22 September – From the Sydney Morning Herald – Many people don’t believe in global warming because everyday life may have trained them to doubt it, according to a new University of NSW study that brings together climate science and... 
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Brief – 21 September - The inaugural international Skyrise Greenery Conference will be held in Singapore 1-3 November, with speakers to include award-winning greening experts Emilio Ambasz from the US, inventor of the vertical garden concept Patrick... 
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Brief – 21 September – The ANZ Centre in Melbourne’s Docklands has been awarded the Emirates Glass LEAF Award for Commercial Building of the Year at the ninth annual Leading European Architects Forum Awards in London. Designed by HASSELL... 
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Brief:  16 September 2010 - An Auspoll survey has shown that country people are more eager for large-scale development of clean energy than city people. According to the poll of 1500 people, 85 per cent of rural respondents and 82 per cent of urban respondents... 
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15 September 2010 – The finalists for three categories of the 2010 Banksia Awards recognising commitment to sustainability have been announced, with winners to be presented at the Banksia Awards Presentation on 15 October in Sydney. The Banksia... 
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Brief – 14 September 2010 – The Institute for Sensible Transport is hosting “The High Cost of Free Parking”, a seminar dedicated to developing parking strategies for sustainable land use and transport outcomes. Taking place at the Melbourne... 
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Brief – 14 September - The Total Environment Centre and Green Capital will host “Hung with Independents & Greens”, a forum to probe the prospects for climate action, sustainable business and the emerging green economy under a minority national... 
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Brief – 14 September - The Green Building Council of Australia has appointed Parsons Brinckerhoff director of sustainability Darren Bilsborough to its board of directors. GBCA chief executive Romilly Madew praised the addition of Mr Bilsborough,... 
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Brief – 10 September, 2010 - Japan’s leading property developer and largest home builder, Sekisui House, and the Lend Lease Group have signed an agreement that will see the two companies working closely together on some significant housing... 
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Brief – 8 September 2010 - 2,500 leading water experts are convening in Stockholm for the 20th annual World Water Week,  discussing issues of water quality, access, urbanisation and climate change adaptation. Held under the theme “Responding... 
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Brief – 7 September 2010 - The Property Council of Australia and the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency will host a series of nationwide seminars in preparation of Mandatory Disclosure on 1 November. Lead by industry experts, the... 
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Brief – 7 September - Leader of the renewable-energy hydrogen research group at RMIT University associate professor John Andrews will outline a vision for a sustainable hydrogen economy in a presentation at the EcoGen 2010 Conference in Sydney tomorrow. Associate... 
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Brief – 7 September 2010 - Parsons Brinckerhoff has released it’s Complete Streets guide, demonstrating sustainable solutions for designers, developers and local governments to be innovative in the creation of street designs. PB placemaking principle... 
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Brief – 1 September 2010 - The Australian Local Government Association has welcomed an agreement between Labor and the Greens to hold a referendum in this parliamentary term to include local government in the Australian constitution. ALGA president... 
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31 August 2010 - The National Association of Women in Construction last week awarded its prestigious Rider Levett Bucknall Crystal Vision Award to CEO of Lend Lease Tony Costantino and principal of Arup Marianne Foley. NAWIC’s NSW Chapter President... 
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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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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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BRIEF – 16 August 2010 - Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited has won a legal action in the Federal Court over poor investment advice in an action prosecuted by IMF Australia Ltd, which funded the case. Ceramic Fuel Cells, which has developed high efficiency... 
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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 – 11 August 2010 - The federal government will provide financial incentives for households and businesses to invest in off-grid systems as part of changes to the Renewable Energy Target legislation. The new system relies on the “Solar Credits”... 
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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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Events – 9 July 2010 – Malcolm Turnbull, Bob Carr, Allan Jones (City of Sydney) and Quentin Dempster are just a few of the all-star, all-expert line up turning up on Thursday night at Sydney Town Hall for a 6 pm (sharp) launch of the Beyond... 
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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 Australian Conservation Foundation has welcomed policy commitments from the Australian Greens to cut energy consumption by 20 per cent over the next decade. ACF executive director Don Henry said that the Greens energy... 
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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 Victorian government is among 14 customers across six countries to order gas-to-electricity BlueGen fuel cells from Ceramic Fuel Cells, according to a company report released today. The demand for the cells comes after a CSIRO... 
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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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Brief: 23 – July 2010 – Good Environmental Choice Australia has been recognised under the Green Building Council of Australia’s new more competitive assessment framework for Product Certification Schemes, after being sole assessor for several... 
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Brief – 21 July 2010 – Harvey Norman has reached an agreement with Ceramic Fuel Cells to stock their BlueGen gas-to-elecricity generators (view our story on fuel cells here). The generators will initially be sold through Harvey Norman’s... 
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