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Educators are getting serious about sustainability, and so are students
We need an army of skilled workers to run the green economy so it’s no surprise demand for sustainability education is on the rise.
“Building back better” is great, but what if “un-building” works even better?
Is it time to consider “un-building” and “non-building” in urban design projects, such as the revival of Sydney’s Parramatta Road?
Passive subtropical architecture takes off with BVN-designed Brisbane tower
Brisbane could get another building that “breathes”, with plans lodged with the city’s council for a six-star Green Star commercial tower in the CBD. The 46 storey BVN-designed tower at 25 Mary Street will be accessed from a state heritage-listed synagogue, which will be retained and revitalised for ongoing use by the Brisbane Hebrew Congregation. A […]
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Retirement housing on wheels: Is it as affordable as it says in the marketing brochure?
Life in a manufactured home estate – a more permanent iteration of a caravan park where residents live in relocatable homes – is sold as an affordable way to retire among people in the same age bracket. But new research shows it may not be all it’s cracked up to be.
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If even the EU can’t make progress in the final decade when radical decarbonisation can give our kids and grandkids…
CCS, to be accurate, carbon capture is technically proved and feasible, however, the storage or use a resource in manufacture…
Perhaps shouldnt have limited ourselves to only 5 trends!
‘The end of the city-No, not quite’ by Sarah Barns at insidestory.org.au is an important read for emerging trends. Here…
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JOBS & BUSINESS
Job ads finally on the up + our pick of the jobs
It’s yet to be seen how the latest Covid outbreak in Sydney will affect business confidence and the job market but the good news is that between October and November, SEEK saw the first increase in new job ads since before the pandemic.
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CITIES & ENVIRONMENT
The kerbside is failing our modern lives. Now what?
The kerbside, that humble bit of concrete between buildings and the road, is “failing our local places” according to a new report by WSP and Uber.
BUILDINGS & ENERGY
Building designers compete for national dominance
Building designers, it seems, are hot property for associations wanting to represent them.
Time to deal with embodied carbon – WGBC
The World Green Building Council has called for net zero emission by 2050 in the Asia Pacific region along with a primer on getting there. The Asia Pacific Embodied Carbon Primer highlights what embodied carbon is, where it occurs throughout a building and infrastructure asset’s lifecycle, and how tackling it can catalyse APAC to rebuild […]
On what we learnt at Flick the Switch – that we want more net zero
News from the front desk, issue 492: Here at The Fifth Estate our heads are spinning after what was an action packed five hours at our Flick the Switch event yesterday about the transition to all electric, net zero buildings and cities. The subject matter certainly struck a chord – we had record numbers in […]
Why the ACCC is taking an interest in expensive construction software licences and lock-ins
New research commissioned by the NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler has revealed that the high cost of digital technologies is a barrier for many builders, especially smaller operators. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is on the case.
NABERS has officially moved to the UK!
The super-successful building operational energy performance rating scheme pioneered in Australia has launched in the UK following 18 months of detailed trials to adapt it to the UK environment.
Ebook: Flick the Switch
Flick the Switch! – the ebook
Flick the Switch is a guide to achieving Net Zero and all-electric buildings. It’s a wrap of our 2020 symposium on this topic plus deep-dive additional interviews and features on the people and topics that are driving change and helping the property industry head in the right direction. Nearly two dozen panellists and speakers generously […]
