Dec 19, 2024 · 3. Urban design has a dark side to its creativity – two projects in Brisbane show how. This OpEd from QUT and UQ academics argued why aggressive forms of “hostile architecture” like Howard Smith Wharves and Brisbane’s new …

Why we need property linked finance for homes, now. Property linked finance, has already been proved in three Australian states. It is now gaining momentum as a transformative finance tool that could enable both new, highly efficient homes and enable millions of existing inefficient houses to become the homes Australians deserve.

Jan 30, 2025 · Bio. Matt Kean was appointed as Chair of the authority on 5 August 2024 for a term of 5 years. He was previously the Member for Hornsby in the NSW Parliament from 2011 until 2 August 2024.

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Aug 3, 2023 · University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) research student and engineering officer Mari Miranda told The Fifth Estate that it was likely because of the lack of knowledge surrounding how to use bamboo as a construction material because of the difficulty of connecting bamboo’s hollow and thin-walled culms, or stems. Australian builders expect more regular profiles in their building materials ...

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Jun 3, 2020 · When it comes to rethinking sustainability, the Australian building sector is going to have to start from the ground up. Australia’s construction sector is the fourth largest indirect emitter thanks to embodied carbon — the amount of carbon that goes into a building — with concrete and steel as two of its biggest offenders.

Aug 3, 2023 · Handling a big chunk of the work will be mechanical airconditioning contractor Velocity Air. Upgrades to the building include: Efficiencies in the new reverse cycle HVAC system mean that hot air removed from airconditioning will be recycled back into the system for use elsewhere, such as heating water

Jun 3, 2024 · Professor Peter Newman AO is an environmental scientist, author and educator based in Perth, Western Australia. He is Professor of Sustainability at Curtin University and a former Board Member of Infrastructure Australia.

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