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Environmental Upgrade Agreements vehicle for green investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... council. The council then collects this charge and passes it back to the financier. "The money is to be mobilised towards retrofit projects that deliver environmental and social outcomes, and the city can use its ratings mechanism to de-risk the investment ...

Low Carbon Australia partners with Macquarie Equipment Finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... savings, improve their energy performance and achieve carbon reductions." See Also: Environmental Upgrade Agreement to retrofit Melbourne property

Mirvac identifies 22 material sustainability issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... three commercial buildings at Southbank, Melbourne were assessed and a range of energy initiatives were identified. The retrofit received funding from the federal government's Green Building Fund, were recently completed and are expected to achieve energy ...

LGS uses trigeneration technology for property retrofit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
The New South Wales based Local Government Super (LGS) has completed a retrofit of a Sydney commercial property that will reduce the building's emissions reduced by approximately 85% and allow the building to operate independently of the electricity ...

Environmental Upgrade Agreement for Melbourne property

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
The City of Melbourne has signed its first-ever Environmental Upgrade Agreement (EUA) to fund a AU$400,000 retrofit of a building that will result in a reduction of approximately 170 tonnes of carbon emissions per year. The EUA was signed between the ...

Investor Profile: Local Government Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... means that some of the real big gains we've made have really been through the Green Building Grant. It's difficult to retrofit some of these buildings; it's much easier to build something from scratch that contains these types of energy and water efficiencies. ...

Local Government Super properties awarded 6 NABERS stars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... of retrofitting its property at 76 Berry Street in North Sydney to 6-star standard without the use of green power. The retrofit will include a tri-generation system, the fund said. "LGS has a number of years ago implemented a process of continuous improvement ...

Forthcoming GRESB report to benchmark RE environmental, social performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... existing, older buildings - retrofitting, for example, is not a cut and dried issue, Kok said. "In principle, yes you should retrofit and that's a good decision always," he said. "But in reality, it depends on the location of a building, if the building ...

Retailers could save $1bn pa with investment in energy efficiency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
The retail industry could save up to AU$1bn annually by 2020 if they made a focused investment in energy efficient initiatives such as lighting and temperature control, according to a study by National Australia Bank and ClimateWorks Australia. Low ...

Low Carbon Australia makes two board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
Low Carbon Australia has appointed Tanya Cox and Linda Nicholls to the board of directors. Cox is the chief operating officer and company secretary of DEXUS Property Group. Nicholls is a corporate adviser and director. Nicholls is chair of Yarra Trams ...
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