Originally published on Sydney Morning Herald by Emma Koehn, 24 June 2019 Manly Vale car park Last year Jock Gammon added "breathing" walls to a concrete carpark and now he has his [...]
Originally published on Sourceable, by Jock Gammon, 8 May 2019 In school, we learnt the role trees and plants have in producing the oxygen we breathe. We came to understand that forests do more than [...]
Extract from the April issue, by Gabrielle Stannus Recent research conducted by the University of Technology Sydney has shown that active green walls can significantly reduce indoor air pollution, thereby reducing the incidence of [...]
Extract from the April issue: The walls have leaves Our city air comes with all sorts of added extras, some of which are not so beneficial to our health. What if you could treat and [...]
By Steve Atkinson, originally published in The Conversation, 16 January 2018 We often talk about healthy living and quality of life but have you considered the quality of the air you breathe? Most of [...]
The property industry has undergone a seismic shift over the last few decades with the design and construction of sustainable buildings now the norm in building standards. The last piece of the puzzle yet [...]
The climate is becoming more unpredictable and fierce with each passing year. Extreme weather and natural disasters like bushfires, storms, floods and cyclones can have a devastating impact on communities, businesses, homes, and public [...]
New research provides more evidence to support the argument that green office environments are conducive to higher cognitive function when it comes to strategy development and responding to a crisis. The American study was carried [...]
Nothing beats spending time in the great outdoors, getting in touch with nature, letting the little kid inside us run free. For many of us city folk though, we seldom get the opportunity, with the [...]
Whether we realise it or not, design has a huge impact on our health, wellbeing and overall quality of life. This article by Fast Company acknowledges 6 outstanding projects from around the globe that have adopted [...]
