Laura Timberlake
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Confirmed: 2023 the hottest year on record
The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has confirmed that 2023 is the hottest year on record with the latest climate data from November. The organisation says the world has seen six record-breaking months this year, and two record-breaking seasons. “The extraordinary global November temperatures, including two days warmer than 2°C above pre-industrial [reference period], mean […]
Planning incentives could drive greener builds
The Property Council of Australia and the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) are calling for sustainability-driven planning incentives and reforms to facilitate the rapid development of energy-efficient new buildings. The organisations have released the state and territory level version of the Every Building Counts report. It outlines a series of policy recommendations, centred on […]
CSIRO lights path to net zero
The CSIRO has released a report highlighting steps the energy, transport, mining and heavy industries can take in the next 10 years to help Australia achieve its net zero targets by 2050. Funded by the Commonwealth Bank, the modelling demonstrates how each industry will need to transform its economic and social systems. According to the […]
Promising signs for electrocaloric heat pump
Scientists have created a prototype of a heat pump from a ceramic with a strong electrocaloric effect. It uses the ceramic and electric fields to heat up when exposed to electric fields – and has the potential to replace a standard heat pump, which uses refrigerants. The team, from the Luxembourg Institute of Science and […]
The Passivhaus Playbook
The Australian Passivhaus Association has released an industry resource titled The Passivhaus Playbook that covers all things Passivhaus. Created in collaboration with Development Victoria and Introba, the Playbook started as a project to develop a practical approach to designing a Passivhaus project. CEO of the Australian Passivhaus Association, Alexia Lidas, says the successful delivery of a Passivhaus project […]
Refrigeration helping elite athletes
The University of Melbourne has found a new use for one of its research refrigerators: helping to train a woman for an arctic marathon. Sia Kindberg is undertaking the 230km Ice Ultra Arctic marathon in February next year at Swedish Lapland, Sweden. Temperatures can drop to -40°C, and Kindberg will be expected to carry her […]
Women in construction speak out
The Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC) has released the results from its Women in Construction Future Leaders Pilot scoping study. With assistance from the NSW government’s Women in Construction Industry Innovation Program (IIP) grant, ASBEC launched the pilot to create lasting change in the industry and promote gender diversity. It is also a part […]
Heat pump tour at Hardwick’s
The Australian Alliance for Energy Productivity (A2EP) is holding a bus tour on Wednesday, November 29 in Kyneton, Victoria to visit some commercial and industrial heat pump installations. The tour will showcase how heat pump technology efficiently supplies heating and cooling services for a range of applications. Hosted by A2EP CEO Jarrod Leak, the tour […]
A super-model for green technologies
A research team at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has developed a super-model to project how three green technologies will perform in Switzerland. As many countries aim for carbon neutrality by 2050 – including Switzerland – the need for projection tools is ever increasing, although many models have limitations. According to UNIGE, they can take […]
Carel sees a quarter of growth
Carel Industries has reported almost a quarter of growth in 2023 compared to 2022. The Board released the third quarter results recently, and consolidated revenue came to €497.2 mil (approximately AU$833 mil) – an increase of 24 per cent. Carel CEO Francesco Nalini says the result is particularly positive. The same period in 2022 saw […]
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