When Texan lawyers go outback to spruik renewables
Three Australian organisations paid a combined $30,000 to fly a delegation of Texan energy lawyers to regional Queensland, to educate landholders and local councils on the economic and long-term potential of wind and solar energy, according to a report by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Led ...
This is a lightly edited transcript of Michael Liebreich’s speech at the Press Club on Tuesday on predicting that the Middle East crisis could provoke years of turbulence, sparking a second coming of “the great clean energy acceleration”.
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PROJECT FILES: Call us crazy, but in our design for Sydney based school Newington College’s Eungai Creek Campus on the New South Wales mid-north coast, we set ourselves a target to use no concrete, aluminium, tiles, plastic, plasterboard, paint or laminate.
These materials, although ubiquitous in our industry, are the very definition of either ...
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Australia’s transition to net zero is commonly discussed in terms of renewable energy supply — solar farms, wind turbines, hydro systems, and batteries. While these are essential, one of the most effective and immediate solutions lies in the demand ...
The central question of the Olympics in Australia remains: for whom is the city being built? Mega events such as the Olympic Games are far more than a sports gathering; it is a domestic game in which different agents struggle for the rights to the city before the international games even start.
Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to ...
Federal government flags new kit homes investment
Federal Housing Minister Clare O’Neil has announced a $39.3 million investment into expanding the open-source flat-pack style “kit of parts” housing system developed by Building 4.0 Cooperative Research Centre and Homes NSW, known as System 600.
O’Neil said rather than designing everything ...
There are many great things that came out of the Passive House debate on Tuesday night, now doing the heated rounds on social media. But among them was the dramatic lift in knowledge about this typology that has raised the temperature of debate around the ideal building systems in this country.
We say that because of the vote we took on audience ...
“We have a unique window of opportunity.”
That was a key finding from the first annual Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction, published in 2016 by UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) and GABC (Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction).
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The Living Company is about to seriously ramp up its sustainability ambitions following the conversion of a $2 billion finance facility into a sustainability linked loan (SLL).
The company, which specialises in student accommodation through Scape, rebranded as The Living Company following the acquisition of Aveo and its 65 retirement villages across ...
RMIT’s new institute
RMIT’s new Regenerative Futures Institute (RFI) has been designed to combat worsening social and environmental pressures and address the growing demand for expertise in electrification, climate technology, circular systems, and ethical business models. The institute said the initiative will break down academic silos, close skills ...
None of the methods needed to transform the energy efficiency and comfort of our homes is radical, but together, the result would be transformative.
Autumn is the season that reveals how homes actually perform.
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Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask ...
When Texan lawyers go outback to spruik renewables
Three Australian organisations paid a combined $30,000 to fly a delegation of Texan energy lawyers to regional Queensland, to educate landholders and local councils on the economic and long-term potential of wind and solar energy, according to a report by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Led ...
This is a lightly edited transcript of Michael Liebreich’s speech at the Press Club on Tuesday on predicting that the Middle East crisis could provoke years of turbulence, sparking a second coming of “the great clean energy acceleration”.
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Many thanks for that introduction. I would like to add ...
PROJECT FILES: Call us crazy, but in our design for Sydney based school Newington College’s Eungai Creek Campus on the New South Wales mid-north coast, we set ourselves a target to use no concrete, aluminium, tiles, plastic, plasterboard, paint or laminate.
These materials, although ubiquitous in our industry, are the very definition of either ...
Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask for a detailed brief.
Australia’s transition to net zero is commonly discussed in terms of renewable energy supply — solar farms, wind turbines, hydro systems, and batteries. While these are essential, one of the most effective and immediate solutions lies in the demand ...
The central question of the Olympics in Australia remains: for whom is the city being built? Mega events such as the Olympic Games are far more than a sports gathering; it is a domestic game in which different agents struggle for the rights to the city before the international games even start.
Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to ...
Federal government flags new kit homes investment
Federal Housing Minister Clare O’Neil has announced a $39.3 million investment into expanding the open-source flat-pack style “kit of parts” housing system developed by Building 4.0 Cooperative Research Centre and Homes NSW, known as System 600.
O’Neil said rather than designing everything ...
There are many great things that came out of the Passive House debate on Tuesday night, now doing the heated rounds on social media. But among them was the dramatic lift in knowledge about this typology that has raised the temperature of debate around the ideal building systems in this country.
We say that because of the vote we took on audience ...
“We have a unique window of opportunity.”
That was a key finding from the first annual Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction, published in 2016 by UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) and GABC (Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction).
Sign up for our free newsletter.
Spinifex is an opinion column. ...
The Living Company is about to seriously ramp up its sustainability ambitions following the conversion of a $2 billion finance facility into a sustainability linked loan (SLL).
The company, which specialises in student accommodation through Scape, rebranded as The Living Company following the acquisition of Aveo and its 65 retirement villages across ...
RMIT’s new institute
RMIT’s new Regenerative Futures Institute (RFI) has been designed to combat worsening social and environmental pressures and address the growing demand for expertise in electrification, climate technology, circular systems, and ethical business models. The institute said the initiative will break down academic silos, close skills ...
None of the methods needed to transform the energy efficiency and comfort of our homes is radical, but together, the result would be transformative.
Autumn is the season that reveals how homes actually perform.
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Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask ...
