Across our growing cities more and more buildings are going up, as are their emissions. Andy Brownbill/AAP

Buildings produce 25% of Australia’s emissions. What will it take to make them ‘green’ – and who’ll pay?

Australia’s commitments to cut emissions are on a collision course with urban growth. We need a much more comprehensive strategy to make the transition to a sustainable built environment.
What does a green star rating – One Central Park apartments in Sydney received five stars, for instance – actually mean? AAP

Greenwashing the property market: why ‘green star’ ratings don’t guarantee more sustainable buildings

Buildings are central to creating more sustainable cities, and green ratings are often used to assess how well a building measures up against this goal. But the current system has serious flaws.

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