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25.01.2022 Beyond concern for preserving such rich heritage, the proposed demolition of the MLC Building in North Sydney poses deep environmental concerns.
25.01.2022 A nearly $800 million home energy saving package was unveiled this week by the Andrews government in a bid to cut power costs and greenhouse gas emissions.
24.01.2022 Electric buses cost $50,000 a year less to run compared with diesel-fuelled buses. It’s a good grounding for the success of a new plant in the NSW Southern Highlands that also promises 2000 new jobs.
23.01.2022 What are the real-world implications for achieving new net zero buildings? How can new buildings be designed to reach net zero performance targets and what effect does this have on cost?
23.01.2022 EXCLUSIVE: Net zero precincts have lots of barriers: complex governance challenges and disincentives among them, a soon-to-be-released federal government report says.
23.01.2022 In Australia, WSP subscribes to the highest level of Reconciliation Action Plan, Elevate.
20.01.2022 It’s time that the National Construction Code and, in NSW, BASIX, be updated to drive the trajectory to net zero energy homes.
19.01.2022 When we look at Green Star, we make sure it is fit for purpose for Australia, but the changes that we have built through Green Star will be influential to other places as well.
18.01.2022 Step right up! And win tickets to our Building Circularity event | The property tax conundrum | Monash's new Passive House showstopper - https://mailchi.mp/thefifthestate.com.au/tfe-194016
18.01.2022 Here’s a plan to put the profit back into solar energy for consumers.
16.01.2022 Our US election recap
15.01.2022 How we tax or don’t tax property will have a big impact on the future lives of the people in our society.
14.01.2022 The approach at Monash University’s latest Passive House building is about embracing rather defending the sun, allowing for a more circadian experience. Passive House is typically about keeping the sun out." https://www.thefifthestate.com.au//monash-universitys-lat/
14.01.2022 Australia, like the US is trying to stick to the coal agenda despite cleaner sources of energy making the fossil fuel irrelevant to our futures.
13.01.2022 Not only is throwing millions at a "gas-led recovery" widely condemned by environmental groups to mitigate climate change and a range of other environmental impacts, but it’s also a lacklustre job creator. https://www.thefifthestate.com.au//jobs-in-gas-is-just-ho/
10.01.2022 Many a beautiful old building has been lost to money-grabbing developers but what happens when heritage stands in the way of sustainable, community-oriented needs-based housing in the inner city? That’s where things get complicated.
09.01.2022 Sales of electric bikes were already booming in Australia. Then Covid hit.
08.01.2022 Until a few years ago, two industrial heritage buildings in the middle of Sydney’s CBD sat unused for 20 years because no developer was brave enough to touch the tricky infill site.
08.01.2022 Sneak peek Jasmax interview for Building Circularity | SA's big new solar rules | Carbon Club book review | Passive House book - https://mailchi.mp/thefifthestate.com.au/tfe-193980
07.01.2022 Are we nearing "peak city"?
07.01.2022 In sunny Queensland, there’s a tendency to side-step key issues that dominate the agenda in other states, such as climate change and sustainable long-term employment. Why?
05.01.2022 You go slower, but you produce new ideas.
05.01.2022 Where do you start with stars? Everyone needs this! One of the highest ratings stories we've ever done. It's an explainer and it's on our great Green List - our response the frequent demands to cover the goods and services that can help people and biz become more sustainable. Check it out!
05.01.2022 The gateway to the Great Barrier Reef, Port Douglas, could soon be home to an all-electric carbon neutral bunker for coral species under threat from climate change.
04.01.2022 Low carbon solutions at the precinct scale tend to be stymied by complex governance arrangements and unfavourable incentive structures, according to an upcoming NSW government report on net zero precincts. https://www.thefifthestate.com.au//unlocking-the-potential
04.01.2022 This week the Victorian Government is finally heeding calls from the housing sector to address the sharp rise in cost of living pressures and energy affordability.
02.01.2022 Almost all councils in the Hunter region one of NSW’s largest coal-producing areas have now made the commitment to move away from coal and gas and towards a cleaner future powered by renewables.
01.01.2022 Wiradjuri leader Brad Draper talks his building startup Aboriginal Sustainable Homes.
01.01.2022 Take a look at all these amazing Passive House projects in Australia. Experience comfort and low bills in style.
01.01.2022 The timing of this destructive act, while all eyes were on the easing of restrictions, is not innocent.
