• NEWSLETTER
  • SUPPORT US
  • Buildings
    • Architecture
    • Case Studies
    • Commercial
    • Construction & Development
    • Engineering/Technology
    • Facilities management
    • Housing
    • hospitals, health, aged care
    • Planning & Design
    • Industrial
    • Retail
  • Business & Politics
    • Jobs News
    • Finance
    • Funding & grants
    • Government/Regulations
    • Indigenous Business Series
    • Investment/deals/companies
    • Public/social/ethical
  • Cities & Environment
    • Urbanism
    • Environment
    • Climate Change
    • Infrastructure & transport
    • Rural & Regional
    • Energy
      • Energy
  • Opinion
    • Columns
    • News from the Front Desk
    • Spinifex
  • Library
    • Ebooks & Special Reports
    • Podcasts
  • What’s On
  • The Green List
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Linkedin
  • Buildings
    • Architecture
    • Case Studies
    • Commercial
    • Construction & Development
    • Engineering/Technology
    • Facilities management
    • Housing
    • hospitals, health, aged care
    • Planning & Design
    • Industrial
    • Retail
  • Business & Politics
    • Jobs News
    • Finance
    • Funding & grants
    • Government/Regulations
    • Indigenous Business Series
    • Investment/deals/companies
    • Public/social/ethical
  • Cities & Environment
    • Urbanism
    • Environment
    • Climate Change
    • Infrastructure & transport
    • Rural & Regional
    • Energy
      • Energy
  • Opinion
    • Columns
    • News from the Front Desk
    • Spinifex
  • Library
    • Ebooks & Special Reports
    • Podcasts
  • What’s On
  • The Green List
Skip to content
The Fifth Estate

The Fifth Estate

Green buildings and sustainable cities – news and views

Support us

Category: Building

Posted inEducation, Training & Research

New UNSW and Newcastle decarbonisation hub will focus on commercial-ready tech

by Andrew Sadauskas 10 May 202210 May 2022
Posted inWaste and recycling

Business is booming for Fairview and its Ecoloop process to recycle dodgy cladding

by Andrew Sadauskas 10 May 202211 May 2022
hands touching laptop keys
PROMOTION

Compare performance with this year’s NABERS Sustainable Portfolios Index

Partnered Content NABERS 10 May 202210 May 2022
Posted inSpinifex

Why I’m voting for a national housing plan

by Dr Judy Kraatz 9 May 20229 May 2022
image of building
Posted inConstruction & Development

Heritage refurb in Sydney snapped up

by Rose Mary Petrass 5 May 20226 May 2022
Posted inConstruction & Development

The new rules of sustainability engagement for builders and how Hansen Yuncken is rising to the task in Adelaide

by Rose Mary Petrass 5 May 20226 May 2022
Posted inCommercial

Take a look at how Computershare is responding to Covid with its refurbed global HQ in Melbourne

by Rose Mary Petrass 4 May 202210 May 2022
Posted inBusiness & Politics

Labor’s shared equity scheme makes housing a serious election issue – at last. Here’s the verdict

by Andrew Sadauskas 3 May 20224 May 2022
Social distance at workspace by cabin glass screens at office. Business people and coworkers keep safe distance. Colorful.
Posted inCommercial

Getting people back to the office? How your office layouts impact organisational culture and what employees think about their workplace

by Kusal Nanayakkara, University of Technology Sydney, Professor Sara Wilkinson, UTS and Dulani Halvitigala, RMIT 3 May 20223 May 2022
Property Industry Foundation Kate Mills
Posted inHousing

PIF’s challenge: “Everyone is deserving of a home”

by Rose Mary Petrass 2 May 20222 May 2022
FORTIS House BBCA
Posted inArchitecture

When is a bunker not a bunker? Say hello to fire-resilient homes

by Rose Mary Petrass 28 April 20222 May 2022
AIA redesign credit EHDD 2
Posted inArchitecture

