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A circular economy calls for closed loop material flows that minimise environmental burdens while also delivering social and intergenerational equity, local economic opportunities, and resource efficiency.

The problems are well understood and, frustratingly, so are the solutions.

Designing for earthquake activity is first and foremost about protecting lives. During an earthquake, debris from a failing ceiling can cause injury or death and block off exits, preventing people from safely escaping the building. In this respect, the design of non-structural building components for seismic loads is equally important as the structure itself.

If NSW and Queensland follow Victoria into delay of the energy provisions in the National Construction Code 2022 it will be yet another big win for the housing lobby groups that have fought tooth and nail to hold back improvements to housing standards.

One Australian owned innovative company throwing light on reducing emissions in buildings is the SmarterLite Group.

The seismic design of buildings primarily focuses on protecting occupants in the event of an earthquake, but it also has a few important sustainable benefits.

Australia, for all its bravado about being among the best in the world on some metrics of sustainability in buildings, is still failing to implement basic

New home sales and homebuying intentions in May 2023 showed that despite rate rises, Australians are still actively trying to enter the housing market.

Victoria delays energy efficiency in the National Construction Code 2022

The Vivid Ideas Exchange was the perfect opportunity to reflect on how far Australia has come in sustainably designing our built environment, and how to