Articles tagged with 'green-star'

Sustainable communities on the way in

2 September 2010 | Australia may soon have a voluntary national standard for new sustainable communities.


ALPOLIC fr - unlimited versatility, guaranteed Green Star

30 July 2010 | ALPOLIC fr has rapidly become Australia’s number one in aluminium composite cladding, being that Alpolic fr is a non-combustible, highly versatile and strongly recommended by many renowned architects, which gives you a good idea of what possibilities Alpolic fr has to offer.


A pixel makes a big statement in Victoria

15 July 2010 | Grocon's new Pixel building, the first carbon neutral office building in Australia, has achieved the highest Green Star ever awarded.


First Sydney office to target 6 stars to begin construction

8 July 2010 | The GPT Group will commence a $60 million development at 7 Parkview Drive, Sydney Olympic Park.


Government gets with the green agenda

11 June 2010 | After a slow start, all levels of government around Australia have taken up the green building agenda, a new study by the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) has found.


CSR’s new HQ achieves Australian first for interiors

9 June 2010 | CSR’s Triniti Project has been awarded a 5 star Green Star – Office Interiors v1.1 rating for the fitout of its new offices located in the Triniti III building in the Stockland Triniti campus at North Ryde.


Retail's history inspires new Myer office

20 May 2010 | The new Myer National Support Office has achieved a 5 star Green Star – Office Design (v2) certified rating from the Green Building Council of Australia.


A new Ark rises in Sydney

17 May 2010 | Construction is now complete on the Rice Daubney designed Ark commercial office tower.


Green Star steel credit revised

3 May 2010 | A new Green Star 'Steel' credit, which aims to encourage environmentally responsible production, design and fabrication methods has been introduced into all Green Star rating tools.


Green Building Council changes accreditation program

29 April 2010 | The Green BUilding Council of Australia's Green Star Accredited Professional program is changing.


GBCA launches national communities framework

22 February 2010 | The framework provides a resource for those creating sustainable communities and a context for upcoming Green Star communities tool.


Architects hardest hit by green project deferrals

19 February 2010 | Green projects were most likely to be deferred or abandoned at the design stage in 2009, new research reveals.


UTS tower wins concept plan approval

19 January 2010 | The winning proposal from a design competition to conceive a student housing tower and expand UTS Broadway has won development approval.


Woodhead sets new standard in sustainability

18 December 2009 | Woodhead has received the highest score to date awarded to any Australian office interiors project for their design at Fujitsu's Victorian head office.


Shortlist revealed for UTS Podium competition

15 December 2009 | Five Australian architects will have until February to complete their designs for extending the Brutalist landmark building.


Green Star buckles under union pressure

1 December 2009 | The Green Building Council has caved into pressure and relaxed its timber accreditation, sounding the "death knell" for the Council, say the Greens.


BPN Sustainability Award winners announced

3 November 2009 | A convention centre that breaks out of the box has snapped up the top award and we've got a full list of winners.


GBCA appoints new state manager

20 October 2009 | A sustainability expert from a major national firm takes on a management role for Queensland and the Northern Territory.


Docklands mines gold in financial services

2 October 2009 | ANZ's new Docklands headquarters is nearly complete, bringing the financial services' investment into the precinct to more than $1 billion.


Images of new Swinburne uni building revealed

7 August 2009 | Architecture & Design can reveal images of H2O Architects' design for Swinburne University of Technology's Advanced Technologies Centre in Melbourne.


New Green Star to shape Frasers Broadway, Barangaroo

6 August 2009 | VicUrban and the Green Building Council of Australia are joining forces to develop a national benchmark for sustainable design across entire communities.


Watpac's 'The Zone' achieves NABERS and Green Star ratings

5 August 2009 | Watpac's 'The Zone' building at Sydney Olympic Park has received a 4.5-Star NABERS Energy base building score and a 4-Star Green Star rating.


Melbourne Convention Centre wins national environmental award

28 July 2009 | The world's first six star Green Star convention centre has just scooped the Banksia Foundation Built Environment Award 2009.


'No business case' for green hospitals

20 July 2009 | Green hospitals are commercially unjustifiable because they are not driven by market factors, an international property and construction consultancy said after reviewing the Green Star healthcare tool.


Recovery promised for sick buildings

26 June 2009 | The move towards green and healthy buildings is consistent with a growing body of research suggesting green healthcare facilities improve patient outcomes and reduce health risks to staff.


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