31 March 2012
From its beginnings in Sydney, Earth Hour support has grown to millions of people in over 5,000 cities across 135 countries across the world. Read more>
22 February 2012
The City of Sydney has extended funding for the successful CitySwitch office energy efficiency program for another three years as it reaches 10 per cent of commercial office space across Australia. Read more>
29 November 2011
The CitySwitch WA Signatory of the Year has been awarded to law firm Lavan Legal for its achievements in office energy efficiency. Read more>
Significant energy savings have been achieved by the CitySwitch Green Office signatories of the year who were announced this morning at an official awards ceremony. Read more>
Philip Hopkins
The Age
23 November 2011 AUSTRALIA'S valuers have confirmed the hype - going ''green'' definitely increases the value of an office building. The buildings worth the most are those that have the best energy rating, the Australian Property Institute found in a report it said was the first rigorous assessment of green office buildings in the nation. Read more>
23 November 2011 Local businesses Arup and Energetics have been named the winners of the Brisbane CitySwitch Green Office Awards at a presentation this morning. Read more>
22 November 2011 The Australian Institute of Refridgeration Air Condfitioning and Heating (AIRAH) is conducting an independent technical review and report of the NABERS rating tools on behalf of the NABERS stakeholder's advisory committee. Read more>
17 November 2011
Building design consultants, Cundall, and the Department for Communities and Social Inclusion have been recognised for excellence in office energy efficiency at this year's CitySwitch SA Signatory of the Year Awards. Read more>
15 November 2011 Consulting firm, Arup, is the first Brisbane business to win the National Signatory of the Year award for improving office energy efficiency as part of the national CitySwitch Green Office Program. Read more>
15 November 2011
International legal practice Norton Rose Australia and Knight Frank’s property management office tonight won the top CitySwitch awards for office energy efficiency after making major reductions in their energy use through innovative improvements and active staff education. Read more>
10 November 2011
The City of Sydney is working with businesses large and small to make Sydney an environmental leader with innovative new programs to cut energy, water and carbon pollution costs. The City is offering $40,000 in grants to help businesses cut their power bills and carbon emissions by improving the energy efficiency of their offices. Read more>
The City of Perth has announced matched funding grants for NABERS assessments for new CitySwitch signatories in the 2011/12 financial year. The City of Perth is offering a grant to help meet the cost of a NABERS Energy assessment, a condition of joining CitySwitch. Read more>
12 September 2011The Total Environment Centre (TEC) is currently undertaking a project funded by the Office of the Environment and Heritage (Environmental Trust) with the outcome of developing an education package for building owners of C and D Grade property . Read more>
30 August 2011
The City of Ryde has joined Australia’s leading energy efficiency program for offices to help local businesses cut their energy bills. Lord Mayor Clover Moore MP said rising electricity prices and the prospect of carbon pricing are encouraging businesses to join the program. Read more>
18 August 2011
16 NOVEMBER 2010
On 16 November, the inaugural CitySwitch WA Signatory of the Year was awarded to architects Cameron Chisholm Nicol and engineering consultancy Wood & Grieve Engineers for their achievements in office energy efficiency. Read more>
1 November 2010
Real estate company Jones Lang LaSalle and property developers Stockland were tonight awarded the inaugural CitySwitch NSW Signatory of the Year Award for significant achievements in office energy efficiency. Read more>
Lord Mayor Michael Harbison hosted a civic reception at the Adelaide Town Hall on Monday 20th September 2010 to welcome 15 new City Switch Signatories to the program, adding a further 65,000sqm to its NLA target, bringing the total NLA to 120,000sqm or 12% of the Adelaide CBD. Read more>
28 July 2010
CitySwitch (NSW) was a Supporting Sponsor of the DECCW Green Globe Awards. Now in its eleventh year, the awards showcase outstanding achievements in the sustainable use of natural resources in NSW and leadership in tackling global warming. Read more>
1 July 2010