US architects’ headquarters makeover – sustainable, equitable, collaborative

by Rose Mary Petrass 28 April 202228 April 2022
Lisa-Maree Carrigan
Posted inArchitecture

Anglicare and GroupGSA in social housing project for older single women

by Rose Mary Petrass 26 April 202227 April 2022
Posted inEnergy

Here’s an alternative to lithium batteries: meet the Aussie company leading the charge

by Andrew Sadauskas 26 April 202226 April 2022
Posted inBuilding

High above the treetops: Plans for Perth to get world’s tallest timber tower

by Rose Mary Petrass 21 April 202222 April 2022
Posted inFacilities management

Delays in National Construction Code leads to spread of misinformation around COVID air filters, NATSPEC says

by Rose Mary Petrass 21 April 202222 April 2022
Posted inInfrastructure & transport

This is what great cycling infrastructure looks like

by Andrew Sadauskas 19 April 202226 May 2022
Posted inBuilding

Tough time for builders will probably keep growing

by Tina Perinotto 19 April 202219 April 2022
Real Utilities general manager Paolo Bevilacqua
Posted inEnergy

“Green power for the price of brown” and reliable too – can green developers, like Frasers, become the clean energy giants of tomorrow?

by Andrew Sadauskas 19 April 202220 April 2022
Posted inHousing

“A better way of doing suburbs”: How eco villages can help the cost of living

by Andrew Sadauskas 14 April 202214 April 2022
Posted inBuilding

NSW Auditor General slams slow removal of dangerous cladding

by Andrew Sadauskas 13 April 202214 April 2022
Shaun Carter
Posted inHousing

There’s a big economic divide around housing, and it’s getting bigger, says Shaun Carter

by Rose Mary Petrass 12 April 202214 April 2022
Posted inConstruction & Development

Why Aria Property Group is working to grow our knowledge of green buildings

by Andrew Sadauskas 12 April 202213 April 2022
Posted inSpinifex

Circular construction: why builders must adopt sustainable waste management

by Phil Smith, SHAPE Australia 11 April 202211 April 2022
Empty office
Posted inCommercial

The office is dead – long live the office! What’s the fate of the physical workspace?

by Rose Mary Petrass 7 April 202211 April 2022
prefab construction
Posted inConstruction & Development

Prefabricated may be the “only viable option,” besides it’s not so “cheap and nasty”

by Rose Mary Petrass 7 April 202213 April 2022
Posted inConstruction & Development

Dear property industry: the planet “can’t do this without you”

by Rose Mary Petrass 5 April 20225 April 2022
Promoted

Altogether Group delivers water, energy and data – for residential and commercial communities

Partnered Content Altogether Group 5 April 20225 April 2022
Jefa Greenaway
Posted inArchitecture

Jefa Greenaway says, just like sustainability, Indigenous design thinking used to be an afterthought

by Rose Mary Petrass 5 April 20227 April 2022
Posted inBusiness & Politics

Major planning battle brewing in NSW over walkable communities and sustainable homes

by Andrew Sadauskas 4 April 202220 April 2022

Posts navigation

Newer posts 1 2 3 4 5 … 78 Older posts

Trending

  • Molonglo: “it’s not about us and them, it’s about From Here To There”
  • Nikola Tesla dreamed of free electricity; what happened?
  • The Office of Planetary Observations brings space-age insights for greening our cities
  • More AGL news, supercharging EV uptake, Plastic Free July, Western Sydney, new carbon removal company and more…
  • Keeping cool in the tropics without air conditioning
  • France mandates green roofs – time for Oz to look at the pacesetters
  • Meet the Adelaide fintech startup that’s about to revolutionise how banks issue green home loans
  • Dan Andrews disappoints with underwhelming gas transition roadmap
  • Regenerate and restore: circular economy and investors
  • Air quality booms predictably due to pandemic – alongside other, not so predictable building services
  • About Us
  • Terms of Use
    • Editorial submissions
    • Privacy Policy
    • Code of conduct
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise with us
  • Jobs
  • My account
© 2022 The Fifth Estate. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Linkedin