Australians still have the biggest houses in the world, and NSW has the biggest houses in Australia. That trend may have peaked and is starting to turn downward again, but size is still

…but it’s worth reading. We are often asked about the carbon tax and its expected affects on what we build, and how we build. While there are some unknowns at the fine level

Sick of the shock-jocks and deniers being the source of your ‘information’ on climate change? Want to get your information on climate change first hand? Try these links… GENERAL INTRO: http://www.skepticalscience.com/ – a

Pain avoidance and the dying art of learning …is humanity capable of change before it feels pain? Animals are adept at avoiding pain, but generally only after at least one exposure to the

Once again the solar energy industry has been kicked about the head like a political football. NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell’s retrospective unilateral reduction of the gross feed in tariff for rooftop PV systems

A serious problem has finally caught the media’s attention: that so-called sustainable buildings ain’t always what they’re supposed to be. The ABC’s 7.30 program aired a story of a house that rated 5

I have just had a very profoundly moving moment. And it was on the internet… who would have thought? It has been an argumentative time in Australia this lat year or so. Working

Seargent Schulz has a lot to answer for… I just returned from a long weekend in and around the Macquarie Marshes, in northern NSW. These are unique in the world, in that the

A SOLAR POWERED BOAT POWERED OFFICE – is this a World First? I have been a solar power enthusiast since 1990, when I bought my first 160 watts of Solarex panels to power

Europe and UK’s expert on carbon taxing and trading is “astounded” by Australia. Sadly, neither Uluru nor the Great Barrier Reef are responsible for this. Nope – it’s all our own work. Oh

Envirotecture – and our building designer Tracy Graham in particular – picked up a BDA NSW Design Award last Friday evening, for a growing fleet of public facilities across Fairfield City Council’s jurisdiction.