While workplace diversity and inclusion initiatives are well advanced in some areas, the progress of LGBTIQ+ inclusion hasn’t been quite as linear.
While workplace diversity and inclusion initiatives are well advanced in some areas, the progress of LGBTIQ+ inclusion hasn’t been quite as linear.
The UK government has been failing on home energy efficiency since 2012, and developers of speculative office buildings manipulate design modelling to achieve their desired results. Both are fixable.
The UK government has been failing on home energy efficiency since 2012, and developers of speculative office buildings manipulate design modelling to achieve their desired results. Both are fixable.
Simone Concha has left JLL to join the sustainability team at the Western Sydney Airport Corporation (WSA Co).
Simone Concha has left JLL to join the sustainability team at the Western Sydney Airport Corporation (WSA Co).
Enova launched a new crowdfunding campaign to help the community-owned energy retail company based in Byron Bay expand into other parts of the country.
Enova launched a new crowdfunding campaign to help the community-owned energy retail company based in Byron Bay expand into other parts of the country.
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Penrith in Western Sydney is feeling the heat of climate change and the urban heat island effect. But Penrith City Council is already reducing climate change impacts and driving down the carbon emissions that contribute to global warming.
Penrith in Western Sydney is feeling the heat of climate change and the urban heat island effect. But Penrith City Council is already reducing climate change impacts and driving down the carbon emissions that contribute to global warming.
While workplace diversity and inclusion initiatives are well advanced in some areas, the progress of LGBTIQ+ inclusion hasn’t been quite as linear.
The UK government has been failing on home energy efficiency since 2012, and developers of speculative office buildings manipulate design modelling to achieve their desired results. Both are fixable.
Enova launched a new crowdfunding campaign to help the community-owned energy retail company based in Byron Bay expand into other parts of the country.
Penrith in Western Sydney is feeling the heat of climate change and the urban heat island effect. But Penrith City Council is already reducing climate change impacts and driving down the carbon emissions that contribute to global warming.
There’s clearly one true Science Based Target, one that comes without the bureaucracy of dealing with another NGO and another set of reporting. One that’s based on science, ethics and understanding probabilities.
While the federal government goes into leadership meltdown over climate and energy policy the Victorian government over the weekend went the other way, launching a massive solar panel and hot…
As extreme heat comes our way and threatens to impact on our buildings, it’s time to acknowledge that the quality Australian buildings is not on a par with other parts of the world.
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New York’s large building owners will work to cut their assets’ energy use by an average of 20 per cent by 2030, under a new plan revealed this week by the US Green Building Council’s New York City chapter.
News from the front desk – Issue No 400: It’s four weeks to go before Tomorrowland. Our signature event is a point in time. A time to measure what we won and…
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The sudden departure of Jennifer Cunich, CEO of the Australian Institute of Architects, may or may not have been triggered by a clash of strategies in media presence or advocacy.
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Terry Leckie’s Flow Systems has entered into a partnership with Norsk Hydro and a number of other developers to to redevelop 2000 hectares of land at a former aluminium smelter at Kurri Kurri in NSW’s Hunter Valley.
A joint submission from Cox Architecture and Dutch practice UNStudio has taken out developer Beulah International’s design competition for a $2 billion mixed-use skyscraper on the BMW site at Southbank in Melbourne.
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The physical health box has been ticked by many workplaces, according to Link Coworking owner and Global Coworking Unconference Conference founder Liz Elam.
Sports-mad Sydney developer Peter Magnisalis has lodged a proposal to council to build a $200 million winter sportscentre and 170-plus room hotel in Penrith by 2021 that will be “as close to carbon neutral as possible”.
Home renovation is a booming business in Australia – and you’ve only got to look at the plethora of TV shows and magazines for ways to turn drab to fab.
The physical health box has been ticked by many workplaces, according to Link Coworking owner and Global Coworking Unconference Conference founder Liz Elam.
Comfortable, affordable and low-carbon housing is possible, but according to experts at Wednesday’s National Forum on Low Carbon Housing for Low Income Households, there are multiple challenges that need tackling to get there.
Provide direction for Green Star Certification and development of rating tools Work with Australia’s leading authority on sustainable buildings and communities Fantastic Sydney Barangaroo Location About us The Green…
Simone Concha has left JLL to join the sustainability team at the Western Sydney Airport Corporation (WSA Co).
Cundall is seeking a talented Senior ESD Consultant to join the sustainable design team in their Sydney office and to work on some of the most exciting projects in Australia across a range of sectors.
Cressida Wall will join the Property Council as its new Victorian executive director, commencing 12 September.
After 26 years, energy efficiency heavyweight Dr Paul Bannister has announced he is leaving Energy Action, effective 31 August.
Beverage and food company Lion is hiring a Sydney-based Group Sustainability Manager for a newly created role responsible for developing and setting the company’s sustainability strategy. You will engage teams across all business…
Physicist Dr Cathy Foley has been appointed the chief scientist of the CSIRO, and will begin in the role at the end of September.
Four new faces from the property industry, the community housing sector and the infrastructure financing sector have been appointed as National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) board members.
