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Commercial buildings are responsible for approximately 10% of Australia’s total greenhouse gas emissions with the use of energy for cooling, ventilation and lighting accounting for more than 70% of the energy used by the commercial building sector.
The Australian Safety and Compensation Council statistics for the period of July 2006 to June 2007 demonstrate workers employed in blue-collar jobs have the highest probability of being killed in the workplace.