ECOproperty® is the registered trading name for our business.
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| Biodynamic | ||
| Biodynamic Farming/Products - First suggested by Rudolf Steiner, Biodynamics is a method of agriculture which seeks to actively work with the health-giving forces of nature without pesticides and chemicals, replenishing nutrients in the soil | ||
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| Bioregion | ||
| A Bioregion is a method of describing a locality according to it's water catchment area | ||
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| Building Biology | ||
| How buildings impact upon the health of the people who occupy them | ||
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| ECOdirectory (ECO term) | ||
| A feature of the eco.com.au website that lists various businesses and products that have sustainable qualities | ||
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| ECOfind (ECO term) | ||
| A feature of the eco.com.au website that allows people to register their property requirements, which ECOproperty® will then attempt to find for them | ||
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| ECOhomestay (ECO term) | ||
| A feature of the eco.com.au website that assists people to stay with homestay hosts to learn about the local area, the ECO features of their property or just spend time with like-minded people in great locations | ||
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| ECOproperty (ECO term) | ||
| An ECOproperty is any dwelling or land that utilizes sustainable features or energy efficient principles in it's design and/or operation. ECOproperty® is the registered trading name for our business. |
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| ECOproperty Update (ECO term) | ||
| A regular newsletter published by ECOproperty® via email and on the web, featuring new properties on the eco.com.au website and other news | ||
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| Embodied Energy | ||
| Embodied energy is the energy consumed by all of the processes associated with the production of a building, from the acquisition of natural resources to product delivery | ||
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| Energy Efficient | ||
| Having qualities that reduces the consumption of non-renewable energy | ||
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| Ethical Enterprise Network | ||
| A national organisation for enterprises that are seeking ethical ways of doing profitable business | ||
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| localsCAN (ECO term) | ||
| The ECOproperty Local Consultants Network - individuals and organisations working together to provide specialist expertise or assistance with local economic and community development | ||
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| Mag&Zine (ECO term) | ||
| Both a printed Magazine and online 'Zine' - A quarterly publication by ECOproperty® with articles about sustainable issues and products. | ||
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| Mud Brick | ||
| A building technique using mud that is sun-dried as a brick, providing an energy efficient (cool in summer, warm in winter) and cost effective building material | ||
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| Organic | ||
| Organic Farming/Products - Farming methods that don't use pesticides or other chemicals | ||
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| Permaculture | ||
| Permanent Agriculture - the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive ecosystems which have the diversity, stability and resilience of natural ecosystems | ||
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| Solar Passive | ||
| Designing a building's placement and construction materials, of windows, walls, and floors to collect, store, and distribute solar energy in the form of heat in the winter and reject solar heat in the summer | ||
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| Triple Bottom Line | ||
| A system for measuring the environmental performance and impact of a business, as an alternative to traditional financial reporting | ||
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| Willing Workers On Organic Farms (WWOOF) is a form of cultural exchange in which WWOOFers live and work as family with host farms, and learn about the skills of organic growing and the area they are visiting - see http://www.wwoof.com.au/ | ||
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