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Category: Case Studies

Posted inCase Studies, Commercial, Planning & Design

Case study: Google Head Office interior, South Africa

by Annie Kane 30 November 201530 November 2015
Posted inCase Studies, Housing, Planning & Design

Case study: The Carbon Positive House

by Annie Kane 12 November 201512 October 2016
Posted inCase Studies

Case study: 5×4 Hayes Lane living proof sustainable can be affordable

by Willow Aliento 10 November 20152 March 2017
Posted inCase Studies

Case study: Australia’s first Passivhaus education building

by Annie Kane 2 November 20153 November 2015
Posted inCase Studies

Case study: The beauty of persisting with sustainable aims in mind

by Willow Aliento 19 October 201519 October 2015
Posted inCase Studies

Case study: Sawmill House

by Eugenia Lim 14 October 2015
Posted inCase Studies

GE’s new Springfield HQ keeps ESD core

by Willow Aliento 6 October 2015
Posted inCase Studies

Gardenhill’s pet-friendly take on high-density living

by Willow Aliento 1 September 20152 September 2015
Posted inCase Studies

Case study: How Auckland Council found big savings going green

by Willow Aliento 7 June 201521 July 2015
Posted inCase Studies, Rating tools

Medibank adds health to green outcomes at its new Melbourne HQ

by Willow Aliento 1 June 20153 June 2015
Posted inCase Studies

Tasmanian project kickstarts prefab timber industry

by Willow Aliento 18 May 201521 July 2015
Posted inCase Studies

Case study: Achieving high sustainability outcomes for Defence Housing’s Crimson Hill

by Willow Aliento 23 April 2015
Posted inCase Studies

NZGBC walks talk with Green Star interiors rating

by Cameron Jewell 15 April 201515 April 2015
Posted inCase Studies

Case study: strategic moves to boost an ageing building’s performance

by Willow Aliento 7 April 2015
Posted inCase Studies

Case study: Legal eagles keep it green

by Willow Aliento 24 March 2015
Posted inCase Studies

The club sector – case studies in sustainability

by Willow Aliento 19 March 201519 March 2015
Posted inCase Studies, Rating tools

Case study: the Tuhoe Building – NZ’s first Living Building Challenge contender

by Willow Aliento 28 January 201529 January 2015
Posted inCase Studies

How Aussie Post achieved a major asset value uplift with green thinking

by Willow Aliento 21 January 2015
Posted inCase Studies

Case study: Canberra’s first Green Star multi-residential project

by Willow Aliento 16 December 2014
Posted inCase Studies

Case study: the Gold Coast’s green transit-oriented hospital

by Willow Aliento 4 December 20146 December 2014
Posted inCase Studies

Case study: squeezing efficiency out of high-performance buildings

by Cameron Jewell 25 November 201425 November 2014
Posted inCase Studies

TransGrid’s new HQ: exceeding targets, and why less is more

by Willow Aliento 20 November 201421 November 2014
Posted inCase Studies

The Global Change Institute: one year on

by Willow Aliento 13 November 201413 November 2014
Posted inCase Studies

Charter Hall’s WorkZone buildings in Green Star first

by Cameron Jewell 22 October 201419 September 2016
Posted inCase Studies

Mirvac’s Yarra’s Edge a green work in progress

by Willow Aliento 15 October 201415 October 2014
Posted inCase Studies

Tesla technology saves Metricon thousands

by Willow Aliento 9 October 201420 October 2014
Posted inCase Studies

Behind the Living Building Challenge process: the SBRC

by Cameron Jewell 18 September 201419 September 2016
Posted inCase Studies

Sydney’s cruise ship terminal going greener

by Cameron Jewell 2 September 201428 October 2014
Posted inCase Studies

Grocon’s Liberty Place gets sustainability accolade

by Cameron Jewell 5 August 201426 August 2014
Posted inCase Studies, Construction & Development, Education, Training & Research, Engineering/Technology, Planning & Design, Public/Community

Docklands Library to be Melbourne’s most sustainable civic landmark

by Cameron Jewell 9 July 201426 August 2014

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