Low Carbon Australia and Climate Change Authority appointments
29 May, 2012The Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Greg Combet, has announced that the Hon Mike Rann has been appointed to the Board of Low Carbon Australia. The government is also pleased to announce it will appoint Anthea Harris as the Chief Executive Officer of the new Climate Change Authority.
Cost efficiency still drives sustainability in the property industry
29 May, 2012More than 54% of property industry respondents rate cost and other efficiencies as the most important sustainable feature of a building, compared with just 25% who felt achieving NABERS and Green Star ratings to be the most important sustainable feature, according to a survey by leading engineers, project managers and technical consultants Aurecon.
Professor Veena Sahajwalla appointed to Climate Commission
17 May, 2012The Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Greg Combet, has announced the appointment of Professor Veena Sahajwalla to the Climate Commission. Professor Sahajwalla is an award-winning scientist and engineer whose achievements include inventing a process of recycling plastics and rubber tyres in steelmaking.
2012 Green Survey shows influence of sustainability on businesses
03 May, 2012More organisations worldwide are building sustainability into their service provider selection and purchasing processes, according to the results from the 2012 Rackspace Green Survey, conducted by Rackspace Hosting.
BlueScope Steel launches sustainability website
21 April, 2012BlueScope Steel has launched a sustainability website for sustainability specialists, industry personnel and the general public that showcases sustainable solutions for building, infrastructure, mining, energy and manufacturing.
GE Energy names John Anderson as Senior Regional Executive for ANZ and PNG
04 April, 2012GE Energy announced yesterday the appointment of John Anderson as Senior Regional Executive for Australia, New Zealand (ANZ) and Papua New Guinea (PNG).
DCCEE using an Australia-wide image base
16 March, 2012In 2010 the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCCEE) awarded a contract to the Australian company Geospatial Intelligence to supply high-resolution satellite image products for public use to support the first methodology approved under the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI). The product selected by DCCEE was the Australia-wide coverage of SPOTMaps tiles - a seamless image mosaic generated from imagery collected by the SPOT 5 satellite at a resolution of 2.5 m.
Green Building Council Chairman joins NDY
01 March, 2012Engineering consultancy Norman Disney & Young (NDY) has confirmed the appointment of Tony Arnel to the position of Global Director of Sustainability. As well as being a founding Director and Chair of the Green Building Council of Australia, Arnel is also the former Chair of the World Green Building Council.
Veolia renews 5-year partnership with Red Cross
29 February, 2012The French Red Cross and the Veolia Environnement Foundation have renewed their partnership for a further five years. Started in 1998 when Hurricane Mitch devastated Nicaragua, the aim of the partnership is to provide populations in difficulty with access to the essential services of drinking water, energy and waste collection.
Australian Cleantech Review 2012
29 February, 2012The Australian Cleantech sector is profiled to a greater extent than ever before in a report published at the Australasian Cleantech Forum in Melbourne. The report provides an overview of the location, activities, revenue, employee numbers and funds raised by all of Australia’s leading cleantech companies.
Adapting to a changing economy
13 December, 2011 by Julia Agostino*, Manager Regional Partnerships Latrobe City Council.From behind the eight ball to ahead of the game: how Latrobe City Council is leading the way in transitioning to a low carbon economy
Australian support for South African ‘green street’
06 December, 2011An innovative project to ‘green’ an entire street in a disadvantaged South African community is receiving support from Australia.
Tenix sustainable efficiency and performance analysis tool
31 October, 2011 byTenix has developed a sustainable efficiency and performance analysis tool which can be used for infrastructure to identify and translate sustainability outcomes into long-term financial and operational efficiencies.
How green building is changing the world
24 October, 2011 by *Tony Arnel, Chairman, Green Building Council of AustraliaOn the outskirts of Cape Town in South Africa, in a poverty-stricken township known as Cape Flats, sits an environmental centre that is a standard stop on tour itineraries for designers, architects and students of international culture.
Government office achieves 6 star for design
13 October, 2011The Hassell-designed Government Services Office development in Dandenong, Victoria, has achieved the highest sustainability rating available from the Green Building Council of Australia.
