Green building at grassroots level with new local government task group
05 May, 2010The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) has established a new task group to encourage local councils to accelerate the green building agenda.
Climate change adaptation resource
28 April, 2010Resilient and durable infrastructure is predicated on its designers and managers having a solid understanding of the conditions that it will face over its useful life, which is typically from 20 to over 100 years.
New Credit encourages best practice PVC production in Australia
20 April, 2010A new Green Star PVC Credit has been introduced into all Green Star rating tools, following an extensive 18-month review.
Fifth Eco Expo Asia to take place in November
20 April, 2010'Business Solutions to Climate Change' will be the theme of Eco Expo Asia 2010 International Trade Fair on environmental protection, which will take place 3-6 November at AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong.
Hybrid cars heralded as the decade’s top global engineering feat
15 April, 2010Australians have identified hybrid cars as the most important global engineering feat of the last decade.
Council climate change alliance to transform Melbourne's northern suburbs
13 April, 2010A local government alliance across Melbourne’s northern suburbs has launched a strategic blueprint - the first of its kind in Australia - for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2020.
The link between sustainability and business performance
26 March, 2010 by David Trewin*, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSWThere’s been an exciting shift in sustainability in the past five years - businesses have realised there’s no disconnect between good environmental management and business performance. We help these businesses integrate environmental and other business activities to reap productivity increases and reduced costs - all the while improving our sustainability.
First scheme recognised under new green star assessment framework
23 March, 2010The Carpet Institute of Australia’s Environmental Certification Scheme (ECS) is the first to be recognised under the Green Building Council of Australia’s (GBCA’s) Assessment Framework for Product Certification Schemes.
$20,000 to encourage Australian university students’ innovation in broadband and environment
19 March, 2010Alcatel-Lucent will again sponsor the Alcatel-Lucent Australia Broadband Challenge for the Sustainable Environment, alongside the Telecommunications Society of Australia.
Green Star - Communities to address sustainable urban planning challenges
15 March, 2010The Australian government’s new State of Australian Cities 2010 report will support the property and construction sector’s drive to sustainability, says the nation’s leading green building group.
$6m to keep Victoria beautiful and litter free
15 March, 2010Premier John Brumby has announced a $6m litter package that will help reduce litter across Victoria by 25% within the next five years.
NZ revised acoustics Standard published for wind farm noise
01 March, 2010Standards New Zealand has published NZS 6808:2010 Acoustics - Wind farm noise. The revised and improved Standard recommends limits on wind farm noise.
New approach for building rating tools
26 February, 2010A new agreement between Australia’s two leading environmental rating tools for buildings - Green Star and NABERS - will deliver a more consistent and compatible approach to building rating.
Evolving to low-energy buildings at ARBS 2010
19 February, 2010The 2010 Air Conditioning, Refrigeration and Building Services exhibition (ARBS 2010) has opened online registrations and will welcome visitors between 12-14 April at the Sydney Exhibition and Convention Centre, Darling Harbour.
Three companies star in campaign to curb business energy waste
04 February, 2010Three New Zealand businesses are to showcase their energy efficiency on national TV, with the start of a campaign promoting the benefits of energy management.
