Green Jobs plan a welcome investment for our future
05 May, 2010Environment Victoria has welcomed the state government’s Green Jobs Action Plan released by Premier Brumby.
Syngenta Connections program launches first project on water use efficiency in rice
05 May, 2010Syngenta has launched its first Connections program aimed at helping rice growers in North India farm more sustainably by providing skills and tools to use water more efficiently.
Builders claim green win on jobs package
05 May, 2010Victoria’s peak building industry body, the Master Builders Association, says the state government’s Jobs for the Future Economy package will help boost building workforce productivity and reduce housing costs for future Victorian homebuyers.
Green building at grassroots level with new local government task group
05 May, 2010The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) has established a new task group to encourage local councils to accelerate the green building agenda.
Climate change adaptation resource
28 April, 2010Resilient and durable infrastructure is predicated on its designers and managers having a solid understanding of the conditions that it will face over its useful life, which is typically from 20 to over 100 years.
New Credit encourages best practice PVC production in Australia
20 April, 2010A new Green Star PVC Credit has been introduced into all Green Star rating tools, following an extensive 18-month review.
Fifth Eco Expo Asia to take place in November
20 April, 2010'Business Solutions to Climate Change' will be the theme of Eco Expo Asia 2010 International Trade Fair on environmental protection, which will take place 3-6 November at AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong.
Hybrid cars heralded as the decade’s top global engineering feat
15 April, 2010Australians have identified hybrid cars as the most important global engineering feat of the last decade.
Council climate change alliance to transform Melbourne's northern suburbs
13 April, 2010A local government alliance across Melbourne’s northern suburbs has launched a strategic blueprint - the first of its kind in Australia - for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2020.
The link between sustainability and business performance
26 March, 2010 by David Trewin*, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSWThere’s been an exciting shift in sustainability in the past five years - businesses have realised there’s no disconnect between good environmental management and business performance. We help these businesses integrate environmental and other business activities to reap productivity increases and reduced costs - all the while improving our sustainability.
First scheme recognised under new green star assessment framework
23 March, 2010The Carpet Institute of Australia’s Environmental Certification Scheme (ECS) is the first to be recognised under the Green Building Council of Australia’s (GBCA’s) Assessment Framework for Product Certification Schemes.
$20,000 to encourage Australian university students’ innovation in broadband and environment
19 March, 2010Alcatel-Lucent will again sponsor the Alcatel-Lucent Australia Broadband Challenge for the Sustainable Environment, alongside the Telecommunications Society of Australia.
Green Star - Communities to address sustainable urban planning challenges
15 March, 2010The Australian government’s new State of Australian Cities 2010 report will support the property and construction sector’s drive to sustainability, says the nation’s leading green building group.
$6m to keep Victoria beautiful and litter free
15 March, 2010Premier John Brumby has announced a $6m litter package that will help reduce litter across Victoria by 25% within the next five years.
NZ revised acoustics Standard published for wind farm noise
01 March, 2010Standards New Zealand has published NZS 6808:2010 Acoustics - Wind farm noise. The revised and improved Standard recommends limits on wind farm noise.
