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Post-Brexit UK – like other gas-producing nations – betting on uncommercial, unproven carbon capture and hydrogen
The United Kingdom, the originator of the Industrial Revolution that kicked off climate change, is forging ahead with R&D projects to reduce the carbon impacts of dirty industries, with the central focus on carbon capture and hydrogen generation, ignoring energy efficiency.
On why 2020 was just practice for the 2021 greenwash police and better news
News from the front desk, issue 510: If you’re a greenwash spin-cycle merchant of high order and you think 2020 was hard on the bones, get set for an even tougher year ahead. From what we can tell from the tea leaves shaping up at the end of the year from hell (for most of […]
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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A Disturbed Book: Bubbles Under the Throne
The urban landscape is plagued by a commitment to growth at all costs, write University of Melbourne academics Brendan Gleeson and Samuel Alexander in their latest book. The following extract was published with their permission.
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Household energy upgrades have been on the rise for a decade now. There is an urgent need to encourage the…
Entirely agree with you Vivienne. Thank you Mike Brown. Again.
Another thoughtful piece by Mike Brown. The idea that the world might miss the negligent behaviour exhibited by our national…
Net zero should be a prerequisite of ALL Green Building Rating Systems and a requirement of ALL developers of design…
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Cromwell’s Phil Cowling on the shift from financial balance sheet to environmental balance sheet
Unlike most people relieved that a challenging year is ending, Phil Cowling, chief sustainability officer at Cromwell Property Group Global, finished 2020 on a high.
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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 […]
