Tag Archives: climate change
3rd National Sustainable Food Summit
Edge attended the 3rd Annual National Sustainable Food Summit in Melbourne on March 20th and 21st. This event is a gathering of minds involved in the growth, processing, retailing, R&D and policy development of food in Australia. With a rapidly growing population globally, increased wealth, changing consumption preferences and demand for more food overall will [...]
Contributing to a more resilient built environment for Australia
Edge Environment, in partnership with Climate Risk, has delivered a significant milestone in the Insurance Council of Australia’s (ICA) Resilience Rating Tool initiative. An online pilot version of the tool was presented to a Property Working Group of the ICA in December 2011 to a positive reception. The Resilience Rating Tool (RRT) uses ratings of [...]
Edge Environment and BRANZ research for the DCCEE: AccuRate Sustainability – Greenhouse Performance Module Research
Climate change is recognised as one of the greatest challenges facing Australia, and the world today. The consumption of energy in the residential sector is a significant contributor to Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. It is therefore imperative that detailed and accurate quantification of energy consumption is used as a basis for the development of climate change response strategies (DEWHA, [...]
Adaptation to Climate Change through Building Regulation
The aim of this article, Adaptation to Climate Change through Building Regulation, is to provide an overview of the climate change related threats to the built environment; how current building regulations deal with climate risk; and how building regulations could be applied or amended to address climate change. Climate plays an integral role in our [...]
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