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    Nubian Water Systems expands team to meet greywater recycling demand

    Nubian Water Systems says it is appointing two new specialist engineers as it responds to increasing residential and commercial sector interest in greywater recycling.


    Low demand sees Shinagawa cut production
    Low demand sees Shinagawa cut production

    Refractory and insulating materials manufacturer Shinagawa Refractories Australasia is offering voluntary redundancies at its Unanderra, NSW, office due to depreciating building market demand.


    Furnishing Industry Association of Australia awards: Hettich products in strong showing
    Furnishing Industry Association of Australia awards: Hettich products in strong showing

    The winners of the Furnishing Industry Association of Australia awards were recently announced in Western Australia.


    Innovative advances for sustainable buildings: Melbourne research into multi-skin façade systems
    Innovative advances for sustainable buildings: Melbourne research into multi-skin façade systems

    Researchers in Melbourne have begun a project aimed at improving energy efficiency in multi-skin façade systems as well as achieving better wind, fire, blast and impact resistance.


    Concrete for building in bushfire-prone areas: CCAA makes the case

    The case for using robust, non-combustible materials like concrete and masonry for dwellings and buildings in bushfire-prone regions is put forward in a timely publication from Cement, Concrete & Aggregates Australia (CCAA).


    Master Builders national awards 2011: all the winners
    Master Builders national awards 2011: all the winners

    The Master Builders have handed out the National Excellence in Building and Construction Awards for 2011, with Grocon and WJ Williams winning the commercial and residential categories respectively.


    Researchers develop world’s lightest material
    Researchers develop world’s lightest material

    Researchers have developed the world’s lightest material - with a density of 0.9 mg/cc -about one hundred times lighter than Styrofoam.


    Style Limited takes mobile flooring factory to the world
    Style Limited takes mobile flooring factory to the world

    Australian flooring company Style Limited has announced plans to expand its production base to other parts of the world with an innovative transportable factory that mirrors its China manufacturing base.


    House building: HIA Trades Report points to weak finish to 2011

    A survey of the Housing Industry Association's builder and sub-contractor members suggests continuing weakness in new home building towards the end of 2011.


    EXTECH Constructions chooses Duratuff Select vinyl cladding for revolutionary extension method
    EXTECH Constructions chooses Duratuff Select vinyl cladding for revolutionary extension method

    Duratuff Select vinyl cladding by Austech External Building Products was selected as a product of choice by EXTECH Constructions in its unique extension process. A branch of Hi-tech Homes, EXTECH is a specialist provider of first floor addition services.


    ASBEC clarifies definition for zero carbon homes
    ASBEC clarifies definition for zero carbon homes

    A new report released by the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC), Defining Zero Emission Buildings – Review and Recommendations, seeks to clarify some of the confusion that exists around the terminology relating to low energy and zero carbon homes.


    CSIRO designs new air-conditioner performance test facility
    CSIRO designs new air-conditioner performance test facility

    CSIRO engineers have designed and commissioned a new, state-of-the-art air conditioner test facility to evaluate the electrical, cooling and heating performance of conventional and solar-powered systems.


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