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Investigating the influence of green infrastructure on demountable building performance (GC16000)
The addition of green infrastructure to a building – such as the installation of green roofs and green walls – has many potential benefits
21 February 2018
Researching the benefits of demonstration green roofs across Australia (GC16002)
This investment explored cultural, community and horticultural barriers to greater green roof construction in Australia so that steps can be taken to overcome them.
23 May 2023
Greener cities, healthier lives: measuring the wider societal benefits (GC15005)
This project provided the first systemic evidence on the health benefits of green space on people, from birth to older age.
3 November 2022
Supercharging the future of horticulture
Hort Innovation has announced two more initiatives to help future-ready the vegetable, fruit, nut, turf, nursery and cut-flower sectors.
12 September 2016
Igniting new horticulture generation
Media ReleaseIN THE FACE of an ageing horticultural industry and a fast-moving technological landscape, Horticulture Innovation Australia (Hort Innovation) has launched its biggest industry recruitment and leadership initiative in history. The
1 August 2016
World a-buzz with Australia’s latest fruit fly findings
Media ReleaseFOR DECADES, researchers around the world have refined the development of sterile male fruit flies to control wild populations of the pest. While the development of sterile male-only Queensland Fruit Fly (Qfly) for release is new to
21 September 2017
Empowering women leaders for a stronger Aussie horticulture industry
Media ReleaseWOMEN THAT are current and emerging leaders in the horticulture industry can now apply for a leadership development scholarship opportunity valued at up to $5,470. Funded by the Hort Frontiers Leadership Fund (a strategic partnership
20 September 2017
New high folate strawberry a sweet find
Media ReleaseA NEW ‘alpha strawberry’ that is very sweet in flavour and has folate levels that may be up to three times higher than standard strawberries has been discovered by Queensland scientists. Folate is an important B-group vitamin which is
26 September 2017
Changes in nation’s greenspace revealed
Media ReleaseSCIENTISTS HAVE answered the question, ‘Where should all the trees go?’ through a study that investigated vegetation change across major Australian metropolitan areas and locations with abnormally high heat, socio-economic disadvantage
25 October 2017
One indoor plant can combat sickness, study finds
Media ReleaseREDUCED PRODUCTIVITY, bad moods and increased allergies have all been linked to chemicals that float in the air at room temperature, or volatile organic compounds (VOCs). VOCs are present in carpets, paint and furniture in Australian
31 October 2017