One year on from the introduction of the revised Green Star PVC Credit has seen the building and construction industry take a new look at the use of PVC in flooring and resilient wall coverings, cable, pipe and conduit. The revised Green Star PVC Credit, introduced in April 2010 by the Green Building Council of Australia, recognises the environmental advances made by PVC resin and product manufacturers across Australia.
23/06/2011 |
Grocon's new Pixel building, the first carbon neutral office building in Australia, has achieved the highest Green Star ever awarded.
15/07/2010 |
Work has begun on a new $3 million, 6 star energy efficient environmental learning centre at Gold Creek School in the ACT.
12/07/2010 |
Emirates Hotels & Resorts has been awarded the Conservation Award at the 2010 World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) Global Summit.
28/05/2010 |
How will new approaches to design and planning mitigate the effects of climate change and adapt to its already inevitable impacts?
24/05/2010 |
How will new approaches to design and planning mitigate the effects of climate change and adapt to its already inevitable impacts?
24/05/2010 |
One One One Eagle Street has achieved a 6 star Green Star design rating, making it world leading in sustainable design.
21/05/2010 |
From May 1 to October 31 this year, around 70 million visitors are anticipated to attend the Shanghai World Expo 2010, the largest Expo the world has ever seen.
20/05/2010 |
The Australian steel industry has been quick to embrace a new opportunity to attract work from the environmentally conscious building and construction sector by registering for a new Environmental Sustainability Charter.
03/05/2010 |
A new Green Star ‘Steel’ credit, which aims to encourage environmentally responsible production, design and fabrication methods has been introduced into all Green Star rating tools.
30/04/2010 |
Ark development has reached practical completion.
29/04/2010 |
Zen Architect's formula for a winning sustainable building included maximising a small urban 121 sqm site, with the two bedroom home's comprising a footprint of only 77 sqm.
20/04/2010 |
Australian Living has developed a seminar series called the ‘Five Keys to a Sustainable Home’, which provides an educational insight into designing a high performing sustainable home.
14/04/2010 |
ARBS has announced the 28 finalists over nine categories for its Industry Awards.
24/03/2010 |
A husband and wife team creating sustainable buildings that reinforce sense of place, community and identity in increasingly pressured urban environments has been awarded the Gold Medal for Architecture from the Australian Institute of Architects.
18/03/2010 |
A Memorandum of Understanding between the Australian and Hong Kong green building councils will accelerate the universal adoption of sustainable building practices.
17/03/2010 |
Dyesol Inc. is collaborating with Pilkington North America to develop opportunities in the building integrated photovoltaic market place utilising Pilkington’s TEC series of transparent conductive oxide coated float glass and Dyesol’s dye solar cell materials and technology.
09/03/2010 |
THE Lilyfield Housing Redevelopment in Sydney is the first social housing scheme in Australia to be awarded a Green Star certification.
28/01/2010 |
THE architects over at Woodhead have sent new benchmarks in sustainable architecture, achieving a six-Star Green Star rating for their design at Fujitsu’s Victorian head office.
12/01/2010 |
WATERMAN AHW Consulting Engineers has won the sustainability award at the AIRAH Awards 2009.
10/12/2009 |