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Expanded Energy Savings Scheme a winner
Improvements to the New South Wales Government’s Energy Savings Scheme (ESS) will help households and businesses to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, save money and boost productivity, says the Green Building...
Read moreSustainability program is making Sydney greener an…
The City of Sydney celebrated World Environment Day in June 2014 on a high, having retrofitted 45 of its properties to reduce electricity and water use, slash carbon emissions and...
Read moreInternational green building award for Tony Arnel
Former Chair of the Green Building Council of Australia, and contributor to Retrofit Australia, Tony Arnel, has been presented with a World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) Chairman’s Award for 2014...
Read moreUpgrade for uplift
For decades, the people of Perth walked past the crumbling heritage buildings and ugly ‘hole in the ground’ in the heart of their city, and wondered what would ever become...
Read moreSustainability auditing and building upgrades: mak…
Sustainability auditing is a term used when the depth and breadth of a traditional energy audit (for example AS/NZS 3598:20001) is considerably expanded. Many building owners and facilities managers will...
Read moreAffordable, Sustainable Refurbishment
Building retrofits just got more affordable. Sustainable building upgrades can provide a more comfortable, healthy and productive workplace for tenants. With around 81 per cent of all office buildings in...
Read moreCertifying retrofit professionals
The Energy Efficiency Certification Scheme provides certification for the professionals that lead and manage comprehensive energy retrofits of commercial buildings in Australia. The Scheme is managed and administered by the…
Commercial gains in Albury
Voltage power optimisation (VPO) is a technology that optimises a site’s power supply to provide financial, energy and carbon savings – simultaneously correcting the problem of overvoltage on the supply…
NSW Government buildings seize retrofit opportunities
The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) welcomes the New South Wales Government’s commitment to improve the energy efficiency of 150 government buildings, announced by NSW Minister for the Environment…
Sustainable Buildings Research Centre leading the way for better places to live and work
University of Wollongong’s Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC) was officially opened recently, providing a unique hub for academia, research, industry and the community to create, develop and implement ideas that…
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