Proposed changes by Brisbane City Council under Brisbane City Plan that incentivise the inclusion of green rooftops by residential developers have been warmly received by developers. The changes will enable developers to include communal green spaces on rooftops without listing those spaces as an extra floor. While this is a…

Leading design experts from Australia and around the world have been announced for the Sydney Design Festival, running from 1 – 10 March 2019 across Sydney. Curated and produced by the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS), this year’s festival theme Accessing Design challenges designers to broaden the definition of design…

A coalition of the largest consumer product companies, along with international recycling leader TerraCycle, has unveiled a global, first-of-its-kind, shopping system called Loop™. The initiative was designed to change the world’s reliance on single use packaging, offer a convenient and enhanced circular solution to consumers, while securing meaningful environmental benefits….

This organic winery in Villorba, Treviso already had 35 years of history and prosperity to its name. With respect to the natural bounty of the land upon which it stands, the architects created a structure that channels the modality and materiality of agriculture with a focus on sustainability. Reinventing the…

How can you recycle the world’s stockpiles of treated sewage sludge and boost sustainability in the construction industry, all at the same time? Turn those biosolids into bricks. Biosolids are a by-product of the wastewater treatment process that can be used as fertiliser, in land rehabilitation or as a construction…

Australia’s premium sustainable housing project, The Cape, in Cape Paterson, has opened its doors to its newest 8.1-star energy efficient home, Seastar. This energy and water efficient coastal home sits within the top tier of sustainable homes in Australia. Featuring state-of-the-art energy efficient design, construction and fit out, Seastar boasts…

A new wind farm in regional Victoria has begun supplying energy to power Town Halls, bank branches, universities and street lights across Melbourne. Fourteen members of Melbourne’s leading universities, cultural institutions, corporations and councils combined their purchasing power to support the construction of the 80 MW wind farm at Crowlands,…