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Category: Education, Training & Research

Posted inConstruction & Development, Education, Training & Research, Engineering/Technology

Sydney’s new Gehry building: how sustainable is it?

by Cameron Jewell 16 June 201417 July 2014
Posted inEducation, Training & Research, Environment, Planning & Design

City parks are good for people, but not so good for buildings

by Prashant Kumar, University of Surrey 16 June 201416 June 2014
Posted inEducation, Training & Research, Engineering/Technology

CSIRO breakthrough brings cheap solar thermal a step closer

by Willow Aliento 4 June 20145 June 2014
Posted inConstruction & Development, Education, Training & Research

Swinburne University opens latest green building

by Cameron Jewell 3 June 201426 August 2014
Posted inEducation, Training & Research, Planning

Report: climate change now a key urban planning consideration

by Cameron Jewell 2 June 2014
Posted inCommercial, Education, Training & Research, Engineering/Technology

Study: advanced HVAC controls slash more energy than predicted

by Cameron Jewell 27 May 201417 July 2014
Posted inEducation, Training & Research

UN supports Australian efforts to map a path to low carbon prosperity

by Willow Aliento 22 May 201422 May 2014
Posted inCase Studies, Construction & Development, Education, Training & Research, Planning & Design

UTS’s Dr Chau Chak Wing Building: weaving green through the business curriculum

by Willow Aliento 20 May 201417 July 2014
Posted inEducation, Training & Research, Government/Regulations, Spinifex

Federal Budget will actively worsen the health of people and planet

by Dr Liz Hanna, Australian National University 16 May 201419 May 2014
Posted inEducation, Training & Research, Investment/deals/companies, Public/social/ethical

Stanford University gets out of coal

by Cameron Jewell 8 May 201417 July 2014
Posted inConstruction & Development, Education, Training & Research

Industry and CRC team up in ambitious project to create better buildings

by Cameron Jewell 1 May 201426 August 2014
Posted inEducation, Training & Research, Environment

New research reveals how pervasive plastics invade the food chain

by Willow Aliento 30 April 2014
Posted inEducation, Training & Research

CSIRO project could open up brown coal export

by Cameron Jewell 28 April 2014
Posted inEducation, Training & Research, Engineering/Technology, Housing, Planning & Design

Student accommodation sector seeing sustainability benefits

by Willow Aliento 24 April 201424 April 2014
Posted inEducation, Training & Research, Engineering/Technology

Researchers make step towards solar power generating windows

by Cameron Jewell 16 April 201416 April 2014
Posted inEducation, Training & Research, Spinifex

Universities fail the climate risk management test

by Nicholas Gurieff, UNSW SRC 7 April 20147 April 2014
Posted inEducation, Training & Research, Investment/deals/companies

Monash denies colluding to keep climate investment risk a secret

by Cameron Jewell 3 April 201426 August 2014
Posted inEducation, Training & Research

University sustainability research: the latest update

by Cameron Jewell 2 April 20144 May 2016
Posted inEducation, Training & Research, Public/social/ethical

Teachers Mutual Bank reaches for leading ethics and sustainability

by Willow Aliento 1 April 20141 April 2014
Posted inClimate Change, Education, Training & Research

IPCC: no person untouched by climate change

by Cameron Jewell 31 March 2014
Posted inEducation, Training & Research, Spinifex

How to fund low carbon urban development

by Cameron Jewell 27 March 2014
Posted inEducation, Training & Research, Engineering/Technology

RMIT launches one of biggest retrofits in southern hemisphere

by Cameron Jewell 25 March 2014
Posted inBusiness & Politics, Education, Training & Research, Jobs News, Public/social/ethical

Net Balance developing infrastructure and construction sustainability training

by Willow Aliento 11 March 2014
Posted inEducation, Training & Research

Green MashUp: Aussie universities – A glance at what their research teams are up to on sustainability

by Cameron Jewell 9 March 2014
Posted inEducation, Training & Research, Spinifex

The role of urban development in decarbonising cities: part 3

by Dr Vanessa Rauland, Curtin University 4 March 2014
Posted inEducation, Training & Research, Planning & Design

New Zealand gets its 100th Green Star

by Cameron Jewell 27 February 2014
Posted inEducation, Training & Research, Event News, Planning & Design, Spinifex

Nirmal Kishnani: On the difference between green and sustainable

by Louis White, for Holcim Foundation 25 February 2014
Posted inEducation, Training & Research

South Australian school wins Abu Dhabi prize

by Willow Aliento 19 February 2014
Posted inEducation, Training & Research, Spinifex

The role of urban development in decarbonising cities: part 2

by Dr Vanessa Rauland, Curtin University 19 February 2014
Posted inClimate Change, Education, Training & Research

CSIRO study: Australians less green than they think

by Cameron Jewell 12 February 2014

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