By Tina Perinotto 9 December 2010 – Former executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Yvo de Boer is still hopeful that a reasonable agreement can be reached at the Cancun climate change talks, just days... 
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10 December 2010- Sydney City Council will fund a project to investigate the feasibility of creating a demonstration sustainable suburb in inner city Chippendale that builds on the work of  local sustainability coach and columnist for The Fifth... 
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By Peter Lewis From the ABC – 7 December 2010 - It was a year ago today that the hottest gig in global warming opened in Copenhagen, amidst expectations that the world’s leaders would rise above their geographical interests and make a stand... 
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8 December 2010 – A  development control plan for the huge Sydney Business Park near Blacktown in Sydney’s north west has come with minimum four star Green Star obligations for all proposed buildings. Development director for the project... 
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By Tina Perinotto 30 November 2010 - The federal government has bowed to industry pressure and agreed to a temporary reprieve over the more complex requirements of the new mandatory disclosure regime for some categories of buildings. From 29 November... 
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By Tina Perinotto 26 November 2010 – The federal government’s Australian Carbon Trust on Friday announced funding and strategic partnerships that could leverage up to $300 million of energy and other efficiency measures for the property sector... 
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26 November 2010 – Business leaders meeting today in the first sitting of the  Business Roundtable on Climate Change said there was a need for a carbon price to support long-term investment. Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan and Minister for Climate... 
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29 November 2010 –The NSW government late last week passed legislation that will provide easier access to finance for building upgrades, with loans secured alongside council charges and ahead of mortgages along. The move which mirrors legislation... 
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By Tina Perinotto 23 November 2010 -The race to outperform on  sustainability is back on with today’s announcement that the NABERS Energy rating for office buildings would be “stretched” to six or even seven stars. NABERS manager... 
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By Paul Mees 16 November 2010 – Melburnians once needed to visit Europe to be embarrassed at the gap between our public transport and the best in the world. Now we have the Internet. The authority that runs Zurich’s public transport system... 
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By Boris Kelly 15 November 2010 – New York City commissioner of transport Janette Sadik-Khan told a Sydney forum  last week that commercial rents rose 70 per cent in parts of the city after the introduction of bicycle paths and street works designed... 
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By Tina Perinotto 29 October 2010 – White certificates, or energy savings obligations for energy suppliers, proposed by the Prime Minister’s Task Group Read More > >  
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Warning: 30 October 2010 – It is now too late to avoid global warming of less than 2 per cent and too late to avoid “serious and pervasive ” climate change impacts that would “significantly disrupt the national economy”... 
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By Boris Kelly 27 October 2010 – A packed house at Sydney Town Hall on Monday 25 October heard Alan Jones, chief development officer, Energy and Climate Change for the City of Sydney, declare his aim to transform Sydney into a carbon free city... 
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By Tina Perinotto and Andrew Starc 27 October 2010 – The Greens today said they would support the NSW Farmers Association’s call for a moratorium on all new coal, mineral and gas projects until a strategic plan is developed to protect food... 
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By Andrew Starc 21 October 2010 - People and communities will take precedence in the long awaited transport oriented design guidelines released this month by the Queensland government. Read More > >  
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By Tina Perinotto 23 September 2010 – Melbourne City Council may just have found the holy grail of how to fund retrofits in older buildings. In a breakthrough move Victoria has passed Australia’s first legislation to enable a municipal council... 
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By Tina Perinotto and Andrew Starc 12 August 2010 - Mandatory disclosure of energy efficiency for large offices will at last take effect on 1 November. After a series of delays and lobbying to head off unforeseen problems, the industry has won itself... 
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by Jeff Angel 17 December 2009 -Price rises for electricity are attracting headlines at the moment for all the wrong reasons.Erroneous reports of hugely inflated power bills as a result of the Emission Trading Scheme overlook one important point: the... 
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BRIEF: 1 December 2009 - Clean Up Australia Chairman and Founder Ian Kiernan yesterday (10 December 2009) joined Auburn and Parramatta City Councils on Sydney’s west for the launch of Streamline, a new sustainability initiative targeting the business... 
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By Professor Ralph Horne, Director of the Centre for Design at RMIT - FAVOURITES – 21 June 2009 – The bushfires in Victoria are tangible evidence of the sort of extreme weather events climate scientists have been predicting and they underline... 
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Producing a single, accurate digital map of proposed urban developments requires collaboration on an unprecedented scale by Davina Jackson The Commonwealth Government is considering a proposal for two new national research co-ordination organisations... 
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By Lynne Blundell FAVOURITES: 5 November 2009 – The Southport Broadwater Parklands project may well be a blueprint for adaptive planning solutions to combat sea level rise and storm surge on our coastlines. It involved some creative methods, including... 
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There are critical issues to be faced by the meeting of the Environment Protection and Heritage Council in Perth on 5 November – not least the collapse of the valuable recycling industry and the scandal of our export of toxic rubber tyres to Asia,... 
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by Lynne Blundell The federal government this week announced the next step in its plan to overhaul Australia’s energy grid, which it says will reduce home energy bills, reduce carbon pollution and help tackle climate change. But, while green groups... 
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As the era of carbon trading draws near, a new guide has been developed to help companies manage the financial and reporting impacts of carbon emissions. The guide, Managing Financial Impacts and Reporting of Carbon Emissions – A Guide for CFOs,... 
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By Tina Perinotto Last summer 374 people died in Victoria, almost certainly because of heat stress, more than double those who died in the tragic bushfires of 7 February. This year Melbourne has its hottest day on record with a temperature of 46.4C and... 
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by Peter Robinson, Sustainable Urbanism September 25, 2009 - It’s indisputable that we are going to have to be incredibly busy if we are to reduce our CO2 emissions, or achieve the 20 per cent renewable energy target. And we are going to need... 
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by Lynne Blundell Renewable energy is for many the great hope for fixing climate change. They imagine a day when the hills are dotted with wind towers, solar panels adorn every building and are spread across vast tracts of desert. The energy of ocean... 
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by Tony Rose The National Greenhouse and Energy Act requires certain businesses to report on their energy use, production, and greenhouse gas emissions. Property groups will be affected by many aspects of the legislation — particularly as contractor... 
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