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  • Industry NewsSustainabilityTimber

    Salvaged timber put to good use in communities

    By Anna Hayes
    August 14, 2019
    Flood-damaged timber from the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales has been put to good use in hundreds of public projects. The timber ...
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  • Industry NewsSustainability

    Report provides road map for sustainable housing

    By Anna Hayes
    July 3, 2019
    A new report, focusing on sustainable homes, shows that two-thirds of Australians would prefer to buy energy efficient homes but do not do so ...
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  • Industry NewsSustainability

    Deakin researchers examining Micro Villages

    By Anna Hayes
    June 27, 2019
    Researchers at Deakin University are working on a community project that will create clusters of affordable homes for retirees and elderly people living on ...
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  • Sustainability

    CSIRO tool outlines housing statistics

    By Anna Hayes
    April 29, 2019
    A new tool, designed to collate data on energy efficiency in Australian housing, has found that homes are becoming larger but also more energy-efficient, ...
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  • From the magazineRoofingSustainability

    Something from nothing

    By Justin Felix
    March 18, 2019
    As extreme weather patterns become the norm, it is increasingly important to preserve water supplies. Adelle King looks at how ‘air to water’ technology ...
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  • Industry NewsSustainability

    Brick company PGH pledge new sustainability idea using local waste

    By Esther Rivers
    January 22, 2019
    Brick and paving company PGH has announced a new sustainable way of minimising waste through commendable efforts using the Parkville tunnel projects off-cuts of ...
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  • Industry NewsSustainability

    USG Boral duo seek new challenges with Rock the House project

    By brihonytulloch
    November 29, 2018
    As part of its ongoing commitment to the Rock the House program with Habitat for Humanity, two USG Boral and 10 Boral employees, spent ...
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  • Industry NewsStandards and RegulationsSustainability

    New standards to assist with energy efficient residential air conditioning

    By Liam Armstrong
    November 28, 2018
    The installation and design of energy efficient residential air conditioning will be assisted by the publication of a new standard, according to a press ...
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  • Industry NewsSustainability

    Victoria building smarter, more energy efficient homes

    By Cameron Grimes
    October 22, 2018
    The Victorian Government has announced three building companies will develop energy-efficient, environmentally sustainable homes for sale in Melbourne’s high-growth suburbs. Minister for Energy Lily ...
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  • Industry NewsSustainability

    2018 Melbourne Tackling Air Tightness Seminar Details Announced

    By Cameron Grimes
    September 13, 2018
    The date for the 2018 Tackling Air Tightness Seminar held in Melbourne has been announced. The Melbourne seminar will be held on 20 September ...
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