The ugliness myth, challenging new ratings schemes and a survey for our readers 2 November 2011 – The image here is beautiful, right? The recession-era throw-up job next to the Gold Rush Victorian era extravaganza is just plain ugly, right? Not according... 
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2 November 2011 – The Fifth Estate has taken the unusual step of becoming a media partner in a survey by  Connection Research, to analyse the attitudes and behaviours  about sustainability and energy efficiency by commercial property owners, tenants... 
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By Ivan Rijavec 2 November 2011 – Melbourne architect and writer Ivan Rijavec will on Thursday launch a major and startling exhibition* that focuses a searing spotlight on how we view Australian urbanism. Read More > >  
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By Rebecca Pearce 22 July 2010 – FAVOURITES : Tackling the fundamental problem of carbon emissions from older style buildings is one of the key issues for the property industry. However, one Australian fund manager has proved that existing... 
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By Lynne Blundell 2 November 2011 ­ – The Australian Green Infrastructure Council is to launch its sustainable infrastructure ratings tool in early 2012, delegates at the AGIC’s recent annual conference in Melbourne were told. The ratings scheme,... 
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2 November 2011 ­– National Building Specification ­ – NATSPEC – has released a national guide to building information modelling that it says will help clients and consultants reduce confusion and inconsistencies. NATSPEC said the National BIM... 
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Top ranking stories this month. See bottom right for  links to these and the daily favourites. Social media and the new black arts of lying and deceiving Environmental Upgrade Agreements: they’re off and Melbourne leads the pack Integrated sustainability... 
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31 October 2011 – Australia was currently relying on a “primitive export market, based on the extraction of non-renewable resources”, Deputy Greens Leader Christine Milne told the Senate today (Monday) in support of the Clean Energy Future... 
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Mac banking on EUAs, the Spring Crush and mega trends 26 October 2011 – According to the grapevine Macquarie Bank is the latest financier to be lured to the potentially lucrative world of Environmental Upgrade Agreements. Read More > >  
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By Tina Perinotto 26 October 2011 – A new wind turbine whose manufacturers claim is “almost silent” has been launched at Geelong in Victoria and is attracting significant attention, amid a recent backlash against wind power generation in... 
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26 October 2011 – The Berkeley Earth team has bad news on temperatures for the earth. The consensus has been right, despite the accusations Read More > >  
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26 October 2011 – Scientific American reports that the US Central Intelligence Agency is keeping its assessment of climate change secret. “In 2009, the CIA established a Center on Climate Change and National Security dedicated to researching... 
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26 October 2011 – From The Atlantic: Toronto has been aggressive about it: they have a new, comprehensive green roof law, the first one in North America. Like all laws, it’s complicated, but new building permit applications for residential,... 
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By Lynne Blundell 25 October 2011 ­– Speeding up the development process by cutting down on friction and misunderstandings between stakeholders is the dream of developers, planners Read More > >  
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26 October 2011 – From The Guardian UK ­ – Cement is to our buildings as corn is to our food supply. Just as corn is an ingredient in countless food products, cement is a building block for much of what is around us: Read More > >  
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25 October 2011 – The Total Environment Centre is screening the short film, Story of Stuff, by environmentalist Annie Leonard next Saturday, October 29. Read More > >  
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By Tina Perinotto 25 October 2011 – Engineering and design consultancy WSP Lincolne Scott has this week been rebranded to WSP, as the company embarks on a strategy to capitalise on emerging opportunities, especially in the energy efficiency and retrofit... 
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Join the-dots-thinking, the irrelevance of governments and …the irrelevance of governments 20 October 2011 – Speaking to Tim Horton at last year’s Built Environment Meets Parliament conference – and reading Lynne Blundell’s extensive... 
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20 October 2011 – The federal government’s latest installment of the yearly report, State ofAustralian Cities 2011, released today, devoted significant space to sustainability issues. Read More > >  
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By Lynne Blundell 19 October 2011 – GPT’s 111 Eagle Street building in Brisbane was given an innovative façade treatment for its glass lift shaft to overcome issues of heat ¬– the first time the method has been used for lifts. Scheduled for... 
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By Tina Perinotto 19 October 2011 – Green building technologies will be a key driver in a near doubling of the sustainability investment market to $3.1 billion by 2014,  according to a new report from UK based Verdantix. The report forecasts that... 
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By Leon Gettler 17 October 2011 ­– Special Report: The carbon tax is a game changer for the way the property industry will present its financial reports. But then, property is already moving in that space. Australia’s per capita carbon emissions... 
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14 October 2011 – Perth based Glen George arrived in Hyde Park on Friday, as part of Guinness World Record Attempt to be the first person to circumnavigate Australia in an electric car. Pictured here with Sydney Lord Mayor  Clover Moore, Mr George... 
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Yin and Yang of life and lessons from Steve Jobs 13 October 2011 – The carbon price package is through  – the Lower House at least. Read More > >  
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By Tina Perinotto 13 October 2011  – Melbourne has claimed victory in the  race worldwide to sign the first Environmental Upgrade Agreement. Read More > >  
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By Lynne Blundell 13 October 2011 – We are on the cusp of a wave of progress and innovation that will transform the way we live and the types of dwellings we choose to live in, Jane Nathan, president of the Australian Population Institute told delegates... 
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12 October 2011 – from Terra Daily – New research by scientists at the University of Southampton has shown how London’s trees can improve air quality by filtering out pollution particulates, which are damaging to human health. A paper published... 
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By Tina Perinotto 12 October 2011  – The Clean Energy package has sailed through the Lower House, Jillian Broadbent from the Reserve Bank has been appointed to head the new $10 billion Clean Energy Finance Corporation and Tony Abbott may  not be... 
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13 October 2011 ­ From Sustainable Business News: The US Green Building Council is implementing major upgrades in LEED certification standards for buildings in 2012 in response to criticisms. Critics say LEED ratings don’t go far enough –... 
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