Local government has enormous capability to progress the transition to a low carbon built environment and economy, as the upcoming Cities Power Partnership Summit in Kiama, NSW will showcase.

Talk of Melbourne needing a second desalination plant to meet future demand ignores a much more cost-effective solution – rainwater

Stopping air leakage in buildings is one of the next big wins in the journey to a zero-carbon built environment, according to the Australian Sustainability Built Environment Council (ASBEC).

Hospitals are challenging environments – needing to deliver a high-quality patient experience despite increasing patient presentations, staff often facing change due to new clinical models and facilities typically maintenance heavy in a 24/7 environment.

You don’t get many chances to shape the future of our residential energy rating methods or policy but a CSIRO conference coming up in Melbourne on 28-29 May will provide just that.

It’s a “night of nights” for sustainability in Victoria when the winners of the Victorian Premier’s Sustainability Awards are announced. As the stature of the Awards has grown, so have…

If you want to shift to a zero-carbon built environment and make it as efficient and effective as possible, the first thing you need is a highly engaged collaborative industry.

Among the many presentations on topics relevant to all stakeholders across the built asset space will be Safety in Design.

Data, smart buildings and energy management are three of the mega-trends front of mind in the property sector. However, as Optergy Australasian channel manager Nicholas Heydon explains, while they can be integrated, building systems and building data tend to exist in independent silos.

Smart cities, changing workplace design, new international standards, sustainability and improved waste management are changing the face of the facilities management sector, and how facility managers do their job.

When it comes to sourcing materials for a building project, thinking local can have huge benefits, including sustainability wins, greater transparency around compliance and enhanced financial flexibility.

In just one year Ecosave has surpassed its own growth goals in the vast energy efficiency market unfolding at the upper end of the institutional and manufacturing property portfolios, thanks to fiercely rising prices in the sector.

Sustainability means being a warrior standing up for a better future, according to CitySwitch national program manager Esther Bailey, speaking at this week’s National CitySwitch Awards in Sydney.

The energy space is humming with breakthroughs, new business models and technological innovations – such as the move to negawatts, indicating energy savings, and the exciting advances in hydrogen being used to export wind and solar power.

All-Energy Australia is back for its ninth year, with more than 120 speakers, more than 120 domestic and international exhibitors, and the launch of new program streams, making the event one of the world’s most significant platforms for the clean and renewable energy industry.