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Posted inFinance

CBA says “green is the new expectation” amidst $70 billion sustainable finance push, as retrofit trend rises

by Andrew Sadauskas 20 June 202220 June 2022
Posted inBuilding

“Passive house masterpiece” training centre a first for Germany

by David Thorpe 17 June 202217 June 2022
Posted inFinance

Active Super secures WELL rating for its $800 million property portfolio

by Andrew Sadauskas 24 May 20222 June 2022
tree city building
Posted inRating tools

New GRESB sustainability risk products now available for asset managers

by Rose Mary Petrass 17 May 202217 May 2022
thermometer showing urban heat
Posted inRating tools

How to cool cooking suburbs – a tool from WSROC aims to save lives

by Rose Mary Petrass 12 May 202212 May 2022
Posted inRating tools

How NABERS is going gangbusters and along with ESG is good for business: CBRE

by Rose Mary Petrass 29 March 202229 March 2022
ISPT’s 50 Lonsdale Street Victoria
Posted inArchitecture

Money talks and it’s calling green offices

by Rose Mary Petrass 25 February 202225 February 2022
101 Collins Street in Melbourne
Posted inRating tools

SmartScore smart building certification rates sustainability, future-proofing

by Rose Mary Petrass 14 February 202215 February 2022
Newcastle Uni Q Building
Posted inRating tools

Newcastle Uni’s Q Building officially awarded 6 Star rating

by Rose Mary Petrass 10 February 202210 February 2022
Posted inRating tools

Newcastle hotel claims NABERS Carbon Neutral building certification

by Rose Mary Petrass 8 February 20229 February 2022
Posted inRating tools

STAR – a new toolkit to repurpose underused space

by Professor Sara Wilkinson, UTS, Professor Jua Cilliers, UTS and Dr Gill Armstrong, UTS 27 January 202228 January 2022
Posted inRating tools

So much further to go with airtightness testing

by Sean Maxwell 21 January 202221 January 2022
25 King Brisbane WELL Building
Posted inRating tools

Australia leads huge take up of WELL-certified “healthy” buildings across Asia Pacific

by Rose Mary Petrass 14 December 202116 December 2021
Posted inRating tools

Colliers to bring an agents’ perspective to the GBCA and NABERS

by Duncan Murray 22 November 202119 November 2021
Posted inRating tools

One planet is actually all we’ve got. Let’s line up with it

by Duncan Murray 1 November 20211 November 2021
Posted inRating tools

Coorparoo Square shopping centre receives 5 star NABERS Energy rating

by Duncan Murray 26 October 202126 October 2021
Posted inRating tools

Emissions slashed when infrastructure projects use ISC rating – so let’s standardise outcomes for all

by Duncan Murray 26 October 202126 October 2021
Posted inRating tools

Vale Professor John Ballinger, technical founder of NatHERS and solar pioneer

by Trevor Lee 26 October 202127 October 2021
Posted inRating tools

The higher the rating, the higher the price: green ratings significantly boost building values

by Duncan Murray 25 October 202126 October 2021
Posted inRating tools

Big step forward by GBCA on building airtightness

by Sean Maxwell 16 September 202117 September 2021
Two men holding an award
Posted inRating tools

Australia’s first Green certified lab tackles emissions and waste from research

by Duncan Murray 16 August 202116 August 2021
Posted inRating tools

Perth’s carbon neutral certified apartment building 

by Duncan Murray 22 July 202122 July 2021
Posted inRating tools

“Pure poetry”: Australia and Germany open door for major energy efficiency collaboration

by Duncan Murray 22 June 202122 June 2021
Posted inRating tools

NSW building standards unsuitable to meet future climate conditions

by Duncan Murray 20 May 202120 May 2021
Posted inRating tools

eTool’s life cycle assessment is growing: here’s why

by Duncan Murray 19 April 202120 April 2021
Posted inRating tools

Why engineers should embrace the Living Building Challenge

by Chris Buntine, Northrop Consulting Engineers 19 April 202116 April 2021
Carlos Flores Chloe Shaw NABERS
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NABERS gets set for a strong year

by Tina Perinotto 18 February 202119 February 2021
Posted inRating tools

NABERS has officially moved to the UK!

by David Thorpe 1 December 20202 December 2020
Posted inRating tools

Biggest overhaul of Green Star since inception

by Jan Arreza 29 October 20202 November 2020
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Finally, evidence that NABERS works well in Oz…but what about the UK?

by Jan Arreza 12 October 202014 October 2020

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