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.
Wildlife – Benefits of greening
Explore how urban greening supports wildlife by creating habitats, boosting biodiversity and helping native species thrive in cities.
Energy from waste
Energy from waste technology involves the thermal treatment of waste or waste-derived materials for the recovery of energy.
The Sapphire Passive House
The Sapphire Passive House is an example of designing for thermal performance and drought, hail and bushfire resilience. It is a project home design available from Blue Eco Homes.
Davistown master plan
The properties within Davistown are at risk of coastal inundation, flooding by overland flows and tidal inundation exacerbated by sea level rise.
Newport lot boundaries
Prior to 2008, 2 adjoining lots in Newport in the Northern Beaches local government area were affected by regular flooding of the creek that ran through the northern-most lot.
Rebuilding Mogo
In the summer of 2019-20, the suburb of Mogo in the Eurobodalla local government area was severely impacted by intense bushfires, resulting in the loss of 11 commercial properties.
Delivering the South East and Tablelands Plan 2036
The South East and Tablelands Regional Plan 2036 is the NSW Government's strategy for guiding land use planning decisions for the South East and Tablelands Region for the next 20 years.
Veolia Woodlawn ARC
Veolia Environmental Services proposes to develop and operate the Woodlawn Advanced Energy Recovery Centre (ARC) that would produce up to 30 megawatts of electrical energy.
One House prototype
One House is a prototype created by Suncorp and a research team. The team designed a house resilient to extreme events, including fire, cyclones and floods.