by Lynne Blundell 20 July 2010 – A small Australian manufacturing team is bucking the trend with its linear fluorescent light fitting, using what many consider outdated technology to achieve what it says is a 70 per cent reduction in lighting... 
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By Tina Perinotto 19 August 2010 – Lend Lease’s Chris Carolan is a happy man right now. He’s heading up a new company venture that has the potential to transform the average Australian’s view of renewable energy, by making it... 
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By Tina Perinotto 20 August 2010 - Here’s a hypothetical: The new Federal Government is sworn in on Monday morning. The very first thing it does is convene a “citizen’s assembly” from key parts of the sustainable property industry... 
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BRIEF – 16 August 2010 - Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited has won a legal action in the Federal Court over poor investment advice in an action prosecuted by IMF Australia Ltd, which funded the case. Ceramic Fuel Cells, which has developed high efficiency... 
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By Tina Perinotto 15 July 2010 – Favourites: According to GPT sustainability manager Bruce Precious there are perhaps only six people in Australia he would trust with serious upgrades to his company’s prized assets. Steve Hennessy is one of them. As... 
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By Boris Kelly 13 August 2010 – With only days left in the federal election campaign and with both major parties poncing around the point on climate change, 2000 people packed the Sydney Town Hall for the launch of a plan to achieve zero emissions... 
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Left to right:  Senator Penny Wong,  Arch Bevis,  Mirvac’s chief executive officer investment Andrew Butler By Tina Perinotto 10 July 2010 – Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Senator Penny Wong last week chose a Green... 
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By Tina Perinotto 5 August 2010 – Lend Lease today launched a new solar company to roll out photovoltaic installations across the residential and commercial sectors of the property industry, tapping into federal and state governments policies to... 
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By David Burns 20 July 2010 – A commercial building or manufacturing facility energy management system is a crucial software tool required to digest when, where and why resources are consumed, and is the first action in making facilities sustainable. Very... 
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By Andrew Starc FAVOURITES – 4 May 2010 – Moonee Valley City Council, located in the area north-west of the Melbourne CBD, is in the early stages of using an aerial thermal imagery technology to help slash the heat and energy levels of... 
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28 July 2010 – The Victorian government is among 14 customers across six countries to order gas-to-electricity BlueGen fuel cells from Ceramic Fuel Cells, according to a company report released today. The demand for the cells comes after a CSIRO... 
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By Mark Lister 27 July 2010 - Our new Prime Minister has wasted no time in creating a new political push for a “lasting and deep community consensus” on climate change action by proposing new measures to engage and consult with the public. On the... 
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25 July 2010 – Updated 26 July 2010 - Last week it was lean pickings for the green property in election promises so far. By Sunday the worm had turned in the sector’s favour with big welcome news from the Labor Party of a 50 per cent tax deduction... 
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26 July 2010 - China has decided it will put a price on carbon, starting next year, it has decided to use a market mechanism because an administrative one is too expensive; and its top 1000 energy consumers have signed contracts to reduce energy consumption... 
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Tina Perinotto 23 July 2010 - Opposition Leader Tony Abbott this week said he would scrap the Green Building Fund and cut back on other green initiatives if he was elected. Green groups were predictably unimpressed but in the property industry there are... 
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by Tina Perinotto 22 July 2010 – For the owner of the building the Local Government Super it was the photo opp of a lifetime: Federal ministers Kim Carr and Maxine McKew, both corralled for the mid morning launch just days into a federal election. The... 
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By Thomas Friedman 21 July 2010 – From The New York Times - The hour is late, but there is still a sliver of time to pass a serious energy bill out of this Congress. To do so, though, would require President Obama to rustle up votes with a passion... 
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By Andrew Starc 21 July 2010 – Victoria’s shopping centres and other commercial buildings may soon be the first in the country to sport large solar arrays, after the Victorian government today announced plans for the nation’s... 
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21 July 2010 – City of Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore will today report on how the ambitious 2030 plan for Sydney has progressed at a seminar for stakeholders at Sydney Town Hall. As part of the grand scheme, the council also yesterday called... 
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Brief – 20 July 2010 – Harvey Norman has reached an agreement with Ceramic Fuel Cells to stock their BlueGen gas-to-elecricity generators (see our story on fuel cells here). The generators will initially be sold through Harvey Norman’s commercial... 
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By Lynne Blundell FAVOURITES: 11 March 2010 -India is determined to reduce carbon emissions and to supply renewable power to its enormous population. But with the massive hydro power generation dam projects under way in the sensitive Himalayan foothills,... 
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From Business Spectator – by Giles Parkinson – 8 July 2010 – The federal government appears to be throwing open its doors to lobbyists and special interest groups in a last minute attempt to cobble together a credible climate change... 
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By Lynne Blundell 28 June 2010 – The healthcare sector is the monster of sustainability, using vast quantities of water and energy, day and night. And it will stay that way until there is a major commitment from government to provide incentives... 
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By Tina Perinotto 28 June 2010 – Sustainability consultant Shauna Coffey (formerly of Mirvac) and Investa’s Craig Roussac were among guests who turned out for the launch of the Energy Efficiency Council’s new policy Platform for 2010 at 260... 
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By Andrew Starc 25 June 2010 - Sydney City Council recently announced plans to reinvest the $2 million a year spent on the federal government’s GreenPower scheme into renewable energy for the city, including trigeneration plants to supply 70 per cent... 
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24 June 2010 – The mandatory disclosure bill was on Tuesday night passed by the House of Representatives, after the Federal Government made some concessions to the property industry and winning the full backing of the Property Council, among other... 
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By Tina Perinotto 22 June 2010 - The Property Council of Australia has today come out strongly in support of the proposed mandatory disclosure legislation and urged the Opposition, The Greens and Independents to pass the bill which is about to face... 
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From CBS – 22 June 2010 - The gusher unleashed in the Gulf of Mexico continues to spew crude oil. There are no reliable estimates of how much oil is pouring into the gulf. But it comes to many millions of gallons since the catastrophic blowout.... 
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by Lynne Blundell 17 June 2010 - The Senate committee conducting the inquiry into the Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Bill last month delivered its final report, recommending that the Bill be passed, with some changes. In doing so it appears to... 
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By Tina Perinotto 18 June 2010 – The Federal Government has ceded ground in the battle to water down the provisions of the mandatory disclosure scheme for commercial buildings, which is about to face Parliament in the final two weeks of sitting... 
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