Articles tagged with 'green-star'

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.


Global round up

24 June 2009 | BIG Architecture designs a shattered crystal, a Solomon Islands school is hailed a prototype and the World Trade Centre memorial takes shape in today's global round up.


New hotel standard is competition for Green Star

22 May 2009 | A new environmental rating tool is plugging a gap left by Green Star accreditation for sustainable buildings within the hospitality and tourism industry


Garrett awards 100th Green Star

17 April 2009 | The government must lead sustainable design, but industry must provide champions: minister


EPA retrofit reaches for Green Star

11 February 2009 | The Environmental Protection Agency is slashing its emissions by creating energy-efficient worksites and refurbishing existing buildings.


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