Sustainability consultancy Edge Environment (Edge) was this week announced winner of the Organisational Leadership in Infrastructure Sustainability Award by Australia and New Zealand’s peak industry...
Archive for tag: New Zealand
On its way – Environmental Product Declarations for Australasia
A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the peak bodies for LCA in Australia and New Zealand and the The Swedish Environmental Management Council...
9th Australasian Masonry Conference
Nigel Howard, keynote speaker at the 9th Australasian Masonry Conference. Queenstown, New Zealand (15th – 18th February 2011).
Edge Environment and BRANZ research for the DCCEE: AccuRate Sustainability – Greenhouse Performance Module Research
Climate change is recognised as one of the greatest challenges facing Australia, and the world today. The consumption of energy in the residential sector is...
Sprinklers and sustainability
Recent BRANZ research has used Ecopoints for the first time in New Zealand to evaluate the cost effectiveness of domestic fire sprinkler systems. BRANZ recently...
Revision of the Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Home Sprinkler Systems including Sustainability
This report, Revision of the Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Home Sprinkler Systems incorporating Sustainability Aspects, summarises the results of a research project...
A Cross-Disciplinary Assessment of the Need to Adapt Buildings
Robust scientific projections show that climate change will significantly affect the New Zealand built environment. Major impacts are expected from inland and coastal flooding, building...
An Assessment of the Need to Adapt Buildings in NZ to the Impacts of Climate Change
The scientific evidence is very strong: climate change presents very serious global risks, and it demands an urgent global response. The...