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Author Archives: Wendy Frew

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PERTH, WA - APR 23 2021:Builder holding a stop sign outside building site.Construction industry accounts for more than 10% of global GDP and employs around 7% of the global workforce over 273m people.
Posted inEnergy

NSW working on embodied carbon certificates for construction

by Wendy Frew 24 June 202125 June 2021
David Chandler
Posted inHousing

NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler, two years in, on the bouquets and brickbats

by Wendy Frew 24 June 202124 June 2021
Posted inEngineering/Technology

BVN’s Ninotschka Titchkosky on slashing embodied carbon with robotics, 3D printing and other technology

by Wendy Frew 17 December 202022 December 2020
David Chandler
Posted inConstruction & Development

David Chandler on the need for buildings that don’t harm the environment, or people

by Wendy Frew 18 November 20201 December 2020
illustration of building in city
Posted inEnergy

FLICK THE SWITCH – event wrap

by Wendy Frew 8 October 202030 October 2020
Posted inArticles

Micro grids, smart inverters part of “urgent response” to energy from latest CRC

by Wendy Frew 12 March 2020
man standing by water
Posted inArticles

Cities can be their own water catchments, says CRCWSC

by Wendy Frew 10 March 202015 October 2020
library
Posted inArticles

New digital library helps financiers dig deeper into sustainability

by Wendy Frew 27 February 20203 March 2020
women speaking on panel at event
Posted inConstruction & Development

David Chandler wants educators, the digitally savvy, and the young to “join the conversation”

by Wendy Frew 13 February 2020
two men and a woman standing
Posted inRating tools

Brush off your old CV, the NSW Building Commission is now hiring

by Wendy Frew 6 February 20206 February 2020
Posted inArticles

Global elite discuss net zero economy at Davos but there’s a long way to go

by Wendy Frew 30 January 2020
Geoff Summerhayes
Posted inArticles

Business thinking has changed as temperature rises on climate change-related risk

by Wendy Frew 23 January 20203 February 2020
Installation of a temperature sensor in a street tree (Queensland brush box)
Posted inEnvironment

Tiny sensors and giant temperature map could help cool Western Sydney

by Wendy Frew 17 December 201917 December 2019
Posted inTomorrowland19: I, human

Caring for Country should be a sustainability and green design priority

by Wendy Frew 2 December 2019
Posted inTomorrowland19: I, human

The inclusive apartments of the future need visionary backers

by Wendy Frew 2 December 2019
Posted inTomorrowland19: I, human

Peter Poulet on the new role of the architect

by Wendy Frew 2 December 2019
Posted inTomorrowland19: I, human

Buildings and how to do them better

by Wendy Frew 2 December 2019
Posted inTomorrowland19: I, human

3XN’s Fred Holt on why buildings need to be beautiful, sustainable and perform well

by Wendy Frew 2 December 2019
Posted inTomorrowland19: I, human

AMP Capital’s new “vertical village” QQT pushes out the envelope for design and sustainability

by Wendy Frew 2 December 2019
Posted inTomorrowland19: I, human

Nightingale and clever finance is shifting the market

by Wendy Frew 2 December 2019
Posted inTomorrowland19: I, human

Architecture and construction can create a better world, students tell Tomorrowland19

by Wendy Frew 2 December 2019
Posted inTomorrowland19: I, human

Technology and smart cities: enabling better performance or better capture?

by Wendy Frew 2 December 2019
Sam Sangster
Posted inArticles

Planning for Sydney’s new airport city won’t include sustainability targets

by Wendy Frew 10 October 201920 November 2019
Posted inPlanning

The people’s priorities must drive planning in Western Sydney, say community groups

by Wendy Frew 3 October 20198 October 2019
Posted inArticles

Sydney Science Park positioning itself to be a sustainable urban idyll

by Wendy Frew 1 October 2019
Liverpool council tree planting
Posted inPlanning

Regional cooperation and climate change driving Liverpool Council planning

by Wendy Frew 26 September 201930 September 2019
John Vassallo, Celestino
Posted inPlanning

Australia can learn from Western Sydney “urban living lab”

by Wendy Frew 24 September 201930 September 2019
canberra, ACT
Posted inBusiness

ACT – a renewable energy trailblazer and among global leaders

by Wendy Frew 19 September 201923 September 2019

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