Earlier this year the Better Buildings Partnership (BBP) released a Waste from Strip Out Guidelines Toolset to promote continuous improvement for reporting and managing strip out operations. The toolset includes a Waste Management Plan and a Reprocessor Facility Directory. These tools encourage consistent reporting alongside transparency and accountability of the removed materials from commercial offices […]
Interactive maps of Australia’s electricity grid will help identify the most valuable locations to invest in renewable energy and demand management within the grid. The online resources, developed by the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) at the University of Technology Sydney, fill an information gap by providing clear, consistent and timely information on where alternatives […]
The finalists in the Banksia Sustainability Awards have been announced. This year Banksia is recognising 57 finalists across 14 different categories for their innovation, problem solving, leadership and extraordinary sustainability achievements. The Banksia Sustainability Awards, now in their 27th year, reaffirms that Australian enterprise is providing a plethora of innovative approaches and practices in how […]
HotHouse lived up to its name on 12 August at Sydney’s Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences (formerly the Powerhouse Museum) – as a means of cultivating and fast-tracking ideas – by bringing together a diverse group of people to consider the idea of sustainable neighbourhoods. Following on from the first of the new format […]
If you think your personal efforts to appreciate and understand your local environment can’t have a positive impact, then think again. The Office of Australia’s Chief Scientist recently issued a statement saying that science in this country is benefitting from “people power” with a growing number of citizen scientists helping expand scientific knowledge and discovery. […]
“For the foreseeable future coal is the foundation of prosperity,” Prime Minster Tony Abbott said late last year. “Coal is the foundation of the way we live because you can’t have a modern lifestyle without energy, you can’t have a modern economy without energy”. He went on to say that if we are serious about […]
We should price nature to protect it. That was the topic up for debate at the IQ2 event that attracted several hundred people in Sydney on July 21. ‘Price’ and ‘nature’ were the moving targets in this debate hosted by The Ethics Centre (formerly known as St James Ethics Centre). It seemed to be successful […]
A team of researchers has taken the first step in assessing feasibility for a number of buildings in the Pyrmont-Ultimo area of Sydney to install solar power. In June, the Smart Locale Rooftop Solar Power project released the study, authored by Andrea Ehlers and James Meharg from Macquarie University. Overall, 22 commercial buildings were identified […]
The latest event hosted by Green Capital was about as central to the definition of the ‘s’ word as you can get. Yes, that’s right, sustainability. But it didn’t necessarily see itself that way. That’s due partly to Green Capital’s evolution from the corporate responsibility focus of the 2000s, to its current positioning “beyond CSR”. The independent […]
As I write, it’s been reported that the longest running program for atmospheric monitoring of carbon dioxide, Mauna Loa in Hawaii, is again struggling financially. It reminded me of the important markers this year in relation to climate change and the various responses from government and business to the challenges it presents. What stands out […]
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