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Beyond their important functional requirements, some of the qualities exhibited in this selection of structural elements suitable for commercial applications include their ability to help reduce environmental footprints and their capacity to contribute to aesthetic outcomes. In an age where architectural success is measured in terms of not function and form, structural elements continue to evolve.
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ABC TV launched a new series ‘The Homes that Built Australia’ on Tuesday night. A 4-part series that they must have invested a bit of time on, but no time to advertise it. Neither I, nor the 75 architects I polled at a CPD event on Wednesday night, had seen even a whisper. Which is probably good as it contains some howlers.
Every winter we hear about soaring energy bills and people’s inability to stay warm. But, until now, we haven’t really known just how cold Australian homes are. Our newly published research suggests around four out of five of Australian homes fail to meet World Health Organization minimum standards for warmth.
Research suggests housing affordability is a major issue for teachers and may exacerbate the shortage crisis further.
To power Australia without fossil fuels will mean using batteries to store power from solar and wind. We often think this means home batteries – or large grid-scale installations.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is the first in decades to declare war on what he calls the “pain of rising rents”.
Driven by several factors, including the need to reduce carbon emissions and even the COVID-19 pandemic, building automation continues to become more and more mainstream. Matthew McDonald identifies the latest in Smart Building Technology. By now, the Smart Building concept is well-established. Organisations of varying sizes now understand the benefits they stand to gain by automating their workplaces.
Australia is a world leader in land clearing and species extinctions. Tree-planting programs are among the restoration measures needed to bring threatened species back from the brink. But do these programs always work?
Homelessness in Australia is getting worse. It’s no longer just city centres where people are forced to sleep rough, live in their cars or rely on temporary shelter. The most recent census shows outer suburbs and regional areas are feeling housing pressures like never before.
In the 2023 budget the Federal Government says it is going to spend $1.3 billion to set up the Household Energy Upgrades Fund, which will provide $1 billion to the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to finance home energy upgrades for around 110,000 households.
Last year, the world built more new solar capacity than every other power source combined.
While the federal government was announcing its flagship Net Zero Authority, in the Victorian city of Geelong hundreds of people – including community groups, unions, faith organisations and business representatives – were preparing an announcement of their own this week.
