Europe is shooting for Nearly Zero Energy Buildings; leaving Oz behind John Moynihan, Ecolateral The European Union has mandated that all new buildings be NZEBs from the 31st of December 2020. But look at how Aussie’s energy consumption compares. Here’s a hint: not good.
What Australia can learn from Singapore about designing our cities to reduce urban heat Dr Mittul Vahanvati, RMIT; Dr Adriana Keating, Centre for Urban Research; Helen Cheng The urban heat island effect impacts people (especially the most vulnerable), buildings, transport operation and infrastructure, energy demand, the economy and trees and animals’ health.
Rooftop urban farm revealed at Frasers’ Living Building Challenge retail site Cameron Jewell | 8 February 2018 The Burwood Brickworks retail centre, designed to be the world’s most sustainable shopping centre, has revealed it will house a 2000-square-metre urban farm and restaurant on its roof.
One billion cockroaches coming soon to an urban farm near you David Thorpe | 3 September 2019 Cockroaches are part of the vertical farming revolution, a solution to feeding the planet without trashing it.
