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Australia has a new National Battery Strategy, unveiled this week as a key part of the government’s Future Made in Australia agenda. The vision is for this country to be making batteries with secure supply chains by 2035.
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The best sustainable home builders in Australia. Ever wanted to know the true secret to building a genuinely sustainable home? Sustainable homes are houses that allow their occupants to reduce their waste, conserve their energy consumption, and reduce their contributions to environmental damage.
Is metal sustainable - How recyclable, renewable & eco-friendly are metals? Metal is one of the most important resources in the world. It's used for a whole variety of things, from homes to cars to gadgets to everyday items that make our lives so much easier and more comfortable. But is metal a sustainable resource? Believe it or not, the answer is still up for debate – and unfortunately, it's not as clear as we'd like.
What differentiates a commercial kitchen design from a residential one? Commercial kitchens are high-volume food production centres that are measured to the legal standards of health and safety. They're fully equipped with large equipment and spacious storage areas to cater for large-scale cooking.
Sustainable House Features - 12 Ways to Make an Eco-Friendly Home Do you think sustainable housing is the way forward? The short answer – yes. Sustainable homes don't just offer benefits to the environment, but they offer multiple benefits to owners as well. They reduce their environmental footprint while providing a comfortable and healthy living space.
Is Wood Sustainable - How Renewable & Environmentally Friendly is Timber? Have you ever wondered if wood is a sustainable resource? Wood – or timber, for that matter – is often touted as the most sustainable building material available. But while this reputation does carry a degree of truth to it, the reality is also not always as straightforward.
Our government has great aspirations. It has committed to end extinctions and expand our protected areas to cover 30% of every Australian ecosystem by 2030. This is part of its Nature Positive Plan, aligned with the 2022 Kunming-Montreal global biodiversity pact. The goal is not just to conserve nature but to restore what is being lost.
In recent weeks, Tone on Tuesday has been looking at suburbia: ways to make it more sustainable, how to develop good quality social housing, and addressing homelessness. This week the iceberg issue: How to increase housing density in our suburbs.
The NSW government has released a map of about 100 well-designed housing schemes, collected together by the Government Architect (industrious advocates for ‘design excellence’). Launched in a media release this month (see top of image) it extolled the virtue of built examples in ‘your backyard’.
The 2024 federal budget contains A$110 million for Indigenous education. This includes funding for various different organisations to represent and help Indigenous people as well as scholarships in a bid to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous learning and achievement.
For years, the electricity sector has been the poster child for emissions cuts in Australia. The sector achieved a stunning 26% drop in emissions over the past 15 years, while other sectors have hardly budged. The share of renewable energy has gone from 7.5% to more than 30% in that time.
In addition to the $9.3bn in last week’s federal budget for social housing (discussed in ToT 208 last week), there’s another $1bn for homelessness. Good intentions. Presuming they mean to alleviate, not increase, it. But the idea is fraught.
