Green Building Council of Australia (
GBCA) announces the launch of the first phase of Green Star Online, a new platform that allows projects to easily apply for a Green Star rating. Green Star Online streamlines the application process and improves customer experience for project managers and GBCA members (19 January 2021). More.
Victoria
La Trobe sports stadium scores top sustainability ratings
The sports stadium built as part of La Trobe University s Sports Park development, has been awarded Australia s first ‘6 Star Green Star Design and As Built v1.2 certified rating for a sports building by the Green Building Council Australia (20 January 2021). More.
Developers prep for Melbourne s newest suburb Pakenham East
While the pandemic shut down many events and delayed numerous other activities this past year, 2020 still offered some significant news in the area.
Below is a noncomprehensive list of some notable highlights â and lowlights â from the past 12 months.
January
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The biggest local crime story of the year was right at the beginning: a double homicide in Concord Township.
Blake Sargi of Concord Township, left, sits with his attorneys Brad Wolfe and Ian N. Friedman Jan. 14 during a probable cause hearing. Sargi is accused of murdering two people in the township Jan. 3. News-Herald file
Blake E. Sargi of Concord is accused of shooting and killing Euclid residents Heavenly Goddess Murphy-Jackson and William Larondez Jackson on Jan. 3.
In the media
Joint effort needed to improve remote-area waste streams: APCO
Greater collaboration will be necessary to ensure packaging and plastic waste in remote and regional areas are properly managed in future, a new report says. The report is part of APCO s work with all governments to meet the 2025 National Packaging Targets and to deliver on the commitments outlined in the National Waste Policy Action Plan (03 December 2020). More.
Placing a value on wetlands ‘will improve coastal planning
Local government planners sometimes fail to appreciate that valuations of coastal wetlands as disaster risk-reduction ecosystems can improve decision-making (03 December 2020). More.
LG investment in renewables can drive economic recovery: CPP