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City of Melbourne to hold EUA sessions for building sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 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 ...

GBCA certifies record 100 Green Star projects for 2011

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) has reported certifying 100 Green Star building projects in one calendar year. This is the highest number of certifications that GBCA has done since certifying 88 projects in 2009. GBCA launched the Green ...

Mirvac identifies 22 material sustainability issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... and a range of energy initiatives were identified. The retrofit received funding from the federal government's Green Building Fund, were recently completed and are expected to achieve energy savings in total of approximately 3,800GJ per annum. The works ...

LGS uses trigeneration technology for property retrofit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... retrofit cost approximately AU$6m, and $2.1m of this was funded through the Australian Federal Government AusIndustry Green Building Fund. The upgrade would not have gone ahead without the award from the Green Building Fund, Churchill said. "This project ...

Investor Profile: Local Government Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... economics work out and has LGS reached break-even points in these investments? PL: The recent federal government's Green Building Grants was the real driver to push through our position. It allowed us to bring the break-even point for many of those efficiencies ...