If you want to read an astounding recap of Australia’s history on gas, how we signed away long term contracts to Japan meaning Australia now has to buy gas on the hugely higher global spot market you need to take a look at this succinct and alarming report from the ABC. What were those government agencies thinking?
Now a Nationals senator decided to ...
COMMENT: The stories coming through from regional Australia and the housing crisis are hair raising. Such as, multiple investors scouring the internet for property sales, buying up places sight unseen, and jacking up rents immediately after.
Why? Because they can. Because demand is so high. So there goes the dream of those quiet country towns where we ...
A homelessness worker in regional Victoria has seen a 200% increase in people living in free campgrounds – and a big increase in families “sleeping rough”, he told the ABC this week. For many people, finding a rental is “nearly impossible”, he said.
At the same time, disputes over homeless encampments are happening across Australia. Lately, local ...
More than 60 per cent of battery system installation work inspected under a federal government green energy program is substandard and 1.2 per cent unsafe, according to a recent report by the Clean Energy Regulator.
The Cheaper Home Batteries Program has proved hugely popular. More than a quarter of a million small-scale battery systems have now been ...
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Shifting more growth into established areas could save Victoria around $41 billion by 2056, compared with the status quo of continuing to rely on greenfield areas.
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Both Ché Wall from Flux and Maria Atkinson from Atkinson Consultancy outlined some aggressive challenges to the building codes and rating tools. Their texts and responses from CSIRO on NatHERS and from the Green Building Council of Australia are extensive so are reproduced separately here for ease of presentation.
According to Ché Wall in terms of ...
The QandA kicked off with Sarah Turner who had worked at the Green Building Council in its early days.
Back then, she said, the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) “wasn’t allowed; PVC wasn’t allowed. Carbon offsets were not permitted in Green Star, now they are.”
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No sooner had the Victorian Premier reshuffled the cabinet on Thursday than the Housing Industry Association called for the National Construction Code to be delayed. Following precisely on the heels of Tasmania confirming this week that it would delay implementation of the latest edition of the code.
Lobbying target for the HIA in its eternal ...
The Big Debate on the National Construction Code and green rating tools on 31 March sparked animated discussion, both on and off stage. Some of it verging on fiery.
It was clear from the intensity of engagement that herein lies a rich vein of material that needed to be mined, processed and sharpened for better strategies – or to be sure we can ...
Cities around the world are turning to nature-based solutions such as green roofs, urban forests and green walls to address heat, flooding, energy demand and biodiversity loss. Now, Sydney Harbourside will generate data to prove it.
UTS and RACE for 2030 have partnered with developer Mirvac to bring to life Australia’s largest urban green roof in the ...
This story was originally published by Elite Agent. Read the original story here.
Forget the granite benchtops and European appliances; the next battleground for property value is ‘energy productivity’, and agents who can speak confidently about comfort and running costs will have a clear edge.
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If you want to read an astounding recap of Australia’s history on gas, how we signed away long term contracts to Japan meaning Australia now has to buy gas on the hugely higher global spot market you need to take a look at this succinct and alarming report from the ABC. What were those government agencies thinking?
Now a Nationals senator decided to ...
COMMENT: The stories coming through from regional Australia and the housing crisis are hair raising. Such as, multiple investors scouring the internet for property sales, buying up places sight unseen, and jacking up rents immediately after.
Why? Because they can. Because demand is so high. So there goes the dream of those quiet country towns where we ...
A homelessness worker in regional Victoria has seen a 200% increase in people living in free campgrounds – and a big increase in families “sleeping rough”, he told the ABC this week. For many people, finding a rental is “nearly impossible”, he said.
At the same time, disputes over homeless encampments are happening across Australia. Lately, local ...
More than 60 per cent of battery system installation work inspected under a federal government green energy program is substandard and 1.2 per cent unsafe, according to a recent report by the Clean Energy Regulator.
The Cheaper Home Batteries Program has proved hugely popular. More than a quarter of a million small-scale battery systems have now been ...
Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask for a detailed brief.
Shifting more growth into established areas could save Victoria around $41 billion by 2056, compared with the status quo of continuing to rely on greenfield areas.
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Where you live increasingly ...
Both Ché Wall from Flux and Maria Atkinson from Atkinson Consultancy outlined some aggressive challenges to the building codes and rating tools. Their texts and responses from CSIRO on NatHERS and from the Green Building Council of Australia are extensive so are reproduced separately here for ease of presentation.
According to Ché Wall in terms of ...
The QandA kicked off with Sarah Turner who had worked at the Green Building Council in its early days.
Back then, she said, the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) “wasn’t allowed; PVC wasn’t allowed. Carbon offsets were not permitted in Green Star, now they are.”
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Speakers
Maria Atkinson, Atkinson Consultancy
Simon Croft, HIA
Adrian Piani, Australian Building Codes Board
Haico Schepers, Arup
Alison Scotland, Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council
Philip ...
No sooner had the Victorian Premier reshuffled the cabinet on Thursday than the Housing Industry Association called for the National Construction Code to be delayed. Following precisely on the heels of Tasmania confirming this week that it would delay implementation of the latest edition of the code.
Lobbying target for the HIA in its eternal ...
The Big Debate on the National Construction Code and green rating tools on 31 March sparked animated discussion, both on and off stage. Some of it verging on fiery.
It was clear from the intensity of engagement that herein lies a rich vein of material that needed to be mined, processed and sharpened for better strategies – or to be sure we can ...
Cities around the world are turning to nature-based solutions such as green roofs, urban forests and green walls to address heat, flooding, energy demand and biodiversity loss. Now, Sydney Harbourside will generate data to prove it.
UTS and RACE for 2030 have partnered with developer Mirvac to bring to life Australia’s largest urban green roof in the ...
This story was originally published by Elite Agent. Read the original story here.
Forget the granite benchtops and European appliances; the next battleground for property value is ‘energy productivity’, and agents who can speak confidently about comfort and running costs will have a clear edge.
Sign up for our free ...
