We all suspected it – now we have proof. Adding better quality ‘green infrastructure’ and natural areas to our urban environment pays dividends by increasing property values. Off...
The early 21st century’s energy revolution: renewables, battery storage and smartgrids New technology impacts how the world operates and how we do things. With energy required to provide the...
When I grow up I want to live on a beautiful, lush, tree-lined street. Lots of us do. We appreciate feeling close to nature, we love the symmetry and simple beauty of trees, and we crave the shade ...
Invitation to Partner. Response required by 25 June 2015 E2Designlab are representing three significant projects being submitted as a response to the ACT Government’s call for EOI in &lsquo...
E2Designlab is working with HOMER Energy to deliver a leading Microgrid conference in Australia on 14,15th October at the University of Canberra. This is an opportunity to deliver an increased pe...
Most practitioners in the stormwater and WSUD industry have faced it at some stage – the frustrating comment back from councils, developers, lead architects or urban designers: “I reall...
Each one of us has day dreamed about it – ‘If I ruled the world, things would be different, things would be better’. Well your dreams have come true. Apologies, I’m not wri...
‘If you liked it, then you should've put a value on it…’ Beyoncé was right - you have to let the world know what you really appreciate to guarantee it stays around. In ti...
The Australian dream of a quarter-acre block is now becoming a distant memory. The obituary has been drafted and we city-dwellers move on, perhaps begrudgingly, towards a brave new world of more co...
‘To have a great idea, have a lot of them’ — Thomas A. Edison. For us, ideas come and go. Too often they come when they are not expected. In the shower, driving through the count...
If only cities didn’t grow. Or shrink. If they just stayed the same size, engineers would be delighted. We could optimise the system, balance everything perfectly, and ensure everythi...
‘Let's take a drive, through the sprawl, through these towns they built to change’ – Arcade Fire, The Suburbs, 2010 I’m sure others who work in the urban planning sector go...
