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Green Star Apartments paves way to cheaper loans and healthy low carbon homes
A new Green Star pathway for individual apartments launched by the Green Building Council of Australia shows sustainability ...
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NatHERS will soon come to an existing home near you – so you can finally work out what your energy consumption is likely to be
It’s been a long time coming but at last, homeowners might soon be able to know how much energy they can expect to consume in ...
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What Australia’s circular economy framework means for recycled content in the built environment
In December 2024, the Australian federal Department of Climate Change, Energy and the Environment and Water published the ...
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Come hear what Matt Kean has to say next Tuesday
They say truth is the first casualty of war. So, the first thing the federal opposition does when Matt Kean releases the ...
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Construction productivity reset: housing productivity for a post carbon era
The recent Productivity Commission report Housing construction productivity: Can we fix it? repeats many of the industry’s ...
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How planning could limit extreme weather disasters
Better planning for extreme weather in a changing climate means learning from Australia’s past mistakes and taking a tougher ...