How to make Australia’s growing urban fringes smart Ben Cowling, Civica Australia’s more established communities are using technology to become smarter and more efficient. But smart infrastructure is largely out of reach for fast-growing suburbs that are struggling to provide the basic services. Harnessing data that already exists could be one solution for these new communities.
On why Mobbs is just part of the chain reaction The Fifth Estate - our view News from the front desk 455: Michael Mobbs, one of Sydney’s most established sustainability gurus looks like he’s thrown in the towel on hope. He might not be throwing himself down on the streets as the Extinction Rebellion (XR) protesters are, but what he is doing could be more subversive. 8
Jobs news: BVN; Department of the Environment and Energy; Arcadis The Fifth Estate | 1 October 2019 BVN principal Abbie Galvin is the new NSW Government Architect – marking the first time a woman has held the position since it was created more than 200 years ago.…
Sydney Science Park positioning itself to be a sustainable urban idyll Wendy Frew | 1 October 2019 Some clever thinking and a lot of collaboration on a new development in Sydney’s western suburbs could be just the ticket for a model “science city” that is a great place to live and work.
2019 Smart City Awards for a better Sydney Georgia Roach | 24 September 2019 Urban wheelchair tracking technology, Transport for NSW’s Opal card system and a customisable strata app were among the winners this year’s Smart City Awards.
A cities deal could do so much to cool the Central City Adam Leto, Western Sydney Leadership Dialogue | 17 September 2019 With winter out of the way and warmer conditions now upon us, it won’t be long before waves of Sydneysiders start flocking to our city’s beaches. This is especially the…
Hospital beds to book shelves: Designing the new Marrickville Library Poppy Johnston | 12 September 2019 You might not have picked it but an old hospital actually makes for a great library. The new Marrickville Library in the inner west of Sydney combines the old with the new in a way that leverages the best of existing assets while meeting the vast and varied needs of modern library-goers.
Rolling the dice on planning at Star casino and its giant proposal Mike Brown | 10 September 2019 The scale of Star City’s proposed hotel and apartment tower has ignited opposition, but why is nobody talking about what’s really going on? Here’s a look at how manipulating planning rules can create massive uplift in value – for private hands at almost no cost. Like money out of thin air in fact…
Chris Johnson moves on from NSW Urban Taskforce Tina Perinotto | 5 September 2019 One thing you can say about Chris Johnson as head of the NSW Urban Task Force is that he knows how to work with media. Love or loathe his messages on behalf of the lobby group’s members, you certainly got to know what they were.
NAWIC NSW Awards for Excellence 2019 Georgia Roach | 5 September 2019 Among the winners were Madeleine Blanchfield for her disappearing Kangaroo Valley Outhouse design, and Brooke Emmett of Fulton Hogan for her impressive project leadership of the Newell Highway upgrade in far northern NSW.
JLL cracks the shopping centre waste conundrum, starting in Sydney’s inner west Poppy Johnston | 22 August 2019 The staggering amounts of waste generated by food courts and other shopping centres tenants is no longer going unnoticed. One shopping centre operator in Sydney thinks it’s now got the answer. How about a machine that weighs your waste?
UTS’s plastic free food court might just be a world first Georgia Roach | 20 August 2019 The University of Technology Sydney’s newest food court has opened for business without a single piece of plastic on the menu.
The City of Sydney has 20 reasons to support women as climate leaders Georgia Roach | 14 August 2019 The City of Sydney has paired 20 emerging climate leaders with 20 established climate leaders in the country’s first iteration of the Women4Climate mentoring program.
We’re going to miss David Chandler Tina Perinotto | 13 August 2019 The Daily Tele was shocked at how David Chandler’s articles in The Fifth Estate have been so critical of the government but he still gets the gig as building commissioner.
Central Park wins top sustainability prize in UDIA NSW awards Georgia Roach | 8 August 2019 Sydney’s Central Park precinct took out a number of awards at this year’s UDIA NSW Crown Group Awards for Excellence, announced late last week.
