BREF - 9 February 2010 - The NSW Government is searching for a family of the future - and if yours is selected you will live rent free in a house that uses the latest energy efficient appliances, generates and stores its own electricity on site and where the family ...Read More > >

SCHOLARSHIP - 9 February 2010 - How passionate are you about community housing? What about sustainability? If you work for a community housing organisation and can outline a strategy for these two major issues of our day in a convincing 1500 words essay you could be on your way to  Berlin ...Read More > >

NOTES AND LISTINGS 10 February Sydney FILM - 'The Age of Stupid' Premiere Future Green Leaders premiere of The Age of Stupid starring Oscar- nominated Pete Postlethewaite as a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055, watching archival footage from 2008 and asking: why didn't we stop climate change whilst we ...Read More > >

By Tina Perinotto FAVOURITES - 15 January 2010 - The Green Building Council of Australia is seeking public comment on its revised PVC credit, which paves the way for some PVC products used in flooring, pipes and conduit to contribute to a green star rating. GBCA chief executive, Romilly Madew, said ...Read More > >

FAVOURITES - 6 April 2009 - Peter Szental explains how the Szencorp Building at 40 Albert Road, South Melbourne, claims it is the country's highest sustainability achiever with top ranking in each of the three major ratings systems. Szencorp's headquarters achieved a 6 star Green Star Office Design v1 certified rating ...Read More > >

FAVOURITES -  23 April 2009 - Woolworths has set the sustainable property bar high for retail, aiming for carbon emissions cuts of 40 per cent by 2015 and water savings of 200 million litres per year, Woolworths’ environmental advisor,  Kane Hardingham, told delegates at the Energy Efficiency Forum, held in Sydney ...Read More > >

FAVOURITES - 10 August 2009 - Winner of the Sustainable Architecture Award at the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) Victorian Chapter Awards was Lend Lease building, The Gauge. Located in Victoria Harbour in the Docklands precinct, construction of the project commenced in 2005 and was completed in April 2008 and achieved ...Read More > >

by Lynne Blundell FAVOURITES - 15 July 2009 - The City of Sydney’s recently opened Surry Hills Community Centre is expected to set new standards for integrated sustainable design for Sydney’s public buildings. Designed by architecture firm fjmt, headed by Richard Francis-Jones, the building integrates innovative environmental systems into a flexible state-of-the-art ...Read More > >

FAVOURITES - 3 July 2009 - By Michael Kiely, Carbon Farmers of Australia - Each year, by some estimates,  8 per cent of the legacy load of atmospheric carbon is drawn into plants and by it would take only 12 years to draw all of the carbon out of the ...Read More > >