Bass Coast meets the climate challenge
Bass Coast Shire Council in Victoria is looking to include natural assets in its infrastructure planning as it builds greater resilience. Simon Harris, Coordinator...
How climate change demands sustainable infrastructure solutions
As much of the world works towards carbon neutrality by 2050, IPWEA Australasia’s Director of Sustainability, Jacqueline Balston, and CEO, David Jenkins, insist there...
What would you do? Two asset managers discuss natural disaster responses and resilience
We asked asset managers at two NSW councils: “How have natural disaster events affected infrastructure in your council area to date and what actions...
Building back differently in California
Few communities worldwide have worked harder or invested more in their firefighting capacity than California in recent years. Yet, the world was shocked by...
Joondalup’s climate programs win international recognition
Joondalup in Western Australia is a planned city created in 1998, but those original plans were not able to completely factor in the advancing...
Sustainable Steel – Options For The Future
By: Dr. Jacqueline Balston, Director of Sustainability, IPWEA
Context
Steel is widely used in a diverse range of infrastructure due to its relatively low cost, high strength-to-weight...
Green infrastructure. The next frontier in asset management
By David Jenkins
A significant development in asset management practice has been the use of natural assets, which can replace traditional hard assets, or be...
Towards local government sustainability
By David Jenkins
The local government sector manages one-third of Australia's public infrastructure assets, and it does a fantastic job with its available resources.
IPWEA's recent...
Asset resilience critical to future challenges
By: David Jenkins
Climate change mitigation is gathering momentum around the world as Governments and corporates commit to targets of net zero emissions by 2050.
It...
Sustainability Through Street Lights: Tracking Community Carbon Reduction
By Itron
Around the globe, cities are responsible for approximately 75% of man-made carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Many cities have since embarked on a journey...
