Tip-top efficiency upgrade at meat wholesaler
18 March, 2015 | Supplied by: EnharTip Top Butchers installed a 202 kW solar PV array and 108 high-bay LED lights in 2013 with grant funding support from the Clean Technology Innovation Program (CTIP).
The first 6 Star Green Star public building in WA
16 March, 2015The City of Gosnells' Mills Park community facility, designed by Hodge Collard Preston Architects and AECOM, has become the first public building in Western Australia to achieve a 6 Star Green Star rating.
One Central Park awarded at 'the Oscars of the property world'
16 March, 2015One Central Park, the residential tower complex located at the $2 billion Central Park urban village in Sydney's Chippendale, has been named the Best Innovative Green Building at the 2015 global MIPIM Awards.
The first 6 Star Green Star public building in WA
16 March, 2015
The City of Gosnells' Mills Park community facility, designed by Hodge Collard Preston Architects and AECOM, has become the first public building in Western Australia to achieve a 6 Star Green Star rating.
Infrastructure innovation competition underway for 2015
16 March, 2015Participation in the annual innovation competition Smart Seeds, aimed at young professionals focused on solving challenges in the infrastructure industry, is well and truly underway for 2015.
Australian Ethical membership growing
12 March, 2015Superannuation fund Australian Ethical has released its half-year results to 31 December 2014, revealing a continued upward trend of Australians making the shift to ethical investing.
2015 Ethos Global Community Project Grants launched
12 March, 2015The Ethos Global Foundation has opened its 2015 Community Project Grants, with the aim of supporting new initiatives that promote sustainable development and encourage social and economic improvements for disadvantaged communities.
DesignBUILD 2015 to feature life cycle assessment seminars
12 March, 2015DesignBUILD 2015 will include a series of seminars hosted by the Australian Life Cycle Assessment Society (ALCAS), featuring the latest developments in the fast-growing field of life cycle assessment (LCA) in the built environment.
Creating water savings in Australia's food bowl
10 March, 2015 | Supplied by: GHD Pty LtdAustralia's irrigated agriculture has a vital role to play in meeting the challenges of food security in the context of climate variability and a growing global population. It is crucial to find new ways to use water more efficiently in order to increase food production while protecting the environment in the long term.
'Livewell Yarra' low-carbon initiative launched
06 March, 2015
The first in a series of 'Livewell Clusters', intended to assist community members in reducing their carbon emissions, was launched at the City of Fitzroy Town Hall last night by City of Yarra Mayor Phillip Vlahogiannis.
Energy Action identifies savings for Victorian businesses
06 March, 2015Energy Action has completed the annual Network Tariff Review for its Victorian Gold & Silver Clients and identified $1,769,177 in potential savings across 198 sites.
Businesses urged to prepare for, and adapt to, climate change
06 March, 2015Business experts Dr Martina Linnenluecke and Professor Andrew Griffiths claim that companies are failing to develop the resilience they will need to cope with climate change.
'Livewell Yarra' low-carbon initiative launched
06 March, 2015
The first in a series of 'Livewell Clusters', intended to assist community members in reducing their carbon emissions, was launched at the City of Fitzroy Town Hall last night by City of Yarra Mayor Phillip Vlahogiannis.
CCS collaboration completes key stage
05 March, 2015A collaboration between CO2CRC's Otway Project in Victoria and the Callide Oxyfuel Project in Queensland has come to the end of a key stage, following the latter's completion of the world's first industrial-scale demonstration of oxyfuel combustion and carbon capture.
Supply Chain Sustainability School launched by construction industry
05 March, 2015Australian construction and infrastructure companies have launched the Supply Chain Sustainability School - an online learning forum designed to help the construction sector assess and improve its sustainability and competency across the supply chain.
