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When Stars align: Finding the energy star rating and financial ‘sweet spot’

28 Nov 2017

When does investment in energy performance garner a financial return? We ask three of Australia’s leading energy efficiency housing researchers to find out.

Building materials

Material benefit: Specifying eco building products

16 Oct 2017

Vetting the green credentials of building products is difficult for everyone. We find out how the experts go about this tricky task.

Outdoors

City cornucopia

15 Aug 2017

Increasing wellbeing and connection to nature, reducing food miles to food metres, and turning waste streams into resources: it’s increasingly clear that urban agriculture is a vital ingredient for sustainable cities.

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Many happy returns: 21 years of solar

11 Aug 2017

Stuart McQuire and Wendy Orams were second in Australia to install a grid-connected rooftop PV system and haven’t paid an electricity bill since 1996.

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Taking back the power

8 Jun 2017

Can community energy fuel a faster and fairer transition to a greener grid?

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Reviving the art of repair

1 May 2017

It’s often cheaper and easier to throw products out than fix them, a reality Michelle Fisher and the Repair Café movement is trying to turn around, one broken mobile phone, record player or pair of shoes at a time.

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Right to light: solar access and the law

1 May 2017

Australia’s legal regimes don’t explicitly protect solar access for solar panels or passive solar designed buildings. But, as more households fight through the courts for their right to light, there are important precedents being set across the country.