Articles tagged with 'sustainability'

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.


Victoria cuts the red tape on environmental assessments

8 February 2010 | The Commonwealth and Victorian governments will streamline environmental assessments in the implementation of the Victorian Government's Delivering Melbourne's newest sustainable communities program.


Boral among the most sustainable companies in the world

8 February 2010 | Boral has been ranked as the 61st most sustainable company in the world in the 2010 Global 100 list, announced at the Davos World Economic Forum on January 27, 2010.


Boral Timber keeps the forestry tick

8 February 2010 | Boral Timber has passed its latest audit to retain its Australian Forestry Standard Chain of Custody certification for its hardwood products.


New York, New York - the green city

1 February 2010 | Susan Kaplan reveals the trials and tribulations of turning New York City into a green city with the Battery Park City Authority.


Caroma helps green Sydney wharf initiative

1 February 2010 | Caroma working with Sydney Theatre Company to help reduce bathroom water consumption as part of the ‘Greening the Wharf’ project.


Green lessons at Green Cities 2010

29 January 2010 | Green Cities 2010 will be used by property and environmental industry leaders to tackle the issue of greenhouse gas production in Australian cities, estimated to account for 70 per cent of the country's greenhouse gas output.


Designs on our future

22 January 2010 | The 3rd International Urban Design Conference is being held from August 30 to September 1, 2010, at the National Convention Centre, Canberra.


DuPont invests in sustainability

20 January 2010 | DuPont has announced an investment of $175 million to complete the multi-phase expansion of its Tedlar PV2001 series oriented film production line.


Abu Dhabi sets its sights on sustainability

19 January 2010 | Abu Dhabi is hosting the World Future Energy Summit between 18 and 21 January - where international experts will examine sustainable solutions to the challenges posed by society's carbon based energy dependence.


Green stars in the eyes of Canberra development

14 January 2010 | The brief for 3,5,7 Molonglo Drive, part of Brindabella Business Park in Canberra, incorporated an objective to achieve a minimum 5 star NABERS and 5 star Green Star rating.


ARBS 2010 to focus on sustainability

12 January 2010 | Registration is now open for the Air Conditioning, Refrigeration and Building Services exhibition, which will run from 12 to 14 April at the Sydney Exhibition and Convention Centre, Darling Harbour.


Woodhead sets new standard in sustainability

18 December 2009 | Woodhead has received the highest score to date awarded to any Australian office interiors project for their design at Fujitsu's Victorian head office.


Parsons Brinckerhoff goes green

15 December 2009 | Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) has officially opened its new Melbourne office at an environmentally-friendly space at Southbank.


Green planning to be fast-tracked

11 December 2009 | Sustainable case managers have been appointed to fast-track well planned and environmentally friendly developments, Queensland's minister for Infrastructure and Planning has announced.


Dyesol takes out sustainability prize

11 December 2009 | Dyesol Limited has won the 2009 Sustainable Small Company of the Year Award for developing technology which when commercialised, will give homeowners and businesses access to cheaper solar energy.


The state of the global construction industry

11 December 2009 | Despite the recent GFC, the construction industry is surprisingly positive about its future prospects, according to KPMG's latest Global Construction Survey.


Streamlining sustainability

02:00 PM | Ian Kiernan has joined Auburn and Parramatta Councils for the launch of Streamline, a sustainable business program designed to reduce water and energy use and minimise waste production in the Camellia and Silverwater areas of the Duck River Catchment.


Sustainable design the key to success for Waterman

10:00 AM | Waterman AHW Consulting Engineers has been named winners at the Annual ACEA 2009 Awards of Excellence held on 4 December.


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