Ginninderra News
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26 Apr 2019
Portal boosts energy star performance
Planning the next wave of sustainable homes received a boost this month with CSIRO releasing a new data portal that tracks energy efficiency progress across Australia. With about 11.4 per cent of our national emissions attributed to households, and construction continuing at a steady...
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23 Apr 2019
Project update – March-April
The floodplains of Ginninderra Creek and gently undulating lands of CSIRO Ginninderra have been home to CSIRO agricultural and crop research for more than 60 years. Our Agriculture and Food business unit has been sowing, managing and harvesting about 30,000 crop research plots each...
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14 Mar 2019
Infratech team helps create safe and sound buildings
CSIRO is promoting a safe and compliant building industry through a wide range of services connected to the testing and certification of building infrastructure materials and systems. The devastating fire that engulfed London’s Grenfell Tower in June 2017 claimed 72 lives and drew global...
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28 Feb 2019
Our data-driven energy future is NEAR
Our scientists are part of a data collaboration to help deliver a secure, affordable and sustainable energy future for Australia through the National Energy Analytics Research (NEAR) Program. There’s nothing like a hot summer to put our energy systems to the test. Heatwaves and...
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07 Feb 2019
Weather station tracks heatwave and aids future climate planning
The same Ginninderra weather station that supported decades of crop breeding, also tracked our recent extreme temperatures in Canberra, and is helping us to plan for future extreme events and our changing climate. CSIRO Ginninderra, like Canberra and much of Australia, sweltered through a...