Shade – Benefits of greening
Shade from plants and trees reduces summer temperatures, glare, and UV radiation. It improves comfort and can help you save on energy.
Community cooling – Benefits of greening
Creating shade with trees and vegetation for heat-absorbing materials like concrete, bitumen and bricks is a simple way to cool our homes and communities.
Consultation and feedback
Preliminary Regional Issues Assessments summarise the key issues, opportunities and constraints associated with releasing areas for resource exploration.
BASIX pause to help home buyers and builders
The NSW Government today committed to reduce the financial burden of increased building standards for nine months for those who have already signed contracts.
Sydney residents want more mid-rise apartments
Medium rise and small apartment buildings have won out as part of new research released from the City Futures Research Centre.
Greening our City program
The Greening our City program is an urban greening program that mitigates the impacts of urban heat and climate change by increasing tree canopy and urban biodiversity.
$64 million for priority riparian repair work
Waterways and estuaries including creeks, rivers and wetlands impacted by last year’s floods will be regenerated and protected from future disasters through a Riparian Stabilisation Package.
Pair of Houses
The design for a pair of new houses in Northbridge takes a fresh architectural approach to dual-occupancy dwellings and urban consolidation.
Valuing green infrastructure and public spaces
Green and public spaces improve physical and mental health, increase urban amenity and property values, and provide habitats for plants and animals.
Parramatta Escarpment Boardwalk
The Parramatta River Escarpment Boardwalk project provides foreshore access for pedestrians and cyclists along an approximately 500m section of the Parramatta River near Parramatta River Wharf.