Australia

Official name
Commonwealth of Australia
Region
Oceania
Sub-Region
Australia and New Zealand
ISO 3166-1
au

      

Australia

Sydney, Australia

Sydney Opera House seen from Sydney Harbour Bridge. By Diliff - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5420726

Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania. It is located on Australia's east coast. By June 2016 Sydney's estimated population was 5,029,768.

University of Sydney is Australia's first university and is regarded as one of the world's leading universities. More than 50,000 international students study at the city's universities and a further 50,000 study at its vocational and English language schools.

Fremantle, Australia

Skyline. Fremantle, Australia.

Fremantle is a major Australian port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth, the state capital. The city has a population of approximately 27,000.

Many of the city's enterprises are small businesses, with 75% employing fewer than five people. Fremantle's biggest employment sector is health care and social assistance – 17.5% of the city's workers are employed in this area, reflecting the important influence of Fremantle Hospital.

Blacktown, Australia

Blacktown Council Chambers, Sydney. By Sardaka (talk) 08:40, 25 August 2014 (UTC) - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34935874

Blacktown is a suburb in the City of Blacktown, in Greater Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Blacktown is located 34 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district. Blacktown is the largest of any suburb or township in New South Wales and is one of the most multicultural places in Sydney. According to the 2016 census, there were 47,176 residents in the suburb of Blacktown.

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Blockchain-powered distributed energy and water systems (Fremantle - Australia)

Blockchain Fremantle

The City of Fremantle has received more than $8 million for a trial project that focuses on using Blockchain to power renewable solar energy and water systems. Part of the funding ($2.57 million) comes from the Australian Government’s Smart Cities and Suburbs Programme, while the rest is private funding coming from several of the project partners.

Cool Streets Pilot Project (Blacktown - Australia)

Cool Streets Pilot Project Blacktown

From 2015 to 2016, the city of Blacktown, Australia, piloted a project related with green and cool streets. The project was very simple: to tackle the climate change effects and the impact of rapid urbanisation, planting trees in the streets helps to reduce carbon emissions, cool the air temperature and lower energy costs.

Smart Green Apartments Programme (Sydney - Australia)

Smart Green Apartments Programme Sydney

Because the number of citizens living in apartment buildings is increasing each year, the City of Sydney piloted the Smart Green Apartments Programme with 30 buildings between 2011 and 2013, to asses how they can contribute to the Sustainable Sydney 2030 vision. The programme will continue its development during ten years with 20 multi-apartment buildings taking part per year.

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