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Dreaming of a low carbon transport future
ANALYSIS: With the news this week that Tesla is now the most valuable car company in the world, there’s a sense that the green transport revolution has kicked up a gear.
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Real Utilities’ green power for the price of brown is hard to resist
Frasers Property Australia’s energy retail business Real Utilities has its sights set on the industrial sector to turn its expansive rooftop space into renewable powerhouses.
Snaidero goes green with Australia’s first sustainable porcelain kitchens at Seafarers Residences
As consumers become more sustainably conscious, the typical kitchen design has been turned on its head by revered Italian kitchen brand Snaidero. The company recently unveiled its first Australian project to feature precision-engineered porcelain fronted joinery at Seafarers, the new Yarra River waterfront residences in Melbourne developed by Riverlee. Designed and crafted in Italy, the […]
Get your share of clean energy and join the Haystacks solar garden
Haystacks is Australia’s first large scale solar garden, enabling everyone to participate in the clean energy revolution whether or not they have access to a sunny rooftop – pioneering a way for locked out energy users to access renewable energy. Haystacks solar garden is being constructed on a farm in the Riverina of NSW and […]
FLICK THE SWITCH – Sian Willmott: An ESD consultant’s guide to net zero in office buildings
The challenge to deliver net zero all-electric buildings is a formidable one. And no-one knows that better than an ESD consultant. Victorian based AECOM principal sustainability consultant Sian Willmott is well familiar with the task. Her remit in all-electric projects stretches from education to healthcare and the commercial sector. When it comes to office buildings, […]
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SPINIFEX – YOUR FORUM, YOUR SAY
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Lazy economics uses planning as a scapegoat
The following is a response to the NSW Productivity Commission Green Paper. The Green Paper argued zoning is restrictive and recommended it be loosened. Unfortunately, the Commission misses the forest for the trees and fails to recognise the economic and strategic value of zoning. Economic recovery has thrown up complex tasks for government, with minds […]
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Car sales in all sectors has fallen in volume – but not EVs. They are the anomaly; they are increasing,…
The work you do is making a difference, so keep at it and don’t forsake family time. Support all the…
Social concerns should not be the responsibility of water suppliers/authorities. A water supplier should price water to reflect the cost.…
It’s the inherent circularity of water that makes it less relevant than materials in a circular economy. We learned early…
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JOBS & BUSINESS NEWS
Jobs and business news: tradie jobs on the rise + our pick of the jobs
It’s no longer tools down for several different trade professions, according to data from ServiceSeeking.com.au. Outdoor trades in particular are booming, with rubbish removal jobs growing like crazy as people declutter, tripling year on year. Carpet cleaning and door installations have also seen a massive boom, with demand also strong for arborists, roofers, gardeners and […]
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CITIES & ENVIRONMENT
In the news: Resilience NSW, calls to halt Snowy 2.0, and more
The NSW government has created a new agency dedicated to resilience, Resilience NSW, with the NSW Rural Fire Service boss who dominated the news cycle over the summer, Shane Fitzsimmons, to take the reins.
BUILDINGS & ENERGY
Still house hunting after budget 2020
More than $5 billion was poured into social housing after the GFC and most economists supported the tactic for its propensity to boost jobs and stimulate the economy. This time round funding for social housing was a glaring omission from the federal government’s Covid-recovery 2020 budget. The sector wasn’t ignored completely: an extra $1 billion […]
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 […]
Our ebook on all-electric net zero buildings is on its way. Don’t miss out
The ebook for Flick the Switch is under construction
Gillies Hall: The star of Monash University’s electrifying net zero plans
Monash University has set itself the challenging target of getting its campuses to net zero by 2030 and unlike some other organisations that set similar goals, it has a plan to get there.
Time’s up for shoddy building code compliance
Sustainable built environment body ASBEC has put its foot down on the lack of compliance with the building code. The organisation is calling for urgent changes to the way building compliance is enforced as outlined in the 2018 Building Confidence report by Professor Peter Shergold and Bronwyn Weir on issues in the construction industry. The […]