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How the built environment impacts healthy ageing

How green, flexible infrastructure can make cities resilient

Some Of The Hidden Reasons Why Dallas Is Booming

We need smart thinking in our built environment… and in our political world too

Toward a playbook for public-private partnerships

Project update – April 2018

Walmart to double EV charging network with Electrify America

Environment and Liveability Strategy 2017

3 Ways that cities can unlock the benefits of electric vehicles

Singapore Budget 2018: Built-environment sector to get leg-up from research funds and Build.SG office

The Well Living Lab investigates relationship of Built Environment to Health

City of Sydney pushes for a net zero office sector

Tokyo to build world’s tallest timber tower

Get smart: making our cities great places to live

Greenwashing the property market: Why ‘green star’ ratings don’t guarantee more sustainable buildings

Be Promoted Globally by Austrade

On the Progress and Promise of Water Reuse

Papers Accepted For Publication

Health and wellbeing: the next frontier for the built environment

Inclusiveness Matters in the Making of a City

Could stretch codes supercharge the green building marketplace?

Noticing nature during your daily routine can help boost well-being, study finds

Clinton Calls for Environmental Action at Greenbuild

Green building council Australia: Buildings, cities and communities that are healthy, livable, productive, resilient and sustainable

Your Home Australia’s guide to environmentally sustainable homes

2017 Sustainability Awards winners revealed

National Framework for Residential Ratings

People are less likely to fall sick in green buildings, study finds

6-star standard for houses/townhouses

Five technology trends defining the future of corporate sustainability

Cleaner air, cooler buildings: urban trees save megacities millions

Tesla’s Tiny House takes renewable energy solutions across Australia

When sustainability saved the city

Binning the bag: Queensland gets tough on waste

The world is facing a global sand crisis

Regional Development Innovation Awards 2017

Aussie tech firm in electric aircraft race

Brisbane to become home to Australia’s tallest timber building

The 20th century saw a 23 fold increase in natural resources used for building

Castlemaine grows it’s Eco hotspot reputation with a second living building challenge

It’s no whim why wood is really better for building

Australian Disaster Resilience Knowledge Hub

TENDER: Architectural Services Tender at the University of the Sunshine Coast. EOI Closing 25 May 2017

Prefab and timber: the great green convergence

All timber apartments assembled like flat packed furniture

These dome homes can survive natural disasters

Presenting the flood resistant house

Additive manufacturing solutions from Boomer Innovations

Chrysler engineers see clearly with 3D printed transparent differential housings

Green buildings are on the increase. The global green building materials market, is expected to grow from $171,475 million in 2015 to $377,029 million by 2022. Driven by emission reduction, high asset value, growth in public awareness and increase in client and market demand.

A resilient building is one that won’t be knocked down or gutted in 20 years because it’s no longer appropriate or hasn’t stood the test of time.

Villages in the Netherlands are developing off-grid communities, capable of producing their own food and maintaining decentralised electric grids.

Al Gore to be Principal Speaker at EcoCity World Summit in Melbourne in July.

Building sustainable cities why we should think small.

Here is the GreenSmart Energy Efficiency Award Winning House on the Sunshine Coast.

Sustainable passive building design encourages you to work with the sun, consider the building envelope, thermal mass and landscaping. It can create beautiful spaces with enormous amounts of natural comfort for little to no cost.

Harvard University study proves green buildings improve human cognitive function. The capacity to pay attention to situations at hand improved by a whopping 38 per cent!

Congratulations to Bob & Chris Cameron from Cleantech Industries Sunshine Coast member Rockcote. Voted as one of Australia’s most trusted brands.

These Nigerian homes built with plastic bottles maintain a comfortable temperature, produce zero carbon emissions and are powered by solar and methane gas from recycled waste. They are also bulletproof, fireproof, and can withstand earthquakes!

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