Articles tagged with 'sustainability'

DesignBuild returns to Perth

25 August 2010 | DesignBuild Commercial will return to Perth November 3-5 this year.


Leighton shows who's on top in the awards stake

29 July 2010 | Leighton Contractors has been recognised for environmental sustainability with three awards in six weeks at its Queensland construction sites and offices.


How can sustainability work at work?

12 July 2010 | According to recent research by the Australian Conservation Foundation, Brisbane is Australia’s third most sustainable city in the ACF’s Sustainable Cities Index.


Greening existing building stock is possible

17 June 2010 | The RMIT Centre for Design is again hosting the Green Building and Design Conference, with this year's theme being: Greening the Existing Building Stock.


Developing for sustainable outcomes

15 June 2010 | Peter Steele says Australia has a lot to learn from overseas models of sustainable developments.


First club in Australia turns to tri-generation

15 June 2010 | Rooty Hill RSL will shortly complete the installation of a tri-generation power plant at a cost of over $4.5 million – a first for any club in Australia.


Green roofs: more than meets the eye

15 June 2010 | Whether a heavier ‘intensive’ roof which is irrigated and with grass, shrubs or plants, or the lighter ‘extensive’ variety with thinner covering and lower maintenance, the fundamentals are the same. Deborah Singerman reports.


A green eagle rises from the ground

21 May 2010 | One One One Eagle Street has achieved a 6 star Green Star design rating, making it world leading in sustainable design.


Modular wall and ceiling panels added to ecospecifier

13 May 2010 | Several new products have been added to the ecospecifier database.


A library becomes a light space in fjmt's hands

5 May 2010 | The Surry Hills Library and Community Centre designed by Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp (fjmt) has been awarded second place in the 2010 prestigious international award for sustainable architecture.


Sustainable sealants go for gold

15 April 2010 | Green is the new gold, and the trend for all things sustainable means no stone is left unturned in the fight to be the greenest kid on the block. Lena Zak reports on some of the sustainable adhesives and sealants on the market.


Australian Living presents the key to designing sustainable homes

14 April 2010 | Australian Living has developed a seminar series called the 'Five Keys to a Sustainable Home', which provides an educational insight into designing a high performing sustainable home.


Melbourne buildings to undergo green retrofits

31 March 2010 | The City of Melbourne and the State Government aim to retrofit over two-thirds of Melbourne’s commercial buildings, the largest transformation the city has seen in 160 years.


First club in Australia turns to tri-generation

29 March 2010 | Rooty Hill RSL will shortly complete the installation of a tri-generation power plant at a cost of over $4.5 million - a first for any club in Australia.


Australian developer in global top 100 sustainable companies

25 March 2010 | Stockland has been named one of the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World at the 2010 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.


Australian and Hong Kong green building councils collaborate

17 March 2010 | A Memorandum of Understanding between the Australian and Hong Kong green building councils will accelerate the universal adoption of sustainable building practices.


Educate yourself on greening homes

12 March 2010 | The City of Sydney is holding a series of free presentations by environmental experts.


Design for a climate changed world

11 March 2010 | The 2010 Building Designers National Conference will be held at the Twin Waters Resort on the Sunshine Coast from May 6-9.


Landcom launches sustainable products website

8 March 2010 | Landcom is seeking registrations of interest from manufacturers and distributors of innovative building products to showcase their details on its ecolivingdisplayhomes.com.au website.


Glass makes sustainability crystal clear at Caulfield home

1 March 2010 | When Melbourne-based Bower Architecture was commissioned to design a Caulfield home, it quickly became apparent that glass was going to play an integral role.


First residential pool to use Envirocrete

1 March 2010 | Together with Boral and Prime Design Pools, Australian Living is constructing the first residential swimming pools to use Envirocrete, Boral’s green concrete.


Affordable sustainability

1 March 2010 | What exactly do we mean by 'sustainable,' 'affordable' and 'cost effective'? Warren McLaren ponders one of the great sustainability conundrums.


Wood has warm reception at Winter Olympics

25 February 2010 | The Richmond Olympic Oval, the speed skating venue at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games, is demonstrating the benefits of building with wood and has taken out a number of major international architectural and engineering awards.


Papyrus praised as a wise investment

22 February 2010 | Papyrus Australia, developer of a technology that converts the waste trunk of the banana palm into alternatives to forest wood products, was recently awarded the Investor Ready Award by South Australia's Top 20 Innovation Awards.


New framework to guide sustainable cities

22 February 2010 | The Green Building Council of Australia has released a new national framework for sustainable communities at the opening of the Green Cities 2010 conference.


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