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"The Australian government is supporting the development of renewable energy technology, such as wind power, in its efforts to reduce greenhouse gases in line with the Kyoto agreement. While wind technology offer many advantages property owners have voiced opposition to the siting of wind farms...

The 22 February 2011 Canterbury earthquake had a devastating impact on Christchurch property with significant damage caused to land and buildings. As at November 2011, around 530 buildings have either been demolished or identified to be demolished in central Christchurch. In addition, around 140...

The energy used by Australian buildings account for around 20% of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions, shared fairly evenly between homes and commercial buildings (DEWHA, 2009). , According to McKinsey and Company (2007) improving energy efficiency of buildings and appliances is the most cost...

Studies show that devices that emit electromagnetic fields (EMFs) are no longer seen as a welcome sign of progress due to the potential health hazards from these. The introduction of cellular phone systems and a rapid increase in the number of users of cellular phones in the last decade has...

Ancient Chinese traditions are becoming increasingly evident in the West with the adoption of practices such as acupuncture and Feng Shui. This paper focuses on the practice most closely associated with real estate: Feng Shui. Feng Shui, meaning íwindî and íwaterî, makes up one of the...

An increasing amount of research has been devoted to internet search query data and its application to predict a broad variety of indicators such as stock/property markets, unemployment or flu infections.This paper aims to investigate whether changes in internet queries can be used to formulate...

This thesis advises on the optimal index construction technique on behalf of the commercial real estate broker organisation Dynamis in the Netherlands. The database contains 1993 rent-renewals in fifteen years of brokerage from 1984 to 1998. Out of the plethora of indices available in the real...

This paper aims to examine the issue of economic diversification in the context of the office markets in New York and London. These two markets are two of the most liquid office markets and attract a large degree of international investment. However, both cities are key financial service centres...