Marketing executive Sandra Brewer has been appointed executive director of the Western Australian chapter of the Property Council, replacing Lino Iacomella, who has stepped down after 13 years. Meanwhile, the Urban Development Institute of Australia WA’s chief executive Allison Hailes has resigned.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated individual to join the City of Parramatta’s large dedicated place-making team as a Place Manager.
This is an excellent opportunity for a talented, motivated sustainability engineer to join Cundall’s growing team in the Sydney office.
The UK government has been failing on home energy efficiency since 2012, and developers of speculative office buildings manipulate design modelling to achieve their desired results. Both are fixable.
Enova launched a new crowdfunding campaign to help the community-owned energy retail company based in Byron Bay expand into other parts of the country.
While the federal government goes into leadership meltdown over climate and energy policy the Victorian government over the weekend went the other way, launching a massive solar panel and hot…
Some of Australia’s leading property companies have set ambitious targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero or beyond. Will the NEG help or hinder?
The appeal of decentralised energy models is being underestimated in a market where consumers are wary of traditional energy retailers, says LO3 director of public policy Con Van Kemenade.
Businesses are savings a motza by signing renewable power purchase agreements (PPAs), but a new report says these savings could increase by up to another third by implementing demand response measures.
It’s the “golden era” for commercial solar, according to Huon Hoogesteger, founder and managing director of Smart Commercial Solar.
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While the federal government goes into leadership meltdown over climate and energy policy the Victorian government over the weekend went the other way, launching a massive solar panel and hot…
Sports-mad Sydney developer Peter Magnisalis has lodged a proposal to council to build a $200 million winter sportscentre and 170-plus room hotel in Penrith by 2021 that will be “as close to carbon neutral as possible”.
Blockchain energy startup Enosi, established last year with joint founder Solar Analytics, is based on the premise of “helping the little guys succeed against the big guys” and driving the transition to Grid 2.0.
A much-anticipated Senate Inquiry into climate change’s impact on housing, buildings and infrastructure has seen the three major political parties unable to agree on a single recommendation.
More than half (55 per cent) of all professionally managed assets are now being managed as “responsible investments”, according to the latest Australian Responsible Investment Benchmark Report.
Singapore Green Building Council (SGBC) is turning its attention to the general public in order to boost demand for green buildings.
Aside from the ACT, all Australian states and territories are far behind on energy efficiency efforts, according to RMITsenior industry fellow Alan Pears.
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Penrith in Western Sydney is feeling the heat of climate change and the urban heat island effect. But Penrith City Council is already reducing climate change impacts and driving down the carbon emissions that contribute to global warming.
As extreme heat comes our way and threatens to impact on our buildings, it’s time to acknowledge that the quality Australian buildings is not on a par with other parts of the world.
Bringing up the next crop of sustainability warriors is a passion for Sue Nicholls, a teacher at St Andrew’s Kindergarten in Sydney’s Abbotsford.
In 1980, the feminist journal Signs published a visionary essay asking readers to imagine what a non-sexist city would be like.
A much-anticipated Senate Inquiry into climate change’s impact on housing, buildings and infrastructure has seen the three major political parties unable to agree on a single recommendation.
You’d expect a dual-parent family on a median income to be able to put enough healthy food on the table.
Will the three city plan be a win for the sprawlers or a win for the (connected) city region advocates?
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Terry Leckie’s Flow Systems has entered into a partnership with Norsk Hydro and a number of other developers to to redevelop 2000 hectares of land at a former aluminium smelter at Kurri Kurri in NSW’s Hunter Valley.
A joint submission from Cox Architecture and Dutch practice UNStudio has taken out developer Beulah International’s design competition for a $2 billion mixed-use skyscraper on the BMW site at Southbank in Melbourne.
The physical health box has been ticked by many workplaces, according to Link Coworking owner and Global Coworking Unconference Conference founder Liz Elam.
The world must move to net zero emissions by 2050 to avoid the most extreme climate change scenarios, but the property sector is hoping to do more, and more quickly, particularly with notoriously hard to engage tenants.
Combustible aluminium composite cladding will be banned in NSW on the exteriors of multi-storey buildings, including residential buildings and public buildings over two storeys, from tomorrow.
Australia can learn from European and US approaches to ending homelessness through adopting a similar “housing first” approach, according to housing advocate Robert Pradolin.
Marketing executive Sandra Brewer has been appointed executive director of the Western Australian chapter of the Property Council, replacing Lino Iacomella, who has stepped down after 13 years. Meanwhile, the Urban Development Institute of Australia WA’s chief executive Allison Hailes has resigned.
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While workplace diversity and inclusion initiatives are well advanced in some areas, the progress of LGBTIQ+ inclusion hasn’t been quite as linear.
There’s clearly one true Science Based Target, one that comes without the bureaucracy of dealing with another NGO and another set of reporting. One that’s based on science, ethics and understanding probabilities.