The City of Sydney has welcomed new federal legislation which will make it mandatory to disclose the energy efficiency performance of commercial buildings before they are sold, leased or subleased. Read more>
30 June 2010
Adelaide is once again showing its strength in the green building market, with more than 10 percent of the City's office floor space signed up to CitySwitch Green Office Program. Read more>
12 May 2010
Adelaide’s recent CitySwitch Café Series event announced the opportunity for SA Signatories to participate in a Council funded Green Team implementation program. Funding is available to support a limited number of SA Signatories in the delivery of their CitySwitch Commitment. Read more>
31 March 2010
Queensland environmental consultancies, OTEK and RPS were recently announced winners of Brisbane City Council’s Earth Hour draw. Read more>
23 February 2010
The City of Perth has placed an advertisement in the Energising WA supplement in The West Australian to thank all CitySwitch Signatories for their support of the program and environmental leadership. Read more>
16 February 2010
Digital power meters called Power-Mates are available to CitySwitch Signatories in NSW. With electrical appliances drawing up to 68 percent of energy consumption in the office, the Power-Mate can be a useful tool for discovering what appliances are costing your organisation and the planet. Read more>
12 February 2010
A sustainable office toolkit is now available for CitySwitch Signatories in Melbourne. The toolkit includes a Power-Mate, a lux meter and water flow meter. These hands-on resources can assist CitySwitch Signatories in measuring and monitoring office energy output, lighting levels and water flow efficiency. Read more>
19 November 2009
The annual CitySwitch Green Office Progress Report - Executive Briefing was held on 18 November at Customs House, Sydney. Attended by over 70 CitySwitch Signatory CEO's and Senior Executives, the event announced the program’s collective achievements in NSW. Read more>
3 November 2009
Brisbane’s new City Switch Green Office delivered its first 12-month report to Lord Mayor Campbell Newman on November 3. The report outlines the achievements of its 21 signatories, including Council and leading Brisbane companies Leighton Contractors, Pricewaterhouse Coopers and Thiess, among others. Read more>
18 September 2009
With the nation's environment ministers agreeing to consider new laws aimed at keeping dangerous and bulky e-waste out of landfill, mandatory recycling of old electronic equipment a step closer. Read more>
17 September 2009
Over 90 CitySwitch Signatories and their guests came to hear about the key drivers for behaviour change at Sydney’s most recent CitySwitch Café Series event. Read more>
15 September 2009
The first Café Series event held in South Australia kindly hosted by Jones Lang LaSalle was a resounding success. An impressive turnout of guests from 15 of the 18 Adelaide-based Signatories came to hear about obtaining and improving on NABERS Energy tenancy ratings. Read more>
1 September 2009
The City of Perth has recently purchased Power Mate digital power meters to assist organisations understand how they can make their tenancies more energy efficient. Read more>
Adelaide City Council called on the City’s commercial office tenants to follow its lead and go green on 5 June to mark World Environment Day. Read more>
5 June 2009
The City of Perth congratulated and thanked signatories participating in our successful CitySwitch initiative by placing an advertisement in the 'West Australian' newspaper on 5th June in the in the World Environment Day lift-out. Read more>
1 June 2009Representatives from over eighty leading green cities from around the world have come together at the C40 Climate Change Summit in Seoul. Held in May this year, the leadership summit focused on climate change, under the theme of 'Cities Achievements and Challenges in the Fight against Climate Change'. Read more>
1 April 2009A Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Perth and the Sustainable Energy Development Office (SEDO) was publicly acknowledged at the third CitySwitch Café Series event held in March at Ecucina Restaurant. Read more>
The CitySwitch Green Office annual Progress Report - Executive Briefing was held on 5 November in AMP's impressive Harbour Terrace Room, 33 Alfred Street, Sydney. The event was attended by over 100 CEO's and Senior Executives representing CitySwitch Green Office Signatories. Read more>
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