When NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler first took on his challenging assignment to reform the construction sector, he said that at least part of the answer lay in technology and…

More new homes spring up every year, and for an ever-growing number of people, these homes are apartments.

British construction companies are in confusion about working guidelines, amidst layoffs and difficulties in accessing the government loan scheme. Warning bells for Oz?

Beyond Zero Emission waved goodbye to its chief executive officer, Vanessa Petrie, last month. Ms Petrie, a sustainability practitioner with a background in environmental engineering, led the think tank for…

Sydney based developer Romeciti has agreed to pay more than $40 million to buy a second site for its “Green and Smart” residential project offering at Macquarie Park, 28 kilometres north west of Sydney. The deal follows  lengthy negotiations with the owners of 36 strata title units to amalgamate the site.

A more sustainable National Arboretum The best way to learn about Australia’s beautiful environment is to experience it up close and personal. Canberra is looking for a design consultant to…

A letter to friends and colleagues within the sustainable built environment community.

Times are changing fast and it’s important to check in on each other. Good time to take a pulse of the market.

What happens to energy efficiency when people desert the CBDs because of the COVID-19 pandemic to work from home, and then send energy consumption through the roof with their domestic consumption?

Pay rises in the property industry have not yet taken a hit from the coronavirus pandemic, but future remuneration increases are likely be “modest” as the “year of the virus” unfolds, according to Avdiev’s latest remuneration report.

For Development Victoria’s new sustainability manager Samantha Peart, there are big opportunities to reset and improve best practice sustainability in the development sector, especially in the wake of the current pandemic.

Michael Sorkin, an architect and pioneer in sustainable urban design, died last Thursday due to complications from the coronavirus. He was 71.

What do you get for $2.5 million in Sydney? The NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment has been throwing this sort of money at Sydney councils to do some strategic planning, and is just about to learn how poor value-for-money Sydney can be.

At the Westmead Hospital Redevelopment project Multiplex Construction’s innovative Connectivity Centres created 129 new jobs for the long-term unemployed, including 102 Indigenous people and 10 refugees.

When people think about the benefits of green buildings, low energy bills usually springs to mind.