Imagine a fleet of ageing factories operating in neighbourhoods across Australia.
As we work towards fully electric households powered by renewable energy, have we overlooked a key enabling technology, the humble electric water heater?
While much of the focus in sustainable architecture goes to the innovative approaches and design thinking behind the structures themselves, it’s often the interiors that really provide the icing on the sustainable cake.
Lendlease's One Circular Quay development, designed by the late Kerry Hill, has surpassed $1 billion worth of sales since its launch late last year.
Consumers struggling with cost-of-living pressures were dealt another blow on Thursday, when the Australian Energy Regulator confirmed energy price hikes of up to 25% from July.
Frasers Property Australia’s Burwood Brickworks (NH Architecture, Russell & George) and Midtown MacPark (Bates Smart) developments are set to be among the first communities in the country to be powered entirely by renewable energy, via the developer’s energy arm Real Utilities.
Every winter we hear about soaring energy bills and people’s inability to stay warm. But, until now, we haven’t really known just how cold Australian homes are. Our newly published research suggests around four out of five of Australian homes fail to meet World Health Organization minimum standards for warmth.
A massive project is unfolding in Sydney’s Western Parkland region. The building of a new city from the ground up is central to an infrastructure-led restructuring of metropolitan Sydney. The catalysts are the Western Sydney City Deal and the Western Sydney Airport being built alongside the new Bradfield City.
Real wages are expected to start growing slightly earlier and grow more strongly than previously forecast, according to the latest Treasury estimates.