Driving a sustainable culture in infrastructure
01 March, 2010 by Doug Harland*, CEO of AGIC
Significant infrastructure projects in Australia are being developed with a focus on short-term goals. I believe we need to develop a culture of sustainability within the industry to ensure projects are designed and built with long-term operation in mind.
NZ revised acoustics Standard published for wind farm noise
01 March, 2010
Standards New Zealand has published NZS 6808:2010 Acoustics - Wind farm noise. The revised and improved Standard recommends limits on wind farm noise.
Changes to RET scheme
01 March, 2010
The federal government announced last week that it will be dividing its Renewable Energy Target scheme into two parts: the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) and the Large-scale Renewable Energy Target (LRET).
Way forward needed on climate change policy
26 February, 2010
A statement from Heather Ridout, Chief Executive Australian Industry (Ai) Group, on the future of climate change policy and international negotiations.
Education is the key to environmental solutions
26 February, 2010
SITA Environmental Solutions opened its Elizabeth Drive Education Centre on 22 February.
New approach for building rating tools
26 February, 2010
A 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.
Green jobs in Australia: what are we talking about?
24 February, 2010 by RMIT University, Australia
Everyone is talking about ‘green jobs’, but just what do we mean by green jobs?
Letting the bugs out
24 February, 2010 | Supplied by: AusIndustry
Farmers and growers around Australia are increasingly using bugs to reduce pest problems and increase efficiencies.
Dynamic engineering for sustainability
24 February, 2010 | Supplied by: CH2M Hill
Nestled beside Abu Dhabi International Airport, a sustainable city is emerging from the sand that will rely entirely on renewable energy. Masdar, in the United Arab Emirates, is a carbon-neutral community development that is also planning to ban cars in the city, eliminate waste, and recycle and re-use water as much as possible.
Steel credit revision to drive best practice steel production
23 February, 2010
The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) has released the draft of a revised Green Star Steel Credit which aims to drive best practice steel production and fabrication, and encourage dematerialisation of steel in structural applications in Australia.
Swift action needed to save recycling jobs
23 February, 2010
Environment Victoria has called on the state government and the Opposition to stop treating the recycling industry as a political football and work together to support Victoria’s struggling recycling industry.
Evolving to low-energy buildings at ARBS 2010
19 February, 2010
The 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.
World Environment Day awards 2010 call for nominations
18 February, 2010
Nominations for the 2010 United Nations Association of Australia World Environment Day Awards are now open nationally.
Comparing carbon policies made easy
10 February, 2010
As major debate now envelops Federal Parliament on climate change and how Australia will respond to the threat, a Charles Sturt University expert on climate change policy has developed a simple comparison between the two policies.
Standard for the production and use of waste-derived fill
10 February, 2010
The SA Environment Protection Authority's Standard for the production and use of waste-derived fill has been finalised after extensive consultation with the waste industry.
