Many Australians still equate prefabricated construction with mass-produced, characterless houses that are not built to last. But one of Japan’s biggest builders of prefab homes has been in Australia for…

While the recent Avdiev Remuneration Report pointed to some minor spot clouds around for salaries in the property sector, you’d expect professionals in the residential sector, architects in particular, to feel a tad more vulnerable than most.

Sekisui House and Flow Systems have teamed up to provide an embedded energy and gas network for residents at “The Orchards” at Norwest in Sydney.

The interplay between sustainability and smart-home technology looks like it’s starting to sell homes.

UK National House Building Council report pictures the type of houses that Britons are expected to be living in the future. To what extent is this fantasy?

For Forza Capital director Adam Murchie, the sustainability focus of the near-complete $85 million Supply Co apartment complex in Richmond is not just about “enviro stuff”.

Rebecca Dracup from Wood and Grieve Engineers spent a night in UKO Stanmore – Sydney’s newest co-living space – this is what she found

The World Green Building Council has issued a call to action during this month’s Green Building Week to fast track the energy efficiency linked mortgage market, after the results came in from a pilot scheme for homeowners in the sector.

A Passive House in Toorak that the client wanted built in Mt Gambier Limestone was an interesting challenge for John Wardle Architects

An urban district development in London by Lendlease has been stirring controversy for years. Here’s an update.

Huge savings in energy are available from Passivhaus design, and the cost premium is generally as low as 0-3 per cent in Australia. So what’s stopping a full scale transition?…

The full spectrum of low-impact, low-carbon homes – everything from new builds through to eco-upgrades to existing dwellings – will be on show this Sunday for the Alternative Technology Association’s nation-wide Sustainable House Day event.

Victoria’s new tenancy reforms have passed both houses of Parliament and sustainability advocates say this has established the pathway for better energy standards for rental properties, potentially through mandatory disclosure of standards.

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.

Energy poverty is a big problem in Australia, with low income households typically living in lower quality housing with poor insulation, heating and cooling.