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Energetics | Services, Sustainability Consultants and Engineers

The new world of renewable power purchase agreements and the importance of a wholistic, strategic approach

The world is changing fast. More and more institutions and investors are driven by responsible lending practices.

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Latest articles

Explainers, Real Estate

5 ecovillages around the world

What’s an ecovillage? And what do they look like? Here The Green List gives a run down of five of the most interesting eco villages around the world including two in Australia.

Explainers, Offices

How to check your office’s indoor environmental quality – an explainer

IEQ is an extremely important measure, considering we spend around 90 per cent of our day to day lives indoors.

EnviroSure | Services, Insurance

Insurance can be way easier for sustainability assessors, auditors and consultants

EnviroSure specialises in providing a standard business insurance policy that covers anyone who is certified to do measurement, assessment or audit.

Planet Ark Power | Services, Energy Efficiency

Industrial and commercial solar can finally tap the grid for big dollars

Imagine if you could fill empty rooftops with solar panels and convince the grid authorities you’ve got a brilliant way to feed the solar energy into the grid – without causing any hiccups.

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Latest news

Architects, News

Dubai to get world’s longest agricultural park

“Super Park” will sink a portion of the busy Sheikh Zayed Road below ground, making space for 25 kilometres of greenery above.

Buildings, Materials, Concrete, News

From waste glass to stronger concrete

Researchers at Deakin University have found substituting ground glass for sand in the creation of polymer concrete may result in a stronger construction material that is also cheaper to produce.

News, Round Up

Opera House gets 5 Stars, IKEA’s food turns to fertiliser, and a new type of wood to cool your house

5 June 2019 | bottles turned to roads, food to fertiliser, 3D printed reefs and more.

News, Round Up

Reality television, CSIRO’s plastics report, a ban on e-waste and QANTAS goes landfill free

29 May 2019 | Research based television show angles sustainability at “the masses” and solar switches go national.

Explainers, Residential

How to choose a healthy apartment – a checklist for buyers, renters and designers

One of the many new insights making their way into residential development thinking – or that need to – is how the design of an apartment, the building itself and its urban context can either promote or discourage a healthier lifestyle.

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Featured articles

Paarhammer Windows and Doors | Doors and Windows

A business born from necessity: Paarhammer Windows and Doors

As high profile clients at Nishi Apartments in Canberra and Saffire Freycinet Resort can attest, the higher the quality of your windows and doors the less you spend on energy.

National Museum of Australia environmental credentials

thinkstep | Materials, Services, Assessors and Certifiers

How to boost environmental credentials and market reputation

If you want your building products to be fully transparent about their environmental credentials and stand out to buyers you need third-party certification.

Smart Plus Homes | Training

A passion for bringing passive house to the nation

Daniel Kress is a man on a mission. His aim is to have Passive House design principles implemented into the National Construction Code by 2030.

AFRC Lab | Assessors and Certifiers

Why nothing beats verification and expert advice on building products

The Australian building industry has a problem with the independence of its certifiers, says David Morehouse of AFRC Lab.

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Office Recycling

How the Better Buildings Partnership can help reduce waste and costs from your next workplace refurbishment

About 400,000 square metres of office space in Sydney is refitted every year. Previously almost 80 per cent of what is stripped out of the space was sent to landfill.

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Special feature: office recycling

Office Spectrum | Office Recycling, Office Furniture and Fittings