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Local Government Super sells upgraded property

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Partners Group. The property had been retrofitted to 6-star NABERS rating and received a $439,000 grant from the Green Building Fund, which was 50% of the upgrade costs incurred, said Brian Churchill, LGS property portfolio manager. "[SKM House] moved ...

MSCI: Asia Pacific, EU green building market show potential

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
Globally, the green building market has more growth potential in the Asia-Pacific and Europe than in North America, according to research from MSCI. In the latest MSCI ESG IVA Industry Report: Real Estate, MSCI benchmarks 70 of the largest real estate ...

Sustainable development and Australia in the Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... paper also points to water-related risks as issues as well. Robin Mellon, executive director of advocacy, at the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) sees progression like this as an area where the Australian building industry can play a strategic ...

Q&A with Meg McDonald, CEO Low Carbon Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... changeable through time - witness the shift in feed-in tariff arrangements for solar power, the insulation program, the Green Building Fund, and other grant programs which are intermittent, and which have rounds which open and shut. This has contributed ...

Australian property continues to lead GRESB performers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... decreased by 6%, a reduction of 432,000 metric tons of CO2, which is equivalent to removing 85,000 cars from the road. Green building certification is also on the rise, with 51% of respondents including green building certificates in their portfolio ...

Equinix Sydney facility receives LEED certification

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... provider of global data centre services, has been awarded the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating system gold certification for the first phase instruction of its facility in Mascot, Sydney. LEED is maintained by ...

Low Carbon Australia joins Climate Bond Standard group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... with representatives from the International Energy Agency, the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, US Green Building Council, the Office of the State Treasurer of California and others. The Climate Bond Standard announced that the working ...

EUAs finance $4.9m in Melbourne environmental retrofits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
Environmental upgrade financing vehicles in the City of Melbourne have funded AU$4.9m in energy and emissions efficiency retrofit programs and are projected to save 5350 tonnes of CO2-e emissions per year, according to the Sustainable Melbourne Fund. ...

Superannuation funds increasingly act, invest sustainably

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
While 80% of superannuation funds have told research firm SuperRatings that they believe they have a responsibility to operate sustainably, only 20-30% of those respondents measure and report energy, waste and water usage regularly. In their annual ...

Strong overseas interest in EUA structure, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... Austrade seminar in Munich to raise awareness of commercial opportunities for European companies in the Australian green building market, with the purpose of stimulating jobs and economic activity in Australia. Bocskay will speak on the retrofit market ...