News from the front desk – Issue No 400: It’s four weeks to go before Tomorrowland. Our signature event is a point in time. A time to measure what we won and…
Some of Australia’s leading property companies have set ambitious targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero or beyond. Will the NEG help or hinder?
News from the front desk – Issue No 399: We appear to have a gambling problem that extends way beyond poker machine habits and flutters on the fillies. It’s a runaway risk appetite for maintaining things as close to the status quo as possible in the face of the reality of climate change and its impacts on all humans.
Will the three city plan be a win for the sprawlers or a win for the (connected) city region advocates?
Understanding where driverless cars are taking us – in terms of physical safety, governance models and unintended consequences – is still in its infancy. In this article David Wilson, a planning professional part-way through a PhD doctoral thesis on the topic, provides a helicopter view of what’s coming.
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Carolita was hurrying down the path to her apartment when she was intercepted by her neighbour. “Oh! They’ve cut me off for the rest of the month! I went O-D…
Diving into The Long Goodbye, a Quarterly Essay by Anna Krien, means buckling up for a deeply personal, highly analytical and multi-layered tapestry of nature, politics and personalities.
Canberra-based science communicator Stuart McMillen regularly publishes non-fiction comics about social and environmental issues. We have previously featured his work on The Fifth Estate, including his comics Peak Oil, St…
Cartoonist Stuart McMillen recently shared his comic Energy Slaves on The Fifth Estate, which looked at the human power needed to maintain our lifestyles. Now he has written a series of…
Dr Robin Brimblecombe and Dr Kara Rosemeier’s Positive energy homes will not only be valuable for anyone looking to embrace some or all of the principles of Passive House design, construction and technology, it is also a fantastic primer on the fundamental principles of building physics.
For any of us that have felt deep concern about the lack of vision in government, We do things differently is a timely reminder of the power of grassroots innovation to create solutions to some of the world’s big challenges.
Former Cundall principal Alistair Coulstock wants to change the way the top end of town does business in The conscious business – how to achieve purpose with profit. There are…
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While workplace diversity and inclusion initiatives are well advanced in some areas, the progress of LGBTIQ+ inclusion hasn’t been quite as linear.
The UK government has been failing on home energy efficiency since 2012, and developers of speculative office buildings manipulate design modelling to achieve their desired results. Both are fixable.
Enova launched a new crowdfunding campaign to help the community-owned energy retail company based in Byron Bay expand into other parts of the country.
Penrith in Western Sydney is feeling the heat of climate change and the urban heat island effect. But Penrith City Council is already reducing climate change impacts and driving down the carbon emissions that contribute to global warming.
There’s clearly one true Science Based Target, one that comes without the bureaucracy of dealing with another NGO and another set of reporting. One that’s based on science, ethics and understanding probabilities.
While the federal government goes into leadership meltdown over climate and energy policy the Victorian government over the weekend went the other way, launching a massive solar panel and hot…
As extreme heat comes our way and threatens to impact on our buildings, it’s time to acknowledge that the quality Australian buildings is not on a par with other parts of the world.
2
Provide direction for Green Star Certification and development of rating tools Work with Australia’s leading authority on sustainable buildings and communities Fantastic Sydney Barangaroo Location About us The Green…
Simone Concha has left JLL to join the sustainability team at the Western Sydney Airport Corporation (WSA Co).
Cundall is seeking a talented Senior ESD Consultant to join the sustainable design team in their Sydney office and to work on some of the most exciting projects in Australia across a range of sectors.
Cressida Wall will join the Property Council as its new Victorian executive director, commencing 12 September.
After 26 years, energy efficiency heavyweight Dr Paul Bannister has announced he is leaving Energy Action, effective 31 August.
Beverage and food company Lion is hiring a Sydney-based Group Sustainability Manager for a newly created role responsible for developing and setting the company’s sustainability strategy. You will engage teams across all business…
Physicist Dr Cathy Foley has been appointed the chief scientist of the CSIRO, and will begin in the role at the end of September.
Four new faces from the property industry, the community housing sector and the infrastructure financing sector have been appointed as National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) board members.
Marketing executive Sandra Brewer has been appointed executive director of the Western Australian chapter of the Property Council, replacing Lino Iacomella, who has stepped down after 13 years. Meanwhile, the Urban Development Institute of Australia WA’s chief executive Allison Hailes has resigned.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated individual to join the City of Parramatta’s large dedicated place-making team as a Place Manager.
This is an excellent opportunity for a talented, motivated sustainability engineer to join Cundall’s growing team in the Sydney office.
Home renovation is a booming business in Australia – and you’ve only got to look at the plethora of TV shows and magazines for ways to turn drab to fab.
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Phil Wilkinson on Mat Santamouris: time to make buildings heat-safe. Now.
Sounds positive, more positive than what I was reading in the Russian Times about the gas shipments and contracts with Russia
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In a climate that is drying and has a shortage of water, surely it is foolish to consider using pools and water walls as cooling options when other no…
Bernard Rowley on Mat Santamouris: time to make buildings heat-safe. Now.
All the best Cameron. I’ve enjoyed reading your work over the years. Thanks for keeping so many of us up to date!
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