We published an ebook today on an exciting and emerging new industry, social procurement in construction. Most of our readers would know that’s about investing a small portion of big government infrastructure contracts in people and businesses who need the support.
The notion itself is not new – the concept of helping people worse off than ourselves ...
Under the recently published NSW Waste and Circular Economy Infrastructure Plan, the government will establish an advisory committee to guide the strategy’s implementation.
The industry has long requested this repeatedly. As described in my last article the reason is simple: neither the NSW government nor the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has ...
Recent media reporting on the limited public transport coverage in Mount Druitt suburbs and on high-speed rail (HSR) options for the Sydney to Newcastle corridor raises important micro and macro issues about where to go next in planning Greater Sydney.
Nearly eight years on since the last (2018) Greater Sydney Regional Plan (GSRP) – A Metropolis of ...
How to build a better world podcast: John King reckons he’s found the recipe for sustainability success and profits, and it’s wrapped up in solutions that defy the crowd.
King’s business, JG King Building Group, was started 40 years ago by his father in Ballarat, about two hours west of Melbourne, and today it employs about 350 staff, providing ...
INTRODUCING
It’s an extraordinary privilege to launch this important publication about how social procurement in construction can change lives.
In so many ways it feels like the start of a new industry, one that’s very similar to the start of the green building movement more than two decades ago.
The passions and commitment of the ...
Here are highlight of what the panel on The Big Debate on timber had to say at Circular Disruption on 12 November. It provides an insight into how complex and emotional this topic can get. Following is a lightly edited version of the original debate.
Don’t miss the Big Debate on timber Round Two, Tuesday 9 December
Sign up for our free ...
Carsten Hein is the lead designer in the timber team at Arup, based in Berlin. He’s fulsome in his appreciation of the qualities of timber and seamless in the solutions he offers for its challenges. These are rarely a major problem, he suggests. Mould in Passive House? Not a problem in Europe. Acoustic and fire issues? Yes, but there are ways to manage ...
Adrian Joyce, secretary general of Efficient Buildings Europe, was recently in Sydney to deliver a keynote at the Energy Efficiency Council’s Efficient Electric Homes: Market Acceleration Summit. He represents a peak industry association that lobbies for ambitious policies and legislation for energy-efficient, decarbonised and flexible buildings. The ...
ANALYSIS: NABERS is a global pacesetter in sustainability. In the 25 years since it started it’s had a revolutionary impact on the office sector in Australia. It’s been admired and taken up by other countries. And now it’s making its way into schools, hotels, shopping centres and warehouses. It’s even launched a tool to measure the very fabric of ...
I have attempted to explain, in these pages and elsewhere, that we need to understand that the housing crisis is international.
It is not confined to Australia or New South Wales, though, from the hysteria of NSW property lobbyists, you would assume that the problem is caused by public sector and particularly local government barriers to development ...
New research from JLL has pointed to a shortage of all-electric buildings to meet rising demands from the market in general and from corporates needing to meet Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards for their scopes 1, 2 and 3 emissions by 2028.
And so far it looks like the market is pricing in value differentials for buildings that meet better ...
Reactions to the breakthrough in parliament on Thursday that finally delivered the federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act were predictably mixed.
The deal struck with the Greens has allowed Labor to claim success while appeasing competing claims and comes after and a major review of the act by former consumer watchdog Graeme ...
We published an ebook today on an exciting and emerging new industry, social procurement in construction. Most of our readers would know that’s about investing a small portion of big government infrastructure contracts in people and businesses who need the support.
The notion itself is not new – the concept of helping people worse off than ourselves ...
Under the recently published NSW Waste and Circular Economy Infrastructure Plan, the government will establish an advisory committee to guide the strategy’s implementation.
The industry has long requested this repeatedly. As described in my last article the reason is simple: neither the NSW government nor the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has ...
Recent media reporting on the limited public transport coverage in Mount Druitt suburbs and on high-speed rail (HSR) options for the Sydney to Newcastle corridor raises important micro and macro issues about where to go next in planning Greater Sydney.
Nearly eight years on since the last (2018) Greater Sydney Regional Plan (GSRP) – A Metropolis of ...
How to build a better world podcast: John King reckons he’s found the recipe for sustainability success and profits, and it’s wrapped up in solutions that defy the crowd.
King’s business, JG King Building Group, was started 40 years ago by his father in Ballarat, about two hours west of Melbourne, and today it employs about 350 staff, providing ...
INTRODUCING
It’s an extraordinary privilege to launch this important publication about how social procurement in construction can change lives.
In so many ways it feels like the start of a new industry, one that’s very similar to the start of the green building movement more than two decades ago.
The passions and commitment of the ...
Here are highlight of what the panel on The Big Debate on timber had to say at Circular Disruption on 12 November. It provides an insight into how complex and emotional this topic can get. Following is a lightly edited version of the original debate.
Don’t miss the Big Debate on timber Round Two, Tuesday 9 December
Sign up for our free ...
Carsten Hein is the lead designer in the timber team at Arup, based in Berlin. He’s fulsome in his appreciation of the qualities of timber and seamless in the solutions he offers for its challenges. These are rarely a major problem, he suggests. Mould in Passive House? Not a problem in Europe. Acoustic and fire issues? Yes, but there are ways to manage ...
Adrian Joyce, secretary general of Efficient Buildings Europe, was recently in Sydney to deliver a keynote at the Energy Efficiency Council’s Efficient Electric Homes: Market Acceleration Summit. He represents a peak industry association that lobbies for ambitious policies and legislation for energy-efficient, decarbonised and flexible buildings. The ...
ANALYSIS: NABERS is a global pacesetter in sustainability. In the 25 years since it started it’s had a revolutionary impact on the office sector in Australia. It’s been admired and taken up by other countries. And now it’s making its way into schools, hotels, shopping centres and warehouses. It’s even launched a tool to measure the very fabric of ...
I have attempted to explain, in these pages and elsewhere, that we need to understand that the housing crisis is international.
It is not confined to Australia or New South Wales, though, from the hysteria of NSW property lobbyists, you would assume that the problem is caused by public sector and particularly local government barriers to development ...
New research from JLL has pointed to a shortage of all-electric buildings to meet rising demands from the market in general and from corporates needing to meet Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards for their scopes 1, 2 and 3 emissions by 2028.
And so far it looks like the market is pricing in value differentials for buildings that meet better ...
Reactions to the breakthrough in parliament on Thursday that finally delivered the federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act were predictably mixed.
The deal struck with the Greens has allowed Labor to claim success while appeasing competing claims and comes after and a major review of the act by former consumer watchdog Graeme ...
