Green Building Council

Ideas
How can we, as designers, reach the net-zero target by 2040?
Interiors have a significant embodied carbon footprint and their churn rate is much greater than base buildings. Dr Caroline Noller of The Footprint Company lays out the situation.

Project
“All urban planning projects must have a carbon neutral objective”
As Warren & Mahoney marks 15 years of carbon neutral operations, it intends to steer its clients in the same direction. Principal architect, Simon Topliss, says all urban planning projects must now have a carbon neutral objective or risk being ‘out of date’ on completion.

News
SANAA’s Sydney Modern Project to go ahead
The new expansion of the Art Gallery of NSW’s Sydney Modern Project, designed by Japanese studio SANAA, has received planning approval.