A team of students from the University of Melbourne has scored top honours at an international offshore wind competition in France, becoming the first group from the southern hemisphere to participate in the event. The six-member student team claimed first place in the ‘Report’ category and third place in the ‘Structure’ category at the Floating Wind Challenge. The competition encourage... more

Simple upgrades to ageing social housing could reduce residents' exposure to indoor temperatures linked to health risks as the climate changes, according to new UNSW research. For many social housing residents, staying comfortable during heatwaves and cold snaps means difficult trade-offs against rising costs of rent, food and health care. The study, published in City and Environment Interac... more

The Western Australian government is allocating AU$15 million in funding to Australian Vanadium Ltd. (AVL) to establish a high-capacity, relocatable vanadium electrolyte manufacturing facility within the state. The funding was awarded through the Investment Attraction Fund’s New Energies Industries Round 2. The project is designed to expand local production capabilities for vanadium electr... more

Specifiers focus extensively on up-front embodied carbon as the race to net zero accelerates. However, a 50-year view brings operational resilience, service life and replacement frequency into the calculation. How materials withstand heat, weather and wear shapes their lasting impact, giving you good reason to look beyond the lowest-carbon option when weighing up a building’s sustainabilit... more