By Tina Perinotto 7 July 2011  – Brisbane investor Harvest Denison Opportunity Fund has leapfrogged the competition and signed Australia’s deal energy efficiency upgrade and finance deal with Low Carbon Australia. Up to six more agreements are... 
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By Tina Perinotto 15 July 2011 – The Queensland government yesterday announced it had finalised its “green door” policy to fast track sustainable development approvals in a move could become a template across the nation. Industry groups... 
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Tina Perinotto 10 July 2011 – The Greens stood up and took a bow. The solar industry said was it was on steroids. No matter which way you look at it, the climate change package announced on Sunday is huge and it’s historic. Most important... 
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By Caroline Noller, The Footprint Company 11 July 2011 – Letter to the editor: While many will hail the Carbon Tax announcement, it is worth taking a moment to consider the implications for the property sector. In recent years, property has been the... 
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10 July 2011 – The  federal government released its carbon price package, The Strong Growth, Low Pollution report released on Sunday. Following are key highlights: Cost modelling Modelling shows incomes and jobs will increase substantially while our... 
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10 July  2011 –Address by  Prime minister Julia Gillard, climate minister Greg Combet and treasurer Wayne Swan. First, the avalanche of science that tells us our climate is changing. The science is in. We know that our planet is warming. We know that... 
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10 July 2011 – Following are reactions to the carbon price package from the Green Building Council of Australia,  Energy Efficiency Council, Climate Active Australia, Climate Institute, the Australian Conservation Foundation The Green Building Council... 
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11 July 2011 – The Greens Deputy Leader Christine Milne said Australia would immediately start on a low carbon future. She said in a media statement: Australia will start to cut carbon pollution immediately and is laying firm foundations... 
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8 July 2011 – The Greens have claimed victory in the fight for a new independent authority to manage $3.2 billion of renewable energy funding in “an effective and coordinated manner” announced by the federal government today. “As part... 
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By Tina Perinotto 5 July – Sustainability Victoria on Friday, 1 July,  took its last submission for a major review that will determine its fate. Fears are rife among its supporters that the government will do what it mooted before the election and... 
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By Tina Perinotto 30 June 2011 – The Green Building Council of Australia supports a carbon price but it’s going to hurt. In a new report this week detailing the likely impacts of a carbon price and eventually an emissions trading system the GBCA... 
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By Tina Perinotto 30 June 2011 – “It’s about time we realised the limitations of using the atmosphere as a tip,” said GPT’s Bruce Precious on the launch today (Thursday 30 June) of a new coalition Read More > >  
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By Tina Perinotto 29 June 2011 – Shooting camels, burning savannah in special mosaic formations and capturing methane gasses from pig manure to make energy are just some of the methodologies under consideration  before the federal government’s... 
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8 June 2011 – More than $226 billion of assets in national coastal areas are potentially at risk from climate change, heralding changes to planning regimes and buildings codes in urban environments, a report released by Minister for Climate Change and... 
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24 May 2011 – The NSW government has buckled under the weight of a huge public backlash to its retrospective cuts to the solar feed in tariffs. The ABC website on Tuesday night  reported that Premier Barry O’Farrell said his government would... 
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24 May 2011 –Sea level rises in Adelaide could be as high as one metre according to  coastal maps highlighting the potential impact of sea level rises on the Adelaide region from climate change released by the federal government last week. Read... 
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21 June 2011 – Melbourne City councillor Peter Clarke has been appointed chair of the newly created Urban Renewal Authority board, which will replace VicUrban. Mr Clarke, a former executive director of the Property Council of Australia’s Victorian... 
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13 May 2011 – The NSW Government has canned the Solar Bonus Scheme and closed it to new applicants. NSW minister for resources and energy Chris Hartcher said the Government was closing the scheme to new applicants “effective midnight 28 April... 
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By Tina Perinotto 11 May 2011 – Budget 2011, Comment and responses: Yes there were modest amounts allocated to urban and regional development, education and hospitals and even some money to map sustainability goals, but hidden within those measures... 
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6 May 2011 – Matthew Clark former manager of the NABERS building performance rating program for the NSW government is on the lookout for a new manager to replace him after his move to a more senior position. But be warned: the job will be demanding.... 
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By Alan Pears All Australian export businesses have had to cope with a large increase in the Australian dollar. And they didn’t ask for compensation.  So why is a much smaller carbon price such a tragedy? That and other mysteries are ripe... 
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By Tina Perinotto 29 April 2011 – The NSW government has all but axed the solar bonus scheme, citing a major blowout in costs after high take-up by consumers. The scheme was officially suspended for two months from midnight Thursday, but NSW resources... 
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FAVOURITES: 9 September 2011. [Updated] The Zero Carbon Australia Stationary Energy Plan, published recently by Beyond Zero Emissions, has received widespread support from eminent scientists, academics, industry leaders and energy sector businesses. At... 
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By Tina Perinotto 15 April 2011 – It could be a tale of two cities. Again. Sydney City Council last week rejected the tender for its deep sea plunge into the brave new world of large scale trigeneration – the gas-sourced, low-carbon energy that it... 
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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 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 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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In energy efficiency land they’re really busy By Tina Perinotto 31 March  2011 – Busy? That isn’t the word for it, says Paul Bannister,  highly regarded building engineer,  managing director of energy efficiency experts Exergy and a key... 
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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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