IKEA announces furniture take-back service, plastic ban
22 June, 2018Sydneysiders can now give their unwanted IKEA furniture a second life by bringing it back to the store to be sold on to a new customer.
Making Sydney a more sustainable tourist destination
22 June, 2018Hotels, event centres, museums and tourism bodies have joined forces with the City of Sydney to make the city a more sustainable destination for business and holidays.
Smart Cities Week is coming to Australia
20 June, 2018Australia's first Smart Cities Week will be held in Sydney from 29–31 October 2018.
Funding announced for 13 resource recovery projects
20 June, 2018The resource recovery infrastructure projects will share more than $4.2 million from Sustainability Victoria's Resource Recovery Infrastructure Fund.
Collaboration to spotlight sustainable commercial buildings
24 May, 2018All 4 to 6 Star Green Star ratings will now feature on Commercial Real Estate's Building Profile pages.
Residents of Fremantle wanted for renewable energy trial
16 May, 2018City of Fremantle residents who own renewable energy and alternative water systems are invited to take part in a new trial being led by Curtin University.
ARBS 2018 is almost upon us
26 April, 2018ARBS 2018 will open its doors at the ICC Sydney from 8–10 May, featuring over 300 exhibitors offering access to the latest in HVAC&R in the Southern Hemisphere.
Starting the clock on the 30-minute city
10 April, 2018 by Stephen Taylor, City Executive – Sydney, Arcadis Global Cities ProgramThe '30-minute city' concept — the idea that we can engineer our cities so that home, work and play are all accessible within 30 minutes — is gaining currency around the world.
Visit Tesla's 'Big Battery' and other energy projects
03 April, 2018The 2018 Australian Energy Storage Conference and Exhibition is giving attendees the chance to see some of South Australia's major energy projects up close.
Resilience in a changing world
01 April, 2018 by Will Symons*Resilience is about more than simply the avoidance of risk; rather, it is about using smart strategies to help prevent risks from unfolding and about how we can aim to optimise infrastructure to help make cities more successful.
Senator Kim Carr among more than 30 speakers at PVC AUS 2018
05 March, 2018The two-day vinyl conference will bring together Australasia's vinyl value chain from 14–15 March at the Amora Hotel Jamison, Sydney.
The Green Light Tour is Australia's urban greening roadshow
02 March, 2018The 202020 Vision — an initiative to increase and improve urban green space by 20% by 2020 — is back on the road for its third urban forestry roadshow since 2014.
Melbourne's laneways go green
02 March, 2018Four laneways in Melbourne's CBD have undergone a green makeover as part of the $1.8 million Green Your Laneway pilot program.
Encouraging Australians to embrace electric vehicles
20 February, 2018Evenergi's Charge Together program will involve a social media and marketing campaign to identify prospective EV buyers and undertake consumer research to help understand the barriers for uptake.
Get a glimpse of the ARBS 2018 Speaker Series
19 February, 2018The ARBS 2018 Speaker Series will host an array of topics and management issues focusing on innovative technologies and emerging trends in the built environment.
