Sustainable places need sustainable brands, sustainable brands need sustainable places Sergio Brodsky – Brand City There is a symbiotic relationship between a place’s brand and the commercial brands within its boundaries.
Save Our Suburbs rejects Posh Sydney label Tony Recsei, Save our Suburbs OPINION: Philip Bull’s article “Posh Sydney says No to density” incorporates an inaccurate, emotive attack on me that requires a response.
Property owners ready to do more – so what’s the hold up? Tina Perinotto | 18 June 2019 Property owners are ready to do more with sustainability, from expanding the CBD disclosure program to sectors outside of offices to carbon positive buildings. Behind them is a tsunami of…
Solar gardens can make energy transition more equitable when 40 per cent of households are locked out Poppy Johnston | 18 June 2019 Offsite solar gardens are offering some hope for renters and other parties locked out of the rooftop solar market.
Sydney Opera House has star ambitions with renewable energy PPA and sustainability Poppy Johnston | 6 June 2019 The Sydney Opera House might have “sustainability in its DNA” but there is still a huge energy bill to take care of every year. Now with a new power purchase agreement that energy bill will be both stabilised and renewable. And that’s just the start of its new sustainability profile.
Sunshine Plaza’s time in the sun Georgia Roach | 23 May 2019 Sunshine Plaza in Melbourne’s west has completed a large rooftop solar array that will not only lower carbon emissions but also shield tenants from rising electricity prices.
Revealed: the EU’s Cold War-era energy treaty that’s a gold mine for fossil fuel companies David Thorpe | 21 May 2019 A treaty established in the 1990s after the end of the Cold War to protect Western Europe’s fossil fuel industry expansion into the former Soviet Union countries has now become a goldmine for fossil fuel companies as well as lawyers and investors with vested interests in holding back the zero carbon revolution.
Alloys, lignin and gravity – energy storage is getting interesting Willow Aliento – Oxygen Files | 16 May 2019 Lithium batteries made headlines again recently for all the wrong reasons when the battery on a Sydney woman’s e-bike exploded and burned the house down. This of course set off…
Regis Aged Care joins solar and LED boom Poppy Johnston | 16 May 2019 With an ageing population, it’s good news that more of the major aged care providers are starting to take sustainability seriously.
South Australia’s SIMEC Energy Australia in growth mode Poppy Johnston | 9 May 2019 UPDATED: British billionaire Sanjeev Gupta’s South Australian interests show no sign of slowing with programs ranging from renewable energy for his company SIMEC’S mining and Liberty OneSteel’s operations, huge solar…
Target zero emissions and fair accounting for renewable energy Bruce Precious, Six Capitals Consulting | 9 May 2019 CONTRIBUTOR: Switching to 100 per cent renewable electricity is the single biggest step most organisations can take towards achieving zero emissions. Renewable electricity can either be generated on-site or delivered…
Why GreenPower may not be giving you what you pay for Alexander Stathakis, Conversio | 24 April 2019 Companies purchasing GreenPower renewable energy certificates may not be as green as they’d like to think.
Thinking about starting a microgrid? They’re not all the same David Thorpe | 9 April 2019 The announcement that ABB and Rolls-Royce have formed a global partnership to develop microgrids is an opportunity to put this topic under the microscope. The Fifth Estate discovers that the…
Why the Port Augusta solar thermal power station couldn’t nail down finance Willow Aliento | 9 April 2019 The energy policy chaos claimed another victim last week, with SolarReserve’s solar thermal power station in Port Augusta set to be scrapped after failing to achieve financing.
Meet Bloomberg NEF’s new energy pioneers David Thorpe | 26 March 2019 Innovations in AI, IoT and cybersecurity to make electricity systems and industrial processes more efficient, flexible, clean and secure dominated Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s summit in New York.
WA opens door for sustainability retrofits under new strata law reforms Poppy Johnston | 14 March 2019 It’s now far easier to install sustainability features such as solar panels on the roofs of apartment blocks in Western Australia thanks to recent changes to the state’s strata laws.
What solar rebates are worth and who’s offering what Poppy Johnston | 14 March 2019 SOLAR ENERGY REBATES REPORT: Politicians are latching on to the vote-winning potential of incentives for solar energy. So what’s on offer now in NSW and federally, and what’s the state of play in the solar market? We talk to Adelaide based solar expert and founder of SolarQuotes, Finn Peacock.
