23 November 2011 – Wollongong Central shopping area will be extended including more food stores and 80 specialty shops in a $200 million investment by the GPT Wholesale Shopping Centre Fund. Matthew Faddy, fund manager for GWSCF said: “The 18,000... 
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22 November 2011 – The charity 1 Million Women is organising an event in Sydney on Wednesday 14 December which highlights energy savings. Various guests will encourage a take-home action plan to save $1000 or more next year on energy, waste and pollution... 
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22 November 2011 – A Melbourne workshop with the theme, designing the dynamic, is being held from today until Friday by architecture firm BVN. Computational design will be used in the production and testing of physical artefacts that bring together... 
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22 November 2011 from ABC online – Germany has just crossed the threshold of 20 per cent renewable power, honouring its 2020 commitment to the European Union eight years ahead of schedule. As a bonus, towards the end of the decade, the world will also... 
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17 November 2011  – The Economist has jumped in to show that despite the massive failure of a co-ordinated climate policy approach by leading world governments, the leading private sector is doing its own thing, surging ahead in some cases with major... 
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16 November 2011 – The new administrative body for the carbon pricing mechanism, the clean energy regulator, starts operating from 2 April 2012. The Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Greg Combet, said in a statement the regulator would... 
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8 November 2011 – AIRAH and Standards Australia are presenting a series of seminars on the new suite of standards (AS/NZS 3666) for microbial control in air-handling and water systems in buildings. The seminars will be presented by Clive Broadbent,... 
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8 November 2011 – Today is World Town Planning Day in more than 30 countries and an opportunity to address how planning could assist an “overstretched and overcrowded” planet live more sustainably, Planning Institute of Australia chief executive... 
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2 November 2011 – Climate Change minister Greg Combet and Energy Efficiency minister  Mark Dreyfus have released consultation draft regulations to support the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units. “The Registry will be used to track... 
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2 November 2011 – Congress for the New Urbanism has released a new website for the Rainwater-in-Context Initiative. This will work to “institute rainwater management practices that strengthen and fully complement New Urbanism at all scales,”... 
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Matthew Holmes of HFM Asset Management and Timothy Clayton of Jackson McDonald have won the Property Council of Australia 2011 Stan Perron Awards for outstanding achievement and leadership by young people in the property industry. Mr Holmes, 32, was recognised... 
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6 October 2011 – Australian architects wanting to take part in Formations; New Practices in Australian Architecture at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale should apply by Tuesday 8 November. The Australian Institute of Architects’ creative team... 
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6 October 2011 – Energy management software company, BuildingIQ has been named one of the best products for the second year in a row by the readers of ed+c and Sustainable Facility. The company’s optimised demand response product DRIO was selected... 
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5 October 2011 – Cameron Rosen’s Australian Living wants to hear from householders with homes rated above 6 green stars for a new website it is developing called Your Future Home. The sustainable building management consultancy will include case... 
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4 October 2011 – The first stage of reforms aimed at streamlining South Australia’s planning policies including simplifying the zoning system has been completed. The Minister for Urban Development, Planning and the City of Adelaide, John Rau said... 
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4 October 2011 – David Gottfried, founder of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building rating system in the 1990s, has received an entrepreneurship award from the World Green Building Council. Chairman of the World GBC Tony... 
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28 September 2011 – The Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency is seeking submissions on the design of two streams under the Low Carbon Communities Initiative. One stream is for community, government and energy organisations to trial ways... 
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27 September 2011 – An Oxfam report about the impact of agricultural land grabs around the world shows that current rules, regulations and attitudes about food production and trade are out of step with a new global reality, say the Australian Greens,... 
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27 September 2011 – Allergic reactions such as hay fever are claimed to be reduced by a new home ventilation design system developed by Ventis. Designed and manufactured in Australia, the heating and cooling system takes air out of the roof space of... 
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27 September  2011 – A European survey by CB Richard Ellis has shown two in five people shop on line and most of them are men. The report, presented at the world retail congress in Berlin this week, canvassed the opinions of more than 10,000 shoppers. ... 
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From the ABC online 26 September 2011 – Australia’s chief scientist says the media coverage of the climate change debate has been “very ordinary” and has urged the science community to do more to argue its case. Professor Ian Chubb... 
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26 September 2011 – The Green Building Council of Australia and Austrade have launched a resource to promote green building capabilities. The resource, which includes a green building capability directory and marketing documents, has been released... 
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26 September 2011 – Proposals for energy efficiency finance are due in to Low Carbon Australia  by 5pm on Friday 30 September. LCA is currently assessing projects which include cogeneration or trigeneration (for example  in aquatic centres), lighting... 
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26 September 2011– How to transform a commercial building into a medium density residential development is the challenge of the latest Boral Design Awards. With prize money of up to $20,000 for the major winner, the awards are open to architects, building... 
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26 September 2011 – Melbourne based social enterprise Moral Fairground is seeking CEO’s and high profile representatives of fair and ethical trade organizations to take part in a cook-off at its Fair@square festival in December. The organisation,... 
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20 September 2011 – Melbourne’s Carlton Eco Neighbourhood  project which educates residents in sustainability issues will be launched on Friday 23 September. The project  involves training 12 new residents in the Carlton Housing Redevelopment to... 
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20 September 2011 – The World Economic Forum and the Boston Consulting Group has launched a new report which highlights innovative sustainable business practices in 16 companies. The report Redefining the Future of Growth: The New Sustainability Champions... 
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20 September 2011 – The Productivity Commission will inquire into the regulation and policy settings for effective climate change adaptation, the government has announced. The Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Greg Combet, and the... 
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21 September 2011 – The Sustainable Energy Association of Australia has condemned a potential plan to re-merge electricity utilities Synergy and Verve, suggested this week by WA Premier, Colin Barnett. Mr  Barnett said the break-up of Western Power... 
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21 September 2011 – The World Economic Forum and the Boston Consulting Group has launched a new report which highlights innovative sustainable business practices in 16 companies. The report Redefining the Future of Growth: The New Sustainability Champions... 
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