The withdrawl on Monday of Goodman’s big data centre in Sydney’s Lane Cove could be the start of a backlash that mimics the antipathy towards these developments that has have emerged in the US.
The $1.2 billion project was controversially slated to be sited just 16 metres away from low-density residences.
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Australia has set itself two difficult tasks: build vastly more homes and cut the upfront carbon locked into the materials we use to build them. New analysis from Deloitte Access Economics suggests an Australian engineered bamboo industry could make a measurable contribution to both.
By 2035, under the report’s high-growth scenario, Australia could ...
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Australia has quietly become one of the most attractive places on Earth to build a data centre. Stable politics, access to renewable energy, fast-tracked approvals in states like NSW and Victoria, and proximity to undersea cables have positioned ...
Under a new planning provision, development applications that meet development standards no longer require to be publicly exhibited.
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The new plan
On 1 September, the Secretary of the NSW ...
Old EV batteries on the way to power everything
Australia is one step closer to repurposing old, inefficient EV batteries into home batteries, with researchers now looking into pathways to make it commercially viable.
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Flinders University researchers are now working with Mitsubishi Motors ...
It’s been another big week in sustainability. There was our big Transition Risk Sydney masterclass on Tuesday, a call for submissions for our next event that we sent out on early Thursday and Climate Week in New York jostling for attention amid the UN General Assembly and news that AI had hacked into our government data base and when told to stop, ...
On Friday 11 September, the Energy and Climate Change Ministerial Council agreed to explore safe use of plug-in solar. Sometimes called balcony solar or balcony power stations. These typically consist of portable photovoltaic panels that can be plugged into a standard power outlet, potentially paired with a plug-in battery. This opens access to solar ...
Sustainable infrastructure often discusses energy, water, materials and operational performance. But decisions that shape an asset’s long term environmental performance should be made when engineers are working out how the asset will physically stand up.
For example, Hobart’s Selfs Point Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) questioned what’s below ground. The ...
In an efficient building that is run on renewables, it is likely that the largest residual emissions source under the operational control of the landlord will come from waste to landfill. So, the obvious way for the landlord to further reduce those emissions is to increase recycling… or is it?
Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to ...
Five years ago, during my second term as mayor of Paris, our urban planning agency projected the city would experience 20.5 tropical nights – where temperatures stay above 20 degrees by 2050.
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This is an exciting time but also one of reckoning, in so many ways.
But first the fun bits.
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Passion was the key theme of the week. Not unusual in this industry – as we all know it’s packed with people who would be bored doing anything else.
We saw it in spades at the Melbourne Transition Risk ...
Trauma Town, part 8: What I realised over time is that the heritage vibe in council isn’t just in the local environmental plans. If you wanted to understand what the socio-economic environment was in a particular place 20-30 years ago, go work in the local council because that’s the general time lag between the socio-economic reality of the broader ...
The withdrawl on Monday of Goodman’s big data centre in Sydney’s Lane Cove could be the start of a backlash that mimics the antipathy towards these developments that has have emerged in the US.
The $1.2 billion project was controversially slated to be sited just 16 metres away from low-density residences.
Sign up for our free ...
Australia has set itself two difficult tasks: build vastly more homes and cut the upfront carbon locked into the materials we use to build them. New analysis from Deloitte Access Economics suggests an Australian engineered bamboo industry could make a measurable contribution to both.
By 2035, under the report’s high-growth scenario, Australia could ...
Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask for a detailed brief.
Australia has quietly become one of the most attractive places on Earth to build a data centre. Stable politics, access to renewable energy, fast-tracked approvals in states like NSW and Victoria, and proximity to undersea cables have positioned ...
Under a new planning provision, development applications that meet development standards no longer require to be publicly exhibited.
Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask for a detailed brief.
Sign up for our free newsletter.
The new plan
On 1 September, the Secretary of the NSW ...
Old EV batteries on the way to power everything
Australia is one step closer to repurposing old, inefficient EV batteries into home batteries, with researchers now looking into pathways to make it commercially viable.
Sign up for our free newsletter.
Flinders University researchers are now working with Mitsubishi Motors ...
It’s been another big week in sustainability. There was our big Transition Risk Sydney masterclass on Tuesday, a call for submissions for our next event that we sent out on early Thursday and Climate Week in New York jostling for attention amid the UN General Assembly and news that AI had hacked into our government data base and when told to stop, ...
On Friday 11 September, the Energy and Climate Change Ministerial Council agreed to explore safe use of plug-in solar. Sometimes called balcony solar or balcony power stations. These typically consist of portable photovoltaic panels that can be plugged into a standard power outlet, potentially paired with a plug-in battery. This opens access to solar ...
Sustainable infrastructure often discusses energy, water, materials and operational performance. But decisions that shape an asset’s long term environmental performance should be made when engineers are working out how the asset will physically stand up.
For example, Hobart’s Selfs Point Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) questioned what’s below ground. The ...
In an efficient building that is run on renewables, it is likely that the largest residual emissions source under the operational control of the landlord will come from waste to landfill. So, the obvious way for the landlord to further reduce those emissions is to increase recycling… or is it?
Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to ...
Five years ago, during my second term as mayor of Paris, our urban planning agency projected the city would experience 20.5 tropical nights – where temperatures stay above 20 degrees by 2050.
Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask for a detailed brief.
Sign up for our free ...
This is an exciting time but also one of reckoning, in so many ways.
But first the fun bits.
Sign up for our free newsletter.
Passion was the key theme of the week. Not unusual in this industry – as we all know it’s packed with people who would be bored doing anything else.
We saw it in spades at the Melbourne Transition Risk ...
Trauma Town, part 8: What I realised over time is that the heritage vibe in council isn’t just in the local environmental plans. If you wanted to understand what the socio-economic environment was in a particular place 20-30 years ago, go work in the local council because that’s the general time lag between the socio-economic reality of the broader ...
