By Tina Perinotto If you put your prize building up for regular public monitoring, you have to be prepared for results to sometimes let you down. At first glance that seems to be the case, according to Peter Szental, owner and developer of one of Australia’s... 
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By Tina Perinotto A company that has pioneered low cost solar desalination systems for industry and the home is about to start production of the units by November and already has around 5000 units on order. Peter Johnstone, the inventor of the Carosell... 
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From The Atlantic magazine, some excerpts from the article, The Elusive Green Economy, by Joshua Green: “The best way to get an idea of what a green future might look like is to visit Silicon Valley. It’s impossible to convey how otherworldly the... 
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FAVOURITES- From The Atlantic magazine, some excerpts from the article, The Elusive Green Economy, by Joshua Green: “The best way to get an idea of what a green future might look like is to visit Silicon Valley. It’s impossible to convey how otherworldly... 
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By Lynne Blundell While politicians continue to huff and puff about whether or not we need a carbon emissions trading scheme businesses are not waiting around to see what happens. Many are busily taking steps to more effectively manage both their energy... 
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BRIEF – 23 September 2009 – At last curious householders can go and see what a real live green house looks like and talk to the architect, thanks to the City of Sydney’s sustainable house project which will be open to the public 15-18... 
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by Lynne Blundell 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 a lot of talk of record high temperatures,... 
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by Lynne Blundell While Australia continues to flounder on the issue of fast-tracking independent power generators (see our story on cogeneration), elsewhere in the world cogeneration systems, also referred to as decentralised power, are bypassing... 
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by Lynne Blundell Cogeneration plants can generate their own power, they have lower carbon emissions and property developers and building owners want them. But tell that to the energy agencies who are doing everything they can to hold them back. A key... 
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by Lynne Blundell Australia’s chances of cutting greenhouse gas emissions cost-effectively are being seriously undermined by Energy  Ministers and bureaucrats who are maintaining a system that encourages inefficiency and high usage, according to... 
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BRIEF: 15 July 2009 – Two Victorian Green Precinct projects have received funding for their water and energy-saving initiatives through the Rudd government’s Green Precincts funding program The Centre for Education and Research in Environmental... 
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BRIEF: 15 July 2009 – Two Victorian Green Precinct projects have received funding for their water and energy-saving initiatives through the Rudd government’s Green Precincts funding program The Centre for Education and Research in Environmental... 
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by Patrick Fogarty… 19 May 2009 - Few people understand the impact that the computing world has on our carbon footprint. This is despite the fact that data centres, the work horses that support the internet and the growth in remote computing, are... 
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“The Design Hub will be a centre for collaboration – a place to develop world-class concepts and initiatives that will raise this city’s and Victoria’s international profile”- RMIT Vice Chancellor, Professor Margaret Gardner by... 
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By Tina Perinotto Melbourne’s Wholesale produce market has slashed $10,000 from its monthly water bill after commissioning a water metering system through Sydney based company, Watersave Australia. Managing director of Watersave, Paul Marsh, said... 
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BRIEF – 2 JULY 2009 – Refurbish your existing building to green standards and you could add 10 per cent to your investment, a new report published by the Property Council of Australia and conducted by Arup and Davis Langdon, has claimed. The... 
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by Lynne Blundell The stick and carrot approach is proving a good one for pushing sustainability globally. As governments around the globe respond to the climate change challenge with stricter building codes, together with incentives, green buildings... 
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By Tina Perinotto 9 June – The weekend newspaper advertisement promised savings of $13,000 on a new solar power system. “Millions of years of sunlight. Less than a month left to capture it for FREE,” it said. But that was Sunday. By Tuesday... 
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by Lynne Blundell When Mary-Anne Kyriakou, founder and artistic director of Smart Light Sydney talks about the future of sustainable lighting in cities her voice buzzes with the same sort of energy that emanates from the light sculptures in her show. ... 
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By Tina Perinotto… In a sign that the sustainable building industry is coming of age,  developer and energy consultancy Szencorp has revealed a “warts and all” report on its refurbished 6 star Green Star building in South Melbourne. According... 
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