Leading smart building technology company, IBMS Pty Ltd, announced today that it has completed a major rebranding and will henceforth be known as Avani.
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ESG impact a top factor for Australian insto investors in 2023
Aviva Investors have today launched the fifth edition of their award-winning annual ‘Real Assets Study’ and have taken a deep dive into investor attitudes towards sustainable real assets.
Read More »EG Leads Property Sector With First ‘Real Zero’ Carbon Pledge
EG has committed to ‘Real Zero’ carbon by 2030, taking a sophisticated, data-driven, approach to climate action.
Read More »Green Star looks back at year of transition and opportunity
The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) has today released the Green Star: a year in focus report for 2021-22 detailing industry’s shared efforts to decarbonise the built environment.
Read More »Mulpha and UNSW release ground-breaking plan targeting the reduction of urban heat in Norwest by two degrees
Norwest parent developer Mulpha and the University of NSW Built Environment School have released the results of a two-year research study aimed at understanding how the Norwest precinct handles heat and assessing ways to mitigate its impact through smart building, infrastructure and landscape design.
Read More »Mirvac Sets Its Sights on Net Positive Scope 3 Emissions Target and Stronger Social Impact
A year since the company reached net positive in its scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions, Mirvac today announced its plans to achieve net positive in the challenging area of scope 3 emissions by 2030.
Read More »Property developers join top chefs in calling time on gas cooking
Green Building Council of Australia is supporting a coalition of global property companies, climate organisations and top chefs including Neil Perry, in calling for gas to be phased out of all commercial and domestic kitchens.
Read More »Somersby Warehouse first to achieve rating on the new NABERS Energy rating for Warehouses and Cold Stores
A warehouse on the New South Wales Central Coast has become the first property in Australia to achieve a rating on the newly launched NABERS Energy rating for Warehouses and Cold Stores.
Read More »Three “big ticket” items accelerate Australia’s transition to net zero
The centrepiece of the Albanese Government’s Federal Budget – a plan to build one million energy-efficient homes by the end of the decade – has been warmly welcomed by the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA).
Read More »Australian property companies the most sustainable in the world
Australian property companies top the 2022 GRESB Real Estate Benchmark, once again leading the global cohort in sustainability.
Read More »Valuing ESG at 818 Bourke St, Docklands
Centuria’s Office REIT is targeting a 6 Star NABERS Energy Rating at 818 Bourke Street having implemented a range of ESG initiatives to improve outcomes for the building and to attract new tenants to 10,700sqm of space currently available.
Read More »Optimising peak demand and supporting grid stability through batteries
Increasing the role that solar energy and battery storage technologies play in reducing emissions in Charter Halls' Shopping Centre Retail portfolio has been a key focus over the past five years.
Read More »Stockland and Compost Revolution promote circular living through first-of-its-kind program
Stockland and Compost Revolution have teamed up to deliver a first-of-its-kind program to empower, educate and equip Stockland’s masterplanned communities to support the better disposal of organic waste, reducing landfill and avoiding greenhouse gas emissions in the process.
Read More »Charter Hall and Two Good Co recognised for sustainable innovation
Together with long-term social enterprise partner, Two Good Co, Charter Hall have been named the "National Social Procurement Trailblazer" in the 2022 Social Traders National Game Changer Awards for their new sustainable soap dispensers.
Read More »JLL achieves a first for WA – achieving WELL Gold certification for its corporate HQ
JLL’s Perth headquarters at Central Park has been awarded a WELL Gold rating from the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) and a 5 Star Green Star certification from the Green Building Council of Australia
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