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ARBS
2008 goes bigger and better |
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| ARBS 2008 had
it all, and over th enext dozen pages, EcoLibrium
will do its best to show you just a glimpse of the highlights.
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Inside
the mind of Dr Patrick Dixon: a leading futurist |
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Carly
Fordred got the chance to sit down with leading international
futurist Dr Patrick Dixon following his opeining presentation at
the ARBS 2008 exhibition.
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| NABERS introduces waste and
indoor environment ratings |
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| At its latest
conference series, the NSW Department of Environment and Climate
Change (DECC) lauched a range of new NABERS tools, including Waste
and Indoor Environment tools for offices. Sean McGowan
takes a closer look at these new additions.
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| Orange outside - green inside
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Dulux
Orica aimed high with its new headquarters in Melbourne's south
-eastern suburbs. Carly Fordred finds out more.
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| Energy efficiency and existing
buildings |
(full article )
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Energy Efficiency
provisions for all classes of buildings are now part of the Building
Code of Australia. Practitioners are still coming to grips with
the regulations, however, and a particular issue is work associated
with new buildings. John Kennedy F.AIRAH provides
a walk-through of what practitioners need to know.
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| Melbourne Forum starts for
2008 |
(full article ) |
| The 2008 series of Melbourne Forums swumg
into action at the end of April with two in-depth case studies: CH2,
and the Sustainability Victoria head office. |