Fear and loathing is one way to describe the background noise of what might happen to the National Construction Code as it goes through a review process. Another way is excitement.
And it’s all just in time for our 31 March evening debate at Arup’s Sydney offices (5 pm) where the NCC and other rating tools will be put under the spotlight to see if ...
Renewables investment surge but expectations are low
Even before the war in the Middle East broke out investment in renewable energy projects across Australia and New Zealand surged 52 per cent year-on-year, reaching $US21.2 ($29.97 billion) in 2025, up from $US13.5 billion ($19.08 billion) in 2024.
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The expansion of the Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme (NatHERS) to include existing homes has hit the mainstream media with fanfare and high hopes that it will help home buyers and renters understand what their energy bills will be and logically drive their decision-making around this.
The principle behind the NatHERS expansion is to replicate ...
Positive Development means generating genuine sustainability: places that increase nature, strengthen communities and help steer humanity back within Earth’s life-support limits.
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In 1974, ...
The Supply Chain Sustainability School is back in full swing after a year of abeyance to adapt its curriculum for the Australian market.
Founded in 2012, the school was set up under the UK based Action Sustainability to deliver specialised courses that could solve a common issue in the construction and commercial real estate sector – the lack of ...
It’s a deceptively simple question: what is actually holding the energy transition back?
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We asked this question out of a growing sense, when travelling through Australia’s industrial regions ...
What they’re saying: If Pauline Hanson and the Nats fall to clean energy it’s game over right?
While the war on oil rages in the Middle East the smart money is turning to an expected surge in opportunities for renewable energy and batteries. It took just days after the start of the conflict to spot some EV owners humble bragging (actually not humble, ...
Special Report for The Green List, by The Fifth Estate
Commercial, industrial and institutional property owners and consumers alike face a surge of confusing choices in energy related technologies.
There’s no end of promises to slash emissions and energy consumption. To get more from batteries. EV charging. Virtual power plants. Power purchase ...
It is evident that the federal government is concerned about the substantial and increasing inequity in the housing market and appears to be contemplating changes to the extremely generous tax benefits that accrue to investors in residential property.
Clearly, something needs to be done.
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Great achievement, sorry it’s going towards coal
There’s a cruel irony here – the Port of Newcastle has achieved a score of 100 per cent in the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) as well as maintained its 5 star rating for the fifth consecutive year. Bad luck, these sustainability achievements are used in great part to ship coal. In ...
Australia needs a national evaluation process to assess new construction systems against measurable criteria such as productivity, environmental performance, digital integration and scalability writes Jose Atwell.
Recent commentary in The Fifth Estate highlights a widely recognised truth: the construction industry continues to struggle with declining ...
Fear and loathing is one way to describe the background noise of what might happen to the National Construction Code as it goes through a review process. Another way is excitement.
And it’s all just in time for our 31 March evening debate at Arup’s Sydney offices (5 pm) where the NCC and other rating tools will be put under the spotlight to see if ...
Renewables investment surge but expectations are low
Even before the war in the Middle East broke out investment in renewable energy projects across Australia and New Zealand surged 52 per cent year-on-year, reaching $US21.2 ($29.97 billion) in 2025, up from $US13.5 billion ($19.08 billion) in 2024.
Sign up for our free ...
The expansion of the Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme (NatHERS) to include existing homes has hit the mainstream media with fanfare and high hopes that it will help home buyers and renters understand what their energy bills will be and logically drive their decision-making around this.
The principle behind the NatHERS expansion is to replicate ...
Positive Development means generating genuine sustainability: places that increase nature, strengthen communities and help steer humanity back within Earth’s life-support limits.
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.
In 1974, ...
The Supply Chain Sustainability School is back in full swing after a year of abeyance to adapt its curriculum for the Australian market.
Founded in 2012, the school was set up under the UK based Action Sustainability to deliver specialised courses that could solve a common issue in the construction and commercial real estate sector – the lack of ...
It’s a deceptively simple question: what is actually holding the energy transition back?
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.
We asked this question out of a growing sense, when travelling through Australia’s industrial regions ...
What they’re saying: If Pauline Hanson and the Nats fall to clean energy it’s game over right?
While the war on oil rages in the Middle East the smart money is turning to an expected surge in opportunities for renewable energy and batteries. It took just days after the start of the conflict to spot some EV owners humble bragging (actually not humble, ...
Special Report for The Green List, by The Fifth Estate
Commercial, industrial and institutional property owners and consumers alike face a surge of confusing choices in energy related technologies.
There’s no end of promises to slash emissions and energy consumption. To get more from batteries. EV charging. Virtual power plants. Power purchase ...
It is evident that the federal government is concerned about the substantial and increasing inequity in the housing market and appears to be contemplating changes to the extremely generous tax benefits that accrue to investors in residential property.
Clearly, something needs to be done.
Sign up for our free newsletter.
The ...
Great achievement, sorry it’s going towards coal
There’s a cruel irony here – the Port of Newcastle has achieved a score of 100 per cent in the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) as well as maintained its 5 star rating for the fifth consecutive year. Bad luck, these sustainability achievements are used in great part to ship coal. In ...
Australia needs a national evaluation process to assess new construction systems against measurable criteria such as productivity, environmental performance, digital integration and scalability writes Jose Atwell.
Recent commentary in The Fifth Estate highlights a widely recognised truth: the construction industry continues to struggle with declining ...
