living is more costly. Navigational links to further resources, related topics and services of the government.

http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/BCC:BASE:1595000867:pc=PC_1265