By Tina Perinotto 3 February 2012 – Could John Brogden be the man to save Sydney? The Urban Taskforce thinks so. The developers’ lobby group leapt on this week’s appointment of the former Liberal Leader as chairman of Landcom to say this... 
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By Tina Perinotto 13 October 2011  – Melbourne has claimed victory in the  race worldwide to sign the first Environmental Upgrade Agreement. Read More > >  
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11 October 2011 – Former prime minister Bob Hawke has thrown his weight behind the “Say Yes Australia” campaign that today will present thousands of messages to the Australian Government to urge it to approve the carbon pricing legislation.... 
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2 August 2011 – Investa Property Group captured three top prizes at the NSW Government’s 2011 Green Globe Awards and other winners included GPT with an award for business sustainability and lighting pioneer enLighten Australia Pty Ltd with... 
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6 May 2011 – Bluescope Steel last night won the Insurance Council of Australia Resilience Award Competition with an innovative home design, by Caroline Pidcock of Pidcock Architects, aimed at preparing Australian communities for extreme weather conditions... 
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3 March 2011 – From Springwise – Eco-conscious alternatives to traditional wooden flooring typically rely upon cork or other non-hardwood materials for their sustainability. A new Dutch innovation, however, earns its green credentials by cutting floorboards... 
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15 December 2010 – Social enterprise Barefoot Power won one of only two Consensus GreenTech Awards last week for its solar-powered LED lamps designed for pro-poor communities in developing countries. GreenTech judges said: “This Award is for Barefoot... 
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September 30, 2010 - For World Green Building week in September two staff members from WSP Lincolne Scott, Jason Sienkiewicz and Simon Witts, submitted the following ideas of what World Green Building Week could bring in the Year 2020. From  Jason... 
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By Matthew Jessup 3 September 2010 – Greening the built environment and sustainability are intrinsically linked and very similar. They are, however, not the same thing even though the lines between the two are at times blurred.  It is important... 
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Brief – 25 August 2010 – The City of Sydney today said that businesses in the Sydney suburb of Alexandria have been misused in a “deceitful campaign to attack the City of Sydney cycleway program.” Chief executive officer for the... 
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BRIEF – 18 August 2010 – “Quality urban design does pay,” was the message of outgoing president of Living Streets Aotearoa Peter Kortegast at the recent this year’s Dollars and Sense of Walking conference held in Wellington, New Zealand. Creating... 
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17 August 2010 – The Greens have called for Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard to improve their five per cent emission reduction targets after the release of an Australian Academy of Sciences report detailing comprehensive evidence of climate change. The... 
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Brief – 17 August 2010 – The Australian Conservation Foundation has welcomed Labor’s $10 million commitment to create large green corridors connecting national parks and reserves but says more could be spent to support Australia’s natural... 
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By John Sheehan 27 July 2010 – The Australian Property Institute has called for a major review of property rights ahead of a carbon price and trading of carbon credits. According to NSW API carbon spokesman John Sheehan, the carbon pollution reduction... 
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Brief – 11 August 2010 – A twin tower development in Singapore designed by designed by Denton Corker Marshall and Architects 61 has been awarded the Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design Core & Shell Platinum certification by... 
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Brief – 10 August 2010 - Thermal imaging company Digital Mapping Australia, who specialise in thermal orthophoto technology (see our story here), will be hosting a presentation on the multi sensor approach to digital imagery in Sydney on 14 September. The... 
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Brief – 10 August 2010 – A conference to be held at the Columbia Law School in New York City will address the legal issues surrounding island nations that are at risk of being wiped off the map due to rising sea levels. A 2007 report from... 
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Brief – 4 August – The Productivity Commission is calling for individuals and organisations to take part in a public inquiry into the case for microeconomic reform in Australia’s urban water sector. The 12 month inquiry will look to identify... 
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Brief – 3 August 2010 - The KNOWCHANGE the grassroots sustainability group will hold a fringe event on 10 August at the Shelbourne Hotel in Sydney during the Australia-New Zealand Climate Change and Business Conference. Key question for the forum... 
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28 July 2010 - The Sydney Theatre Company has claimed the highest honour at this year’s Green Globe Wards, with Investa Property Group winning the Commercial Property Sustainability Award. Sydney Theatre Company directors, actress Cate Blanchett and... 
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By Andrew Starc 28 July 2010 – Design team Woods Bagot and Buro Happold have launched a zero energy, carbon neutral sustainable development project to be piloted on China’s Yangtze River. Zero Emissions Design (Zero-E) is designed as a new model... 
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Brief 28 July 2010 – Ndever has claimed the Best E-Business Product honour at the 2010 Australian Business Awards for their GHG Accounting Software. CEO of Ndever Maureen Clifford said that the win for the product, which allows companies such as... 
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By David Wilson LETTER: 30 July 2010 - Since “Big Australia” was announced by former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in October 2009 the new Prime Minister Gillard’s call for  sustainable population policy” announced in July 2010 is timely. The key... 
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21 July 2010 – Australia’s growing population and the effects of climate change are expected to drive an exponential increase in water consumption according to a new report released by the Water Services Association of Australia. By 2026, major Australian... 
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21 July 2010 – As the federal government considers its next steps on pollution and climate change, the Climate Institute has released its policy priorities, detailing a list of action points for both government and businesses to help reduce pollution... 
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21 July 2010 – As the federal election campaigning gets into full swing, the Green Building Council of Australia today released its green building agenda for 2010-2013. It sets out five priorities and encourages all political parties to commit... 
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14 July, 2010 – Australia could save more than $5 billion a year through cost-effective energy efficiency and use 40 per cent less energy if our economic output for each unit of energy was the same as that for the leading OECD countries, according... 
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Artists impression of an Icebergs site in New York City Brief – 13 July, 2010 – Woods Bagot New York has initiated a  “super-green” building system that reimagines and revitalises stalled construction sites as 100 per cent recyclable,... 
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By Michael Mobbs 14 July 2010 – More than 13 governments are causing city-wide pollution and financial losses on land that takes up a third of Australian cities – our roads. These governments hold roads in trust for citizens. But they are breaching... 
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By Romilly Madew, chief executive, Green Building Council of Australia 8 July 2010 – Late last month we witnessed two important milestones for Australia.  The first was the appointment of Australia’s first female Prime Minister, Julia Gillard. The... 
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