By Andrew Starc 27 October 2010 – Resourced-based cities in the north west of Australia, linked to our regional neighbours and high-speed trains on the east coast could all be part of a vision for Australia, according to the new pre-policy document... 
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From the Australian Institute of Architects: 29 October 2010 - Surry Hills Library and Community Centre, in Sydney, by Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp won the Australian Institute of Architects’ national award for sustainable architecture announced... 
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By Tina Perinotto Exclusive: 23 October 2010 – After an intense lobbying campaign Victorian property owners have won important concessions on how NABERS Energy rates their office buildings, bringing them in line with a national benchmark just ahead... 
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By Michael Baker Rethinking the Australian Town Centre -  Part III – 13 October, 2010 – In ancient times, Hindus referred to the ocean as the “dark water.” It was here that gods rested, and to disturb them would draw upon the seafarer... 
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22 October 2010 - AMP’s Australian Core Property Portfolio and Sunsuper’s office building at Milton in Brisbane has been awarded a 5 Star Green Star Office As Built v2 Certified Rating. The Coronation Drive Office Park Building, which has the... 
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By Tina Perinotto 21 October 2010 – Stockland will take a major leap into creating more sustainable shopping centres with its announcement on Thursday this week that the redevelopment of its Shellharbour shopping centre on the NSW south coast... 
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By Andrew Starc 21 October 2010 - People and communities will take precedence in the long awaited transport oriented design guidelines released this month by the Queensland government. Read More > >  
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FAVOURITES -  20 May 2010 – Early this year leading Sydney planner and vocal advocate for planning reform in NSW Julie Bindon joined The Fifth Estate on a mini scouting expedition to Melbourne to see if the Victorians could shed any light on better... 
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By Nicola Woodward FAVOURITES: ANALYSIS – 26 July 2010 – It isn’t every Monday you wake up to the fact that a Sunday press release by the incumbent Government in the run up to a general election contains a promising policy. Yesterday... 
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FAVOURITES – From The Atlantic – July/August 2009 – It feels like 1977 all over again: economy in the doldrums, crisis in the Middle East, and a charismatic new Democrat in the White House preaching the gospel of clean energy. Can Obama... 
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8 October 2010 – Following are highlights of reactions to the Report b the Prime Minister’s Task Group on Energy Efficiency The Greens: The Gillard government should move ahead immediately with energy efficiency policies which cut household... 
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From the China Daily – 4 October 2010 - NEW YORK – Ming Yang Wind Power Group Ltd, a Guangdong-based wind power turbine manufacturer, priced its initial public offering (IPO) of 25 million American Depositary Shares (ADSs) at $14 per ADS on... 
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By Lynne Blundell FAVOURITES – 16 September 2010 – Demolition may have started at the Barangaroo site on Sydney’s old industrial waterfront but it will take a lot more than bulldozers to remove the accusations of lack of transparency in... 
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By Tina Perinotto 23 September 2010 – Melbourne City Council may just have found the holy grail of how to fund retrofits in older buildings. In a breakthrough move Victoria has passed Australia’s first legislation to enable a municipal council... 
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21 September 2010 - The Investa Sustainability Institute launched its on-line Green Buildings Alive tool Monday 20 September, an interactive hub of graphs, raw data and information about the energy and water use and carbon emissions of Australia’s buildings. To... 
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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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By Gary Wertheimer FAVOURITES – May 5 2010 – The Building Code of Australia 2010 has been in effect from 1 May. Section J, dealing with energy efficiency, has been updated but few people understand what is involved. The way buildings are... 
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Living the Green Dream Conference – 16 September 2010 – A post occupancy study at the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Economics and Commerce building has revealed significant environmental and cost savings after provision of... 
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15 September 2010 - A memorandum of understanding signed between the Green Building Council of Australia and the Planning Institute of Australia will see the two organisations work together on the development and delivery of the Green Star Communities... 
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By David Wilson 8 September 2010 – In a paper first presented at the 3rd International Urban Design Conference in Canberra, August 2010, David Wilson argues that since “Big Australia” was announced by former prime minister Kevin Rudd in October... 
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7 September 2010 - In part one of a three part series, Anthony Szatow of the CSIRO presents the results of the three year Intelligent Grid Project, an investigation into how distributed energy can reduce both carbon emissions and energy costs. The Australian... 
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Transcript 3rd International Urban Design Conference – 13 September 2010 – In a highly original take on a very difficult issue, one of the speakers at the 3rd International Urban Design Conference in Canberra last month included New Zealand... 
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by Lynne Blundell FAVOURITES – 21 April 2010 – Carbon neutrality, the sustainable holy grail for buildings, is likely to remain just as elusive as that legendary object unless those who design and operate them up the ante. This was the message... 
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by Lynne Blundell FAVOURITES – 26 August 2009 – Summer is on the way – well it certainly feels that way with Sydney last week experiencing the warmest August temperatures on record – and we haven’t even got to spring yet. And there’s... 
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FAVOURITES – 13 July, 2010 - The number of rating tools, policies, reports, incentives and legal rulings on sustainable residential  development has proliferated in recent years. In this comprehensive work, legal firm Herbert Geer has created clear... 
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By Wendy Truong and Edie Mather 3 September 2010 – The success of the Federal Government’s Solar Bonus Scheme has seen over 30,000 households generating their own solar energy. Following is an outline of scheme and how it can benefit individual... 
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From The Guardian - 2 September 2010 – The world’s most high-profile climate change sceptic is to declare that global warming is “undoubtedly one of the chief concerns facing the world today” and “a challenge humanity must... 
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By Tina Perinotto 3 September 2010 – The 3rd International Urban Design Conference in Canberra this week finished with a bang, with some nice fiery debate on population and how to shift the anti-development sentiment that in its growing vehemence... 
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The Five Stages of Grief By Michael Baker This series of articles by retail analyst Michael Baker explores a retail format that is far more sustainable than its energy guzzling cousins at the mall. In her famous 1969 book, entitled “On Death and... 
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By Ken Maher Following is the AS Hook Memorial Address delivered by Australian Institute of Architects 2009  Gold Medalist, Ken Maher. FAVOURITES: 29 October 2009 - I believe designing in the future will need to be an organic process, an ecological... 
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