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Can science-based targets be applied to infrastructure projects?

November 7, 2018 By Maisie AuldIn Buildings & Infrastructure, Climate Change, Edge News, Infrastructure, Infrastructure Sustainability Ratings, Science Based TargetsTags climate change, CO2, IPCC, IS Rating Tool, ISCA, SBT, Science Based Targets

Since the Paris agreement, there’s been a lot of discussion of the need for organisations of all kinds – from Governments to private companies large...

A reflection of the 2018 ISCA conference

October 25, 2018 By Ken LuntyIn Edge News, Infrastructure Sustainability Ratings, Modern SlaveryTags EPD, Holcim, Horticulture innovation, ISCA, ISCA conference, Modern slavery, Sustainable Infrastructure, TfNSW

Another year and another ISCA conference has gone by. Well done and thank you to the entire ISCA team. To put together such a well...

The Role of Sustainable Products and Materials in Green Star

October 10, 2018 By Richard GriffithsIn Buildings & Infrastructure, Edge News, Green Star and LEED, Modern SlaveryTags Bookmarc, EPD, GBCA, GECA, Global Green Tag, Green Star, LEED, Modern Slavery Act, WELL

While a few businesses are on a mission to save the planet, most companies look at sustainability through a more commercial lens. Reducing energy and...

Is Sustainability a Big Deal for Building Product Manufacturers?

August 31, 2018 By Richard GriffithsIn Edge News, Green Star and LEED, Product Labelling and EPDsTags Bookmarc, Declare, EPD, GECA, Global Green Tag, Living Building Challenge, Modern slavery, WELL

Sustainability can be a bit of a cursed term here in Australia. The mere mention of climate change can, as we saw only last week,...

Hort Innovation Report Published

July 20, 2018 By Joana AlmeidaIn Buildings & Infrastructure, Edge News, Green InfrastructureTags GBCA, Horticulture innovation, ISCA

Edge is pleased to announce the finalisation of the project Integrating Plant Life into Building and Infrastructure Rating Tools, funded by Hort Innovation with nursery...

An Idiot’s Guide to Green Mortgages

June 22, 2018 By Richard GriffithsIn Buildings & Infrastructure, Edge NewsTags green mortgages

Earlier this week I attended the New Zealand Green Building Council’s Housing Summit to present on Green Mortgages as part of a session on innovative finance...

Edge joins the Green Star Expert Reference Panels

June 13, 2018 By Jonas BengtssonIn Buildings & Infrastructure, Edge News, Green Infrastructure, Green Star and LEED, Modern SlaveryTags GBCA, Green Star, LCA, Life Cycle Assessment, Modern slavery

At Edge we’re enthusiastic members of the Green Building Council of Australia and do what we can to contribute to their efforts to progress the...

Green is the new grey – the role of plants in greening our cities

February 14, 2018 By Joana AlmeidaIn Buildings & Infrastructure, Edge NewsTags Green Infrastructre

The time when humankind decided they wanted to settle down, build permanent shelter, get a couple of goats and make a veggie garden marks the...

Edge hosts the Tianjin Urban Construction Design Institute

January 4, 2018 By Ken LuntyIn Buildings & Infrastructure, Edge News, Sustainable ConstructionTags Sustainable Construction, Sustainable Design, Tianjin Urban Construction Design Institute, Water Sensitive Urban Design

It was with great pleasure that Edge hosted delegates from the Tianjin Urban Construction Design Institute at our Manly offices in December. The Chinese delegates...

Sustainability Victoria’s drive to improve resource recovery in the property sector

December 14, 2017 By Blake LindleyIn Buildings & Infrastructure, Edge News, Waste StrategyTags Better Buildings Partnership, Sustainability, Sustainability Victoria

Last week, Sustainability Victoria (SV) hosted a forum to explore how the Better Buildings Partnership’s (BPP) work on stripout waste, might be best applied to...