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Businesses must innovate in response to carbon constraints

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... far, to continuously adapt to disruptive changes to the environment. GE's Eco-imagination is a change process that is building a set of capabilities and organizational design around sustainable innovation, yielding some breakthrough products and business ...

Low Carbon Australia to provide financing to foundries

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... evidence of pre-approved finance for upgrades before they receive funding. See Also: LCA-financed retrofitted office building sells for $12.25m FlexiGroup joins Low Carbon Australia on financing program

Carbon Farming Initiative grants for biochar research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... generate carbon credits under the government's carbon pricing regime. The projects were funded under the Biochar Capacity Building Program, a part of the Government's Carbon Farming Initiative. James Cook University was granted AU143,079 for a project ...

Sustainable workforce a material corporate issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... The firm reported a number of environmental accomplishments to The Sustainability Report, including increasing their building's NABERS rating from 3 to 4.5, revegetating a 40 metre section along the Brisbane River and diverting over 9 tonnes of waste ...

LCA-financed retrofitted office building sells for $12.25m

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... Australia has been sold for AU$12.25m, representing a 17% internal rate of return (IRR). O'Connell's OBM House, an office building at 26 Wharf Street, was sold by Harvest Property and the Harvest Denison Opportunity Fund, the owners and managers. Harvest ...

LGS wins SuperRatings Infinity Award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... which include commercial offices and shopping centres, awarded the top 6- star NABERS environmental rating in 2011. Its building at 76 Berry St, North Sydney, considered to be the lowest emission office building in Australia, has also committed to achieve ...

FlexiGroup joins Low Carbon Australia on financing program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... controls, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning, voltage regulation devices and power factor correction equipment, building management system optimisation and replacement, real time energy and water monitoring for buildings, refrigeration, boilers ...

Integrated reporting to provide analysis, innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... benefits that we've seen out of our sustainability reporting and move to integrated reporting is that we're actually building capacity to tell the bankmecu story," he said. "We are demonstrating our commitment to sustainability. We are improving our ...

City of Sydney, Low Carbon Australia sign agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... city of Sydney and Low Carbon Australia will organise seminars, workshops and develop marketing materials to encourage building owners and tenants to invest in energy-efficiency improvements. The two institutions will also collaborate on research, case ...

Strong overseas interest in EUA structure, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... overseas interest the structure of environmental upgrade agreements (EUAs) and the opportunities they present for commercial building owners and suppliers of waste, water and energy efficiency solutions, said Scott Bocskay, chief executive of the Sustainable ...