by Damien Leclercq and Shannon Mason FAVOURITES- 28 August 2009 - Small scale wind energy has recently gained a lot of interest, particularly in the urban context, due to the general drive for sustainability and the appeal of the technology. But... 
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By Giles Parkinson From The Spectator: 24 March 2010- The greatest worry for members of the Australian clean-tech community is not that they have already missed two or three opportunities to take the lead in low carbon technologies, it’s that that they... 
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The Australian Conservation Foundation has finally named the elephant in the room of sustainability -  population growth. It said yesterday it would bid to make population recognised as a key threat under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation... 
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By Michel Mobbs 25 March 2010 – You go to an island, spend some time alone, and you can see things a little more clearly. That’s how it turned out for me. The idea was to visit Cockatoo Island and do nothing; maybe read, eat and walk a bit.... 
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by Adam Beck, Green Star Communities project manager, Green Building Council of Australia Australia is confronted by significant long-term challenges. Population growth and demographic change, transport congestion, housing affordability, infrastructure... 
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By Tina Perinotto COMMENT 18 March 2010 – “What we have here is failure to deliver,” the surly prison guard in the mirror glasses might have said in Cool Hand Luke. The NSW Government deserves to be locked up. It has failed to deliver the... 
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By Genevieve Lilley This year, the Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal, has been awarded to the husband-and-wife team, Lindsay & Kerry Clare. It is the first time a couple has been awarded the honour, and only the second time in its 50... 
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From The Economist – 20 March 2010 – In the 1990s cap-and-trade—the idea of reducing carbon-dioxide emissions by auctioning off a set number of pollution permits, which could then be traded in a market—was the darling of the green policy... 
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By Tina Perinotto 16 March 2010 – Six key sectors of the Australian economy have the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25 per cent by 2020 levels for the cost to householders of a cup of coffee, according to a new report released today.... 
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15 March – Case study: Saving energy is not normally linked to the start of the AFL season but that’s what the new redeveloped Gold Coast stadium – home of the appropriately named Gold Coast Suns – is all about. The owner, Stadium Queensland,... 
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By Tina Perinotto The Green Building Council of Australia said the Australian Government’s State of Australian Cities 2010 report would support the property and construction sector’s drive to Sustainability. GBCA chief executive Romilly Madews said... 
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Landcom’s Precinx tool is a winner By Tina Perinotto In the sustainability revolution, things are getting serious. You can tell by  the  number of  ratings tools that are under way. It’s as if the time for talk and promises and green bling... 
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By George Quezada & Anthony Szatow 4 November 2010 -Favourites: In this third and final article of the three part series, George Quezada and Anthony Szatow look deeper at what is needed to transform the energy sector and bring forward innovations... 
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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... 
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By Lynne Blundell After weeks of controversy over its green schemes, The Federal Government recently announced changes to the Renewable Energy Target, the most positive sign yet that it might be serious about promoting investment in the renewable energy... 
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Pixel on Grocon’s Melbourne Carlton brewery site, designed by Studio 505: a laboratory for new green architecture … “Nobody can tell you accurately what the financial impost will be of the cost of a carbon constrained economy,” says... 
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25 February 2010: If you are confused about the difference between a Green Star rating for buildings and a NABERS rating, you are not alone. One rates the design of a building – the Green Star – and other rates the performance – NABERS... 
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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... 
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15 February 2010 – Tracy Wakefield, managing director of Appalachian Log Homes responded to our article on timber, Timber: complex, sustainable and good in bushfires in a recent letter published here. Timber is highly resilient to fire, Dr Wakefield... 
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by Lynne Blundell Four consortia put in some high quality bids for the Smart Grid, Smart City pilot project last week. The Federal Government will announce the winning bid in April, with funds to be released in July 2010. The pilot, announced... 
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by Damien Leclercq and Shannon Mason FAOURITES 2009 – Small scale wind energy has recently gained a lot of interest, particularly in the urban context, due to the general drive for sustainability and the appeal of the technology. But there are... 
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- 4 February 2010 – It’s hard to go past Matthew Wright’s article in the Sydney Morning Herald this week for a definitive look at the world’s solar race. And guess where Australia is coming, Mr Rudd? Following is an introduction and link:... 
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By Lynne Blundell FAVOURITES: 5 November 2009 – The Southport Broadwater Parklands project may well be a blueprint for adaptive planning solutions to combat sea level rise and storm surge on our coastlines. It involved some creative methods, including... 
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BRIEF – 2 February 2010 – The Melbourne suburb of Frankston is hoping it can soon offer 10,000 of its citizens power points at the local supermarket to re-charge electric cars,  solar-powered neighbourhoods and home appliances controlled... 
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By Lynne Blundell There is a new mantra in sustainable engineering and design – “keep it simple and make sure it works in the real world”, says WSP Lincolne Scott and Advanced Environmental director, Matthew Jessup. It is a philosophy, he believes,... 
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27 January 2010 – Vanuatu is one of many Pacific island-nations that are extremely vulnerable to predicted sea-level rises due to climate change. It is a very poor nation, by international standards, and one of its biggest challenges is to raise... 
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1 January 2010 – The Australian Greens have proposed a compromise deal to break the impasse on the carbon pollution reduction scheme. On the table is the proposal originally made by Ross Garnaut, author of the Garnaut Climate Change Review for a... 
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– By Brian Moore - FAVOURITES – 27 July 2009 – Sustainability is at the forefront of every significant commercial development. Building owners understand only too well that there is no point building projects for the future using... 
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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... 
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