Sustainability

March 8, 2020

Australia's Top 5 Engineered-Timber Buildings

Dean Oliver

Currently, the world’s tallest timber building is Mjøstårnet in Norway, an 85 metre mixed-use complex completed in March 2019. But how is Australia doing in the timber construction space? Let’s look at Australia’s top 5 engineered timber buildings.

March 26, 2020

Toyota’s Woven City: The City of the Future

Dean Oliver

Located at the base of Mount Fuji on an 175-acre, ex-factory site in Higashi-Fuji, the city will be powered by clean energy produced through hydrogen fuel cells and solar panels on building roofs.

March 30, 2020

Software Billionaire's Portable Solar Provides Power to Bushfire-Hit Areas

Dean Oliver

The collaboration between Atlassian Cofounder, Mike Cannon-Brookes, and solar company 5B is called the Resilient Energy Collective and uses prefabricated solar panels in conjunction with Tesla’s Powerwall battery pack to generate and store electricity.

April 27, 2020

World's First Fully Electric Backhoe Released

Dean Oliver

The world’s first fully electric backhoe has been released by CASE at CONEXPO 2020.

May 12, 2020

How your Sewage Could be Used to Make Stronger Concrete

Dean Oliver

Researchers at RMIT have shown that steel slag which has first been used to treat sewage could make concrete stronger than using raw slag.

June 26, 2020

These Companies are Turning CO2 into Concrete.. Could it be the Solution to Construction’s Emissions Problem?

Dean Oliver

This is a double win for concrete’s emissions as it cuts down emissions resulting from concrete production and captures additional CO2 from power plants that would otherwise go into the atmosphere. Then it permanently stores it in the concrete. 

August 13, 2020

The Best in Architecture: Highlights from the Australian Institute of Architects Awards 2020

Dean Oliver

The Australian Institute of Architects held virtual events this year to celebrate the best in architecture for the their annual awards.