Seven new venues and one old Olympic problem: Brisbane 2032 is drifting away from the IOC’s New Norm
The IOC’s New Norm was meant to end Olympic overbuilding. Yet Brisbane 2032 is now an outlier with seven new venues, weakened climate language, and a revealing glimpse of how soft Olympic oversight really works.
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Community batteries and the missed opportunities of virtual power plants
Other countries do quite well out of virtual power plants but Australia is missing a great chance to escalate renewable energy and share the benefits.
Seven new venues and one old Olympic problem: Brisbane 2032 is drifting away from the IOC’s New Norm
The IOC’s New Norm was meant to end Olympic overbuilding. Yet Brisbane 2032 is now an outlier with seven new venues, weakened climate language, and a revealing glimpse…
On poking the hornet’s nest of Passive House
Our next Big Debate will poke the hornet’s nest. Is Passive House the ideal solution for future fit buildings? Or will it create unliveable houses with occupants who…
ARBS 2026 headlines with the big ambitions
The top leaders in the sustainability and the built environment gathered at the 2026 ARBS conference in May in an opening session to inspire decarbonisation of the HVAC&R…
SPINIFEX – your views and ours
A romp through Sydney’s pools, west of the CBD
In dark times, of wars and the cost of living crisis, where is comfort and solace? Where is the neutral ground? What do you do if you drive around Western Sydney a lot, have a bad hip and that needs some rehab? – municipal aquatic centres.
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