By Vento | Published:
April 26, 2012
John was challenged to use nature as the ultimate measuring stick for the built environment in a workshop series at the Living Building Challenge last year. The workshop was intended for anyone interested in creating a truly sustainable built environment and provided industry professionals with an understanding of how they could adopt the restorative principles [...]
By Vento | Published:
January 31, 2012
John Brodie speaks on 6PR. Brodie recently visited Vim Sustainability’s Oxygen Farm in Northern NSW which contains roughly 300 acres of forest. Analysis based on the CSIRO show that the trees provide oxygen for approximately 5500 people. Brodie also comments on the impact of smoking on our environment that is rarely spoken about and is [...]
By Vento | Published:
January 31, 2012
John Brodie explores how we can save money using different sustainable solutions on 6PR. Shade cloths in a light colour are one solution. Shade cloths are great for the hot Australasian climate where they can reduce heat loads in your house by 3-4%. But, sustainability is made up of all little bits and pieces, there [...]
By Vento | Published:
January 30, 2012
Why does air conditioning have negative effects on your health? John Brodie explains on 6PR. The percentage of fresh air in air conditioners is quite minimal causing your nose and mouth to dry out. This is caused from breathing in the same air all night. While air conditioning is great to take you from 40 [...]
By Vento | Published:
January 6, 2012
Vim Sustainability has just been appointed the ESD consultants on the new Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (OLSH) Aged Care facility located in Kensington, NSW. Calder Flower are the appointed architects and Vim Sustainability has worked closely with them on a range of aged care projects over the last few years, including Uniting Care [...]