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Posted inMaterials

How a Kiwi company in Adelaide framed a new approach to deconstruction

by Jen Walker 22 August 202322 August 2023
Posted inSpinifex

Procurement going sustainable: thanks, South Australia for taking the lead

by Monica Richter, WWF-Australia 17 August 202328 August 2023
Posted inConstruction & Development

New all-electric community west of Melbourne hopes to set a new benchmark

by Bevin Liu 17 August 202322 August 2023
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Six things that will bring you back to the office… maybe

by Bevin Liu 16 August 202317 August 2023
Ballarat, Australia, March 15, 2017: Exterior view of historic buildings in the rural Victorian historic gold mining town of Ballarat, Victoria, Autralia
Posted inPlanning & Design

Heritage has become one of our most polarising issues in urban planning – here’s an explainer of what it’s trying to do

by Anne Warr, Anne Warr Heritage Consulting 16 August 202321 August 2023
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Rumsfeld had a point – our masterclasses can make him redundant

by Tina Perinotto 15 August 202315 August 2023
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Industrial property going green – new Goodman project

by Bevin Liu 15 August 202316 August 2023
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Housing affordability – planning is part of the solution

by Matt Collins, Planning Institute of Australia and John Brockhoff, Planning Institute of Australia 15 August 202315 August 2023
Posted inCommercial

Amazon by name and Amazon by impact – a new centre at Craigieburn will be 11 times the size of the MCG

by Bevin Liu 10 August 202310 August 2023
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Controversial ‘forever chemicals’ could be phased out in Australia under new restrictions. Here’s what you need to know

by Sarah Wilson and Rachael Wakefield-Rann 10 August 202310 August 2023
Posted inNew Zealand

Why Lisa Hinde moved to New Zealand and what we can learn from it

by Tina Perinotto 8 August 20238 August 2023
Posted inMaterials

Painting by numbers: is product stewardship scheme Paintback delivering on its promises?

by Wendy Frew 8 August 20235 September 2023
Posted inSpinifex

Five models to de-risking the building industry in Australia – here’s what we can learn from around the world

by Louise Dorignon, RMIT, Joana Correia, Master Builders Association of Victoria and Trivess Moore 7 August 202316 August 2023
Posted inBuilding

Cromwell in Sydney’s first large-scale electrification upgrade

by Bevin Liu 3 August 20233 August 2023
Posted inMaterials

Bamboo – why isn’t it our biggest building material?

by Bevin Liu 3 August 20238 August 2023
Posted inBuilding

Former 1950s Moorabbin factory given new life as a net-zero, ESG-driven hub

by Bevin Liu 3 August 20233 August 2023
Posted inEnvironment, Housing, Spinifex, Urbanism

City and koala liveability are not negotiable

by Jeff Angel, Total Environment Centre 3 August 20233 August 2023
Posted inBuilding

Bank jumps into the decarbonisation challenge with new green building tool

by Bevin Liu 1 August 20233 August 2023
Posted inUrbanism

EVs may well be part of a low-carbon future but are we ignoring some inconvenient truths?

by Wendy Frew 1 August 202315 November 2023
Posted inThe Conversation

Cooking (and heating) without gas: what are the impacts of shifting to all-electric homes?

by Trivess Moore, Alan Pears, RMIT University and Joe Hurley 1 August 20231 August 2023
Posted inCommercial

The winners and the finance – sneak peek at Masterclass #3

by The Fifth Estate 31 July 202331 July 2023
Posted inBuilding

New report on green buildings pushes us closer to net-zero

by Bevin Liu 27 July 202327 July 2023
Posted inHousing

The secret is out on climate disasters, and we need a plan

by The Fifth Estate 27 July 202327 July 2023
Posted inBuilding

Why we need more support for all forms of embodied carbon measurement

by Alexi Barnstone, MECLA 27 July 202328 August 2023
Posted inEnergy

Here’s the new proton battery tech that’s cheaper and kinder to nature – and spell the end for lithium

by Bevin Liu 27 July 202315 November 2023
Posted inSpinifex

A call to arms for architects and planners: We must refurbish public housing, not knock it down

by Alistair Sisson, Macquarie University 27 July 202328 July 2023
Posted inPlanning & Design

Lismore and Sydney: two housing markets, two slightly secret inaugural meetings

by Tina Perinotto 25 July 202325 July 2023
Posted inEnergy

How we’re blowing out gas – state by state, council by council, stove by stove

by Wendy Frew 25 July 202310 August 2023
Posted inHousing

Building houses in factories for the Commonwealth Games was meant to help the housing crisis. What now?

by Trivess Moore and Louise Dorignon, RMIT 25 July 202325 July 2023
Posted inHousing

Unaffordable housing – it’s the politics, stupid!

by Mike Brown 24 July 202326 July 2023

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