Environment and emissions

When it comes to climate change, Professor William Rees believes he sees things as they are, describing himself as a realist.

A new building material developed at the University of New South Wales holds great promise for ameliorating one of the biggest consequences of climate change: urban heat. Ecolibrium’s Mark Vender breaks bread with its head designer, Professor Mat Santamouris.

In the future, many Australian HVAC systems may be required to deal with harsher environmental conditions due to more extreme climatic conditions and a push to increase population centres in more northern and central regions of the country.

Hansen Yuncken CEO Peter Salveson has picked out what he calls the four Cs of post-pandemic construction: complex challenges, culture and climate.

In mid-January Perth notched its sixth consecutive day above 40°C, breaking the previous record of four days set on three previous occasions. All three were achieved in the past 20 years.

A remote Canadian factory is constructed from the very products made under its roof: Eco-friendly prefabricated wall panels.

ASBEC says the built environment has a pivotal role to help the nation reduce emissions.

Patterns of rapid ice loss in the past could predict the style of future Antarctic ice sheet retreat.