future

Sustainable cities group to attend world local government summit

19 Nov 2010, 1.38 PM

The Victorian Eco Innovation Lab (VEIL) has been invited by the World Mayors Summit and Siemens to take part in this year’s United Cities and Local Governments Congress.

Can Broadmeadows be fully sustainable by 2032?

30 Sep 2010, 10.34 AM

Residences that generate power and purify grey water and farming fish and growing vegetables in a refurbished factory are two of the options being proposed in a new Victorian Eco-Innovation Labs (VEIL) plan to make Broadmeadows and other Melbourne suburbs ‘greener’ and healthier.

Building Australia’s future in construction: does policy have a role to play?

15 Oct 2009, 10.51 AM

Leading construction expert Professor Paolo Tombesi will examine the dynamics of technical progress in construction, and consider the steering role public planning can play in a public lecture at the University of Melbourne on Tuesday.

On a (bike path) to success: how the bicycle will change the future of our cities

13 Oct 2009, 9.39 AM

The Traffic Director from the City of Copenhagen (Denmark), Niels Tørsløv will give a free public lecture tomorrow at the University of Melbourne on sustainable transport options for Melbourne.