New recommendations to build NSW schools to passive house standards could see students breathing cleaner air.

New Zealand is dragging the chain on sustainability for office buildings. But all that could be about to change if a new government mandate goes ahead.

Brookfield’s and Cbus Property’s office portfolios have emerged as the equal best performing on energy efficiency in 2018 according to a new report that shows portfolio-wide NABERS ratings for 11 major property companies.

A scheme to create an investment grade rating that reflects buildings’ “performance in use” based on the Australian NABERS scheme is in development in the UK and hopes to bridge the “performance gap” between design and actual performance of office buildings. But a new report shows the UK lags 15 years behind Australia.

NABERS, the NSW born and nurtured environmental rating scheme that’s become the gold standard for green buildings in Australia will soon be launched in the UK, under the guidance of one of its original architects Dr Paul Bannister.

NABERS has a new vision for the future, with its new five-year strategy going live last week. A few experts offered their thoughts on the journey of the national rating tool so far and what they hope to see going forward.

The sustainability goals and standards for our built environment are changing. Fast.

Start to measure something and improvement becomes inevitable. The metrics become a basis for engagement with stakeholders and the wider community.  

A consultancy focused on environmental product disclosure is searching for new staff in Sydney and there’s a good reason for that.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has created an important new web portal to make innovative technical and market information available to energy and construction professionals.

Last week’s Spinifex calling for Passive House to become a new standard for the National Construction Code certainly struck a nerve.

Investa claims it is the first property company in Australian to achieve an approved real estate Science Based Target.

NABERS has big plans for the next five years according to the 2019-2023 draft strategic plan released on Tuesday.

NABERS ratings have been phenomenally successful for offices: they’ve penetrated 80 per cent of the office space market and saved a mountain in energy costs for landlords. Now there’s a…