FRANCE: All new buildings in commercial zones across the country must comply with new environmental legislation which mandates new roofs have solar PV or green roof technology..
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SUSTAINABILITY and the successful adaptation of an old building for a 21st century community have made the Bankstown Library and Knowledge Centre an inspiration for architects across Australia.
Adelaide residents can now apply for grants for their street or community to construct rain gardens, which are designed specifically to capture and use stormwater.
CENTRAL Tafe is home to WA’s first Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) six star-rated public GreenSkills building, a teaching facility in East Perth for students studying environmental monitoring and technology.
Work starts on eco-friendly Bukit Gombak Community Club, which is set to be ready late 2016
A MASSIVE vertical garden rivalling the size of some of the biggest in the world will be the centrepiece of a new apartment project in South Brisbane.
ONE of Sydney’s largest community green roofs will be built in Waverton in a $4 million redevelopment of the old Coal Loader.