Our pick of the jobs this week
Our pick of the jobs this week
Poppy Johnston
On why you don’t want to look back (and end up like Lot’s wife)
Ye gods what’s going on with the Feds? Down the rabbit hole they go again.
Forget sustainability and trust, you will get that in a box for “free” from Google’s Sidewalk Labs
This is the sort of headline that should be at the top of any minister’s inbox who has responsibility for overseeing Australia’s future in a rapidly changing construction world.
Queensland health sector takes revolutionary stance on climate change
The Queensland government has just released the latest in a series of sectoral climate change adaptation plans, this time covering the health and wellbeing sectors.
Fremantle brings key players together to showcase a green built future
City of Fremantle is achieving what is believed to be a first for Sustainable House Day (SHD), with all three tiers of government and the private sector coming together to showcase pathways towards a greener built environment next weekend.
Tomorrowland 2018: Is a better future right in front of us?
Clues for a more sustainable future are littered throughout our history, nature, and in our relationships with one another.
Andrews government backs Vic’s largest virtual power plant
The Andrews government’s microgrid experiment continues, with Origin Energy set to receive $4.5 million to build what the government claims will be Victoria’s largest virtual power plant (VPP).
Sustainability jobs stay strong while resources sector is set to apply pressure again
Australia’s infrastructure boom continues to ramp up demand for engineers and other construction-related jobs with signs that the resources sector is again on the move and will soon put pressure on the construction sector.
Australia is one of the world’s best green bonds performers
Canberra’s ongoing climate and energy policy shenanigans have not stopped Australia emerging as “an example of world’s best practice” in developing a home-grown green bond market.
Tomorrowland 2018: Green fortification the way forward
Turning the tables on traditional engineering in favour of deploying green fortification to battle climate change will be one of the key areas of focus during a Tomorrowland presentation by Griffith University’s Cheryl Desha.
Victoria announces first microgrid consortium
A partnership between RMIT researchers, Moreland Energy Foundation, renewable energy services business, Ovida, and solar retailer Allume Energy has won a $980,000 grant from the Victorian government towards a trial of microgrids for multi-tenanted buildings.
Win 1 of 3 free tickets to Tomorrowland 2018 with your best questions
What are you burning to ask the leaders designing and delivering our urban future? Your best questions could win you three tickets to Tomorrowland 2018.
How the financial markets make and break housing affordability (not supply)
In what I regard as a timely real world experiment to test theories of what causes land values to inflate or deflate, house-prices have softened in most Australian capital cities in 2018.
Cities in, renewables out – Morrison’s new ministry
Prime minister Scott Morrison’s ministerial appointments reveal a lot about the “new generation” Coalition government.
The future of buildings: product to process
Why should we care about the future of buildings? This question was posed last week by Dr Mathew Aitchison, Professor in Architecture and lead for the University of Sydney’s Innovation and Applied Design Lab at August’s Sydney Ideas – The Future of Building.
Canberra falls to the right and it’s all about climate again (but maybe no longer denial)
The people on the hard right trying to seize our government may not be climate deniers but climate believers who want to control the hatch.
Putting the brakes on Australia’s escalating solar panel waste issue
What do you do with your solar panels when they are past their use by date? In the case of the Victorian Government you commission a study to find the best solution.
Tomorrowland 2018 Keynote: Jefa Greenaway on how to shine a light on Indigenous influence
Leading Indigenous architect and academic Jefa Greenaway has a strong message he hopes Tomorrowland attendees will take away: how Indigenous knowledge can inform the conversation about shaping spaces, places, towns and cities.
Why workplaces should care about LGBTIQ+ inclusion
While workplace diversity and inclusion initiatives are well advanced in some areas, the progress of LGBTIQ+ inclusion hasn’t been quite as linear.
Green Building Council of Australia: Technical Specialist – Sydney
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 Building Council of Australia (GBCA) was established in 2002 and is the nation’s authority on sustainable buildings and communities. Our purpose is to lead the […]
Cities adapting to climate change: Penrith plans ahead to beat the heat
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.
Beware Science Based Targets, they may not be enough
Science Based Targets are being promoted as a clever way to help business set greenhouse gas emission reductions targets that fit with the science of climate change and the commitment to keep global warming to below two degrees Celsius, driving ambitious corporate climate action.
Flow Systems looks to demonstrate the future of communities
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.
Blockchain energy start-up Enosi in growth mode as part of its disruption strategy
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.
How far have we come since the ’80s vision of the ‘non-sexist city’?
In 1980, the feminist journal Signs published a visionary essay asking readers to imagine what a non-sexist city would be like.
Leaked NEG report shows how much Australians could save on power
Australian household could save around $150 a year on their power bills under the NEG according to figures in a report leaked ahead of the its official release.
REST super fund faces legal action for silence on climate change
IN BRIEF : REST super fund is facing legal action from a 23-year old Queenslander for not providing any information on how it would mitigate climate change. Super funds are legally required to disclose information for members to make decisions about their investments. However, its unknown if these laws cover strategies to deal with climate […]
Poo-powered planes could be the future of aviation
A sewage byproduct could soon be converted into renewable jet fuel to make air travel a more sustainable mode of transport in the future.
Integral Group growing strongly
Andrew Mather’s Integral Group Sydney Australia has been in operation for just under a year and already it’s grown to 14 strong.
Suburb “Cool Scores” key to solving Sydney’s heatwave woes
Relief from the blistering summer heat has been flagged as a top priority in a new plan aimed at shoring up Sydney’s resilience to a range of threats such as climate change, congestion and housing affordability.