By Lynne Blundell 23 June 2011 – It is time to overhaul the way we plan cities so that social equity and community wellbeing, rather than economic growth, is the driving force behind planning decisions. That was a key message from speakers at Landcom’s... 
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By Tina Perinotto 23 June 2011 – Blackwater recycling and trigeneration plants are all very well, but what tenants want to know is will the building help make their tenants happier and more productive? More specifically, does it have as close to possible... 
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By Tina Perinotto 1 July 2011 – More than 250 influential property investors and advisors turned out to Tuesday morning’s breakfast presentation at The Establishment in Sydney to hear the PCA/IPD Australian Property Index focus in detail on... 
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17 February 2011 – FAVOURITES: A landmark study from leading investment analyst Mercer into climate change risk has recommended that  institutions shift up to 40 per cent of their investments into “climate sensitive” assets. Read More >... 
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By Lynne Blundell 17 March 2011 –One of the biggest challenges facing designers and construction companies today is the selection of building materials for minimum environmental impact. In his keynote address at Green Cities, Michael Green, principal... 
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15 June 2011 – IPD has released details of its Green Property Index to March 2011, which shows commercial property assets with Green Star or high NABERS energy ratings continue to outperform non-rated assets. Research manager IPD Australia & New... 
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By Tina Perinotto 6 May 2011 – Favourites: Jon Jutsen’s company  consults to around half the top 50 companies on the Australian Stock Exchange and about one third of the top 200.  Energetics helps them devise their energy and carbon strategy... 
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By Lynne Blundell 10 June 2011 – Industrial property was delivered a body blow by the global financial crisis – companies put expansion plans on hold and construction of new facilities ground to a halt. Now, with activity slowly returning, new projects... 
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By Tina Perinotto 7 June 2011 – The Property Funds Association Inc (formerly the Australian Direct Property Investment Association) has ramped up its focus on sustainability with a range of measures for members and a submission to the federal government... 
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By Lyn Drummond 1 June 2011 – The UK will become the first country in the world to create a national bank dedicated to the greening of the economy in a move that has been hailed as a turning point for the British economy and the start of a sustainable... 
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Waste management is one of the primary urban environmental issues facing Asia today. This article from Sustainability Asia, published by CB Richard Ellis, Asia Pacific, examines regional waste management and recycling practices and looks at how the issue... 
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By Lynne Blundell 19 May 2011 – Green leases, which include clauses and agreements designed to ensure energy efficiency and sustainable operation of buildings, were not so long ago hailed as progressive. These days it is an outdated concept, according... 
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18 May 2011 – [Updated 19 May 2011] The UK yesterday announced that it would cut greenhouse gas emissions by 50 per cent by 2025 based on 1990 levels, with the news seized upon by Australian Climate Change Minister Greg Combet as evidence that the world... 
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By Tina Perinotto 16 May 2011 – Grocon and the GPT Group today  unveiled plans for the refurbished officer tower in heritage listed Legion House  in Sydney’s CBD to be powered by off-grid bio mass gas, with enough energy to supply the... 
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By Lyn Drummond 17 May 2011 – Investa’s ARK development in North Sydney and GPT’s 530 Collins Street in Melbourne have won two new sustainability awards included in the Property Council of Australia’s annual Property Council of... 
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By Kirsty Máté, 11 May – In the US Walmart, not just the biggest retailer in the world but the biggest company, is going green. Or at least greener. In Canada a small van sells food with no prices attached. Customers pay using the honour system. And... 
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12 May 2011 – Green office buildings with high NABERS energy ratings are starting to hit their straps in the tenancy stakes, with lower vacancies and higher average rental income than their non-rated peers, the IPD Green Property Index shows. The results,... 
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11 May 2011 – Executive director of CB Richard Ellis Pty Ltd, Kevin Stanley believes more could have been done in the budget to impact the property industry but in a cautious fiscal environment, laying the foundations of the future through infrastructure... 
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6 May 2011 – Matthew Clark former manager of the NABERS building performance rating program for the NSW government is on the lookout for a new manager to replace him after his move to a more senior position. But be warned: the job will be demanding.... 
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By Lyn Drummond 11 May –The land sector can play a full part in the low carbon economy of the 21st century, if the right framework is created to encourage innovation and investment, the parliamentary secretary for climate change and energy efficiency,... 
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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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6 May 2011 – Fifteen members of the National Association of Women in Construction (NSW) and three women from Dexus answered a call in Nepal from the charity Habitat for Humanity and helped build the first 10 of 250 homes for female-headed households... 
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2 May 2011  – Jeremy Grantham is chief investment officer of GMO Capital which has more than US $106 billion in assets under management. In this article for The Oil Drum he catalogues many of the issues related to resource depletion. As the publication... 
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4 May 2011 – Aurecon engineering has won a major contract to work on one of the world’s largest solar projects – the $104.7 million Kogan Creek Solar Boost Project near Chinchilla, Queensland. CS Energy’s 750 megawatt coal-fired Kogan Creek... 
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28 April –A report by the Australian Conservation Foundation says the nation’s  governments have spent at least four times more on building roads and bridges than on public transport infrastructure in the past decade. While $11.3 billion was spent... 
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By Maggie Macrae 21 April 2011 – Leading listed services company, Spotless, has not only become serious and seriously organised about environmental sustainability, but it has charged the former head of environmental sustainability at the ANZ Banking... 
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Antony Hing was one of the featured guests at an green building fringe event held in Melbourne in February to co-incide with  Green Cities 2010 conference. By Andrew Starc - 25 March 2010 – Since its widespread establishment in the late... 
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By Tina Perinotto 20 April 2011 – Updated: The federal government has axed the $1billion tax breaks for green buildings program from the coming budget and put it up for consultation for 12 months after a storm of protests from the property industry... 
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31 March 2011 – A proposed research project linking social sustainability and financial value has won Natalie Myatt the 2011 National Women in Construction International Women’s Day scholarship. The scholarship, sponsored by Corporate Culture,... 
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By Lyn Drummond 21 April 2011 – Ponder these questions with the Eco Innovators sustainability quiz for iPods, iPhones and iPads. The Eco Innovators app is a quiz designed to test general environmental knowledge by navigating through three rounds of... 
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