By Tina Perinotto 11 March 2011 – Chairman of Frasers Property Australia, Stanley Quek, last week said that sustainability features at the massive Central Park project on Sydney CBD fringe would add between five and eight per cent Read More > >  
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14 April 2011 – Energy Conservation Systems, the company founded by the later Peter Szental in 1983 has been absorbed by Schneider Electric. ECS national manager business development Trevor Stork said ECS was among Australia’s top contractors in the... 
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By Tina Perinotto 15 April 2011 – It’s been fascinating to try to work out what is going on in the world of trigeneration after the City of Sydney last week dramatically dropped its tender for the first cluster of trigen buildings around its Town... 
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By Tina Perinotto 11 November 2010 - Favourites: Siobhan Toohill is the highly regarded sustainability leader for Stockland. We first interviewed Toohill in May last year for the first in a series of profiles of high achieving women in the sustainability... 
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By Tina Perinotto 14 April 2011 – An extensive survey of salaries for jobs in sustainability  – claimed to be the first in Australia –  is underway and open for contributions in a secure website. Take part in the survey here Partners in the... 
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By Lyn Drummond 13 April 2011 – Climate risk assessment of sea level rises changed the height of a bridge in Canada according to a report by two Australian scientists for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, whose findings... 
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By Tina Perinotto 13 April 2011 – Energy efficient buildings, low carbon cement and low carbon energy are just some of the areas that will get a kicker from the carbon tax, Climate Change Minister Greg Combet told the Press Club today in his speech... 
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By Tina Perinotto 15 April 2011 – Consult Australia has joined a coalition of major companies employing more than 120,000 people voicing support for a price on carbon. And the Property Council of Australia has said it has supported a carbon scheme... 
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31 March 2011 – The business school at the University of Technology in Sydney has created a new chair in sustainable enterprise to be headed by Suzanne Benn that it says will help business leap ahead of expectations or regulations and fare best in... 
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7 April 2011 – The National Water Commission’s report on the future of urban water puts the sector back on the national policy agenda according to the Australian Water Association’s Chief Executive Officer, Tom Mollenkopf. Mr Mollenkopf  said... 
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By Genevieve Lilley FAVOURITES – 19 November 2009 - The thing about rural Australia that most of its inhabitants don’t really understand is that it is so big. Travelling by road from, say, Adelaide to Sydney, is a sobering trip. Hours can... 
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6 April 2011 – US Green building and water conservation consultant Jerry Yudelson claims he knows the best way to deal with urban water crises which are a growing concern in the US. A graphic reference tool of critical new opportunities in water conservation,... 
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By Tina Perinotto 1 February 2011 – In some ways Patrick Blanc, the designer of superior vertical gardens, doesn’t mind the many imitations of his work that have sprung up around the world over the past three to five years. In Sydney last... 
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By Amy Kelly 31 March 2011 – Brisbane City Council on Tuesday night passed a motion allowing residents affected by the January 2011 floods to rebuild their homes beyond the height restrictions of current planning controls. The proposed temporary local... 
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By Tina Perinotto 31 March  2011 – GPT boss Michael Cameron himself dipped out of his job “making money”, as he put it, to host a sneak preview of the new, six star Green Star-targeted head office of the giant property trust this week. Also... 
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By Leon Gettler 31 March 2011 – The federal government’s Australian Carbon Trust is targeting Australia’s $1.2 trillion superannuation sector for partnership funding. If it succeeds, it will potentially create an enormous funding pool for sustainable... 
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by Tina Perinotto FA VOURITES – 8 October 2010 – Property industry, roll up your sleeves. You have truckloads of work to do. At least if the government takes up some of the recommendations now on its desk. On Friday, after months –... 
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30 March 2011 – China Reform Commission Vice Chairman Xied Zhenhua, spoke at a media conference at the Australian National University, Canberra on climate change today. Following are highlights of the transcript from the office of Federal Climate Change... 
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30 March 2011 – China is doing far more on climate change than Australians might know – and so is Europe – according to federal climate change minister Greg Combet. Speaking at the close of the Australia-China ministerial dialogue on climate... 
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By Lynne Blundell 25 March 2010 -FAVOURITES: The Green Building Council of Australia’s Green Star rating system for buildings is undergoing a fundamental shift. It is a philosophical shift that involves working more closely with industry, particularly... 
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24 March – – Ribena is developing a new strain of climate change resistant blackcurrants as part of a world wide response by the world’s biggest companies to adapt to climate change and seize opportunities, The Economist Intelligence Unit and... 
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By Lynne Blundell 24 March 2011 – We live in tumultuous times. Daily we are bombarded with news and images of disaster – floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, social unrest and impending nuclear catastrophe, all against a backdrop of a warming planet.... 
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By Tina Perinotto 23 March 2011  – In Perth they rallied to support climate action.  In Canberra 10,500 petitions were presented to Climate Change Minister Greg Combet supporting the same. And GetUp, the grass roots organisation has a rolling campaign... 
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24 March 2011 – Melbourne based architect Graeme Gunn who has been credited with changing the landscape of suburban housing in Australia, reinvigorating architectural university studies in Victoria, and mentoring decades of leading architects, has... 
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23 March 2011– The Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering has produced a Handbook for Reform to guide a new NSW Government after Saturday’s election towards the successful infrastructure needed for continuing economic growth. “Last year’s... 
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By Caroline Noller Caroline Noller has delved into the secrets of six of our world’s most important materials  and found elements of genius, commercial know-how, colourful characters and the nasty truth about their embodied carbon. This... 
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What if we all said: no more shit happens? By Tina Perinotto The sacred fool is “a person who keeps attempting the impossible, knowing even from the beginning that they won’t succeed, but continues nonetheless.” - Spoken by Lin Jensen... 
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19 March 2011 – Recruitment consultant and publisher of the Avdiev Remuneration Report Rita Avdiev said last week that sustainability was a “hot topic” for the property markets. “About three quarters of respondents replied that their... 
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