Your marketplace for sustainable solutions
Ads are ubiquitous in many people’s lives, whether on billboards across our cities or on our phones as we’re tracked across the internet. That’s a huge amount of power and influence. For example, ads which appeal to eco-conscious consumers have the potential to dramatically affect public perceptions of how brands are addressing climate change.
If your business is struggling to keep up with energy costs, you should consider outsourcing your facility management – at least that’s what a recent study from JLL has found. In the commercial property industry, the global market for facility management will be worth an estimated US$1.9 (A$2.73) trillion by 2024.
In a semi-rural block, just 20 minutes north-west of the Brisbane CBD sits a striking family home, unusual both in its aesthetics and functional design.
Recent extreme weather events have underscored the need to cut the CO₂ emissions that are driving up global temperatures. This requires a rapid transition of the energy economy to renewable energy sources, the cheapest being solar photovoltaics (PV). And our newly published research points to a way we can drive down costs of the shift even further using cheaper forms of silicon for highly efficient solar panels.
Kathryn Lucas-Healey, Australian National University; Alice Wendy Russell, Australian National University; Hedda Ransan-Cooper, Australian National University, and Hugo Temby, Australian National University
Here’s some new research out there that will help you choose which type of PV array is best for you and your business.
As the face of a 23,000-strong army of eco-warriors, Jamie Stott is the leader of a community first and foremost. She is someone who wants to connect with customers through a shared passion for sustainably and ethically sourced products. She is also the owner of a bricks-and-mortar retailer: Ecolateral.
Alex Wright, owner and director of Sydney nursery More Plants says that indoor plants have definitely picked up in popularity since the pandemic, with tropical and rare plants so popular that prices have dropped dramatically from $300 to around $30.
The ACT Container Deposit Scheme is celebrating its success for the fourth year running. Thanks to the tremendous effort of the community, over 181 million containers have been returned through the scheme’s network of return points – that’s more than $18 million in refunds back in the hands of the community.