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CEFC to provide $100m financing through Balmain Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... see CEFC finance used for major building retrofits that are designed to lift a property's National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) rating by at least two stars, up to at least four stars, CEFC said. "Up to 80% of Australia's commercial ...

CEFC commits $30 million to EUA financing fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... lesser-rated properties." EUAs are already in operation and can be used to upgrade 0-star National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) buildings to perform as 4 and 5-star properties. CEFC cited several projects for which it provided ...

Melbourne wins energy efficient built environment award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Melbourne has been recognised at the C40 and Siemens Climate Leadership Award in the category of Energy Efficient Built Environment. The award, which was given in London earlier this week, recognises Melbourne's initiatives to create an energy efficient ...

J.P. Morgan rates Australian REITs reporting, management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... Initiative, the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), ISO14064 - Greenhouse Gases, National Australian Built Environment Rating Systems (NABERS), and the Green Star ratings. J.P. Morgan said that GRESB provides the most practical approach ...

GBCA: Green Star buildings more efficient, less wasteful

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... and costs, and preventing truckloads of waste to landfill. The savings that Green Star is delivering for the built environment - financial, social and environmental - are just too good to ignore."

Sustainable development and Australia in the Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... building industry, GBCA put out a five-point list of priorities to give priority to greening the Australian built environment - provide visionary government leadership; retrofit and improve existing buildings; green education and healthcare facilities ...

Stockland publishes integrated 2012 annual review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... changing climate affect the way our organisation, governments, communities and other key stakeholders view the built environment," Stockland said. "We have made a commitment to ensure we understand these risks and the opportunities for mitigation and ...

Local Government Super recognised at Green Globe Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... NABERS average of 5 stars, according to information from the Green Globes Award. LGS was also a finalist for the Built Environment Sustainability Green Globe Award category, for its retrofit of Carnegie Morgan Hill House (120 Sussex Street, Sydney). ...

Low Carbon Australia finances $1.6m Ipswich building upgrade

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... efficiency work in the CBD to support Ipswich's local economy." The building had a zero star National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) result in January 2011, but it is now targeting four stars, said Meg McDonald, Low Carbon Australia's ...

Strong overseas interest in EUA structure, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... and tied to energy meter charges. At the Munich seminar, Bocksay said attendees were drawn strongly from the built environment with particular emphasis on municipal waste programs. "We had people that look at municipal wide waste programs, bio-digesters ...