5 October 2011 – Former NSW Government Architect, Chris Johnson has been appointed as new chief executive of the Urban Taskforce. This follows the  move  after four years of former CEO Aaron Gadiel to a senior role at Gadens. Mr Johnson was NSW... 
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By Tina Perinotto 29 September 2011 – When the owners of a two-bedroom waterfront property on Lake Macquarie on the NSW Central Coast were offered $430,000 recently they jumped at it. Read More > >  
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By Alan Pears 28 September 2011 – The carbon price is really a relatively small factor in the perfect storm facing the conventional energy sector. Photo voltaic solar now undermines the case for network investment and removes a disproportionately large... 
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By Tina Perinotto 29 September 2011 – The NSW Planning Institute has been gathered in Wollongong this week from Wednesday for its annual three day conference. The woes of the state’s planning fiasco must be weighing heavily on its collective... 
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28 September 2011 – Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited has won a contract in The Netherlands to supply 100 BlueGen gas-to electricity generators. The company’s distributor in The Netherlands, Zestiq will market the units to small commercial and residential... 
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By Scott Willey 22 November 2010 –  Favourites: The Building Code of Australia has controlled the energy efficiency of glazing in office buildings since 2006. It is the tightening of the control in the 2010 provisions of Section J that could toll... 
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27 September 2011 – The Alternative Technology Association’s latest solar payback calculations show a marked increase in the payback time of grid-connect solar power systems in most states. Payback times are expected to increase to at least 11 years... 
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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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On PCA’s Cities Summit, spruikers and detective work,  amid great content 22 September 2011 – Joel Kotkin was billed as the controversial keynote speaker at the Property Council of Australia’s Cities Summit 2011 on last Monday (12 September)... 
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By Leon Gettler 22 September 2011 – A top level report has recommended a radical overhaul of Australia’s electricity rules to speed up the adoption of cogeneration and trigeneration, creating more greener buildings around the country. Australia... 
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20 September 2011 – Lend Lease on Monday night showcased its new six star Green Star Commonwealth Bank Place at Darling Quarter in Sydney in its launch event for World Green Building Week Read More > >  
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By Ashak Nathwani 20 September 2011 – Here’s one for the books: “The single-minded pursuit of GreenStar and NABERS sustainability ratings for buildings is leading directly to compromises on indoor environmental quality and productivity.”... 
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18 September 2011 – The Tea Party in the US has sustainable development in its cross hairs. In their view it’s a plot to destroy the American way of life: the “single family residence – which is to say, the middle class suburb with tract... 
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The violence of ABC listeners, Rod Leaver and Green Building Week, Low Carbon calls for interests and will Turnbull cross the floor? 15 September 2011 – Interesting comments came from Janne Ryan this morning (Thursday) speaking to a class... 
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By Tina Perinotto 15 September 2011 – Anthony Burke and Gerard Reinmuth have been appointed to head the creative team for the Australian Institute of Architects’ Australian Pavilion at the 13th Venice International Architecture Biennale Read... 
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By Lyn Drummond 14 September 2011 – Moreland Energy Foundation Ltd is in an alliance with nine local councils in Melbourne’s north for greenhouse gas action – an arrangement that has resulted in cheaper energy benefits for the communities, says... 
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By Tina Perinotto 14 September 2011  – Dexus Property will reap a major upside to its industrial investment property at Perris in Southern California in the US with the lease of the rooftop space for a massive solar power installation. Read More... 
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By Lindsay Bevege 13 September 2011 – Australian cities were prominent in the top 10 most liveable cities based on the Economist Intelligence Unit’s global liveability index. But we are also in the top 10 of another index that shows us in a less... 
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9 September 2011 – MIT researchers have used social networking data to create a new spatial mapping toolbox for cities available free to urban designers and planners. “Network centrality measures are useful predictors for a number of interesting... 
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7 September 2011 – Cate Blanchett and husband Andrew Upton were the star attractions on Friday last week when arts groups resident at Sydney’s The Wharf launched a new rainwater harvesting and reticulation system that will provide 100 per cent... 
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By Tina Perinotto 2 September 2011 – Between the Bellinis, speeches from the dignitaries and the best sushi ever likely to be served outside of Toyko at the opening of 1 Bligh Street in Sydney this week, came the suggestion from a guest that the building’s... 
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By David Parken, chief executive officer, Australian Institute of Architects 31 August 2011 – There has been some recent speculation in industry circles about the future of the Australian Institute of Architects’ National Architecture Award for... 
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30 August 2011 – The Victorian Coalition Government has bowed to pressure groups and announced it would scale back wind farms in a move that the clean energy industry said could cost the state $3 billion in lost investment. Planning minister Matthew... 
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By Lindsay Bevege 23 August 2011 – A common theme in the London riots was that the young rioters felt no stake in the neighbourhood in which they lived and so had no compunction in trashing it. Read More > >  
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24 August 2011 – The City of Sydney expects to save $1.3 million a year by overhauling the energy and water performance of its major buildings. Lord Mayor Clover Moore said the $6.9 million project would also be a big step to achieving the City’s... 
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By Tina Perinotto 24 August 2011 – [Updated] The Australian Institute of Architects has taken the controversial decision to drop its sustainability awards as a separate category, in a move designed to rid the awards of “green bling” and... 
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By Lyn Drummond 24 August 2011 – Global water issues, such as scarcity, maintaining quality, energy and nexus, and developing the nation’s water and sanitation cannot be combated without supporting global alliances, says Tom Mollenkopf, chief executive... 
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24 August 2011 – How do you design walkable neighbourhoods? What are the principles in play? The US’s Congress for the New Urbanism program director Heather Smith has co-author of a manual to deliver these, Designing Walkable Urban Thoroughfares:... 
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By Peter Scuderi, senior associate, Arup Brisbane 10 August 2011 – Governments in the UK, Singapore and Australia are moving to building information modelling, or BIM systems,  for new buildings, but are these three dimensional, real time programs... 
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12 August 2011 – GPT officially launched its new offices on three high rise floors at Sydney’s MLC building on Wednesday with a panel discussion that delved into some of the complex thinking that has delivered a virtually paperless office and... 
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