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Index tracks the 'next big thing' in sustainability
In recent times the sustainability sector has seen a massive surge in investments in green companies and products, from both the big end of town and smaller investors
[ + ]Towards a new age of electric motor efficiencies
Electric motor minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) are now well established across Australia
[ + ]'Green' bakery takes the cake
Ferguson Plarre Bakehouses, a family company and Melbourne institution for more than a century, has built one of the country's greenest, most environmentally sustainable bakeries at Keilor Park
[ + ]'Green' glasshouse for red tomatoes
The first stages of d'VineRipe's $30 million truss tomato glasshouse at Two Wells, South Australia, has opened. The glasshouse is owned by Victor Smorgon Group and agribusiness investment manager, Timbercorp Limited
[ + ]Economics and the environment
A small audience of the general public listened to two of Australia's most prominent scientists discuss how the economic costs of trying to reach the 2050 carbon reduction targets of 60% would come at a very small cost to the wider community
[ + ]China's green building boom good for Australia
In a recent report issued by Austrade, demand for green building technology is on the rise in China, with the country expected to be home to half the world's building construction between now and 2020
[ + ]Monitoring water in schools
HydroShare is a web-based water consumption monitoring system which monitors actual use, trend and water flow in real time which means that water leaks can be identified immediately and repaired faster
[ + ]Desalination energy efficiency
"New discoveries in microbiology and nanotechnology applied to reverse osmosis (RO) membrane technology will allow increased energy efficiency of desalination and water recycling plants around the world", said Dr David Garman
[ + ]The sins of greenwashing
According to Wikipedia, greenwash is the act of misleading consumers regarding the environmental practices of a company or the environmental benefits of a product or service
[ + ]The sustainability advantage
The Department of Environment & Climate Change in NSW runs a program for businesses called Sustainability Advantage, which it believes makes sense of all of the noise about sustainability
[ + ]Tarac Technologies makes its marc on the wine industry
A sustainable way to dispose of winemaking residues. According to Ira Plant, project manager (environment and sustainability) at Tarac Technologies, if not dealt with appropriately these residuals can lead to significant environmental problems
[ + ]Sweeter smell for wastewater
A UK water-company project is using natural elements such as bark, wood chips, seaweed and seashells lining water-filled tanks to provide a solution to a smelly problem - the unpleasant odour that can come from wastewater treatment works
[ + ]PCs stripped bare
On a small industrial estate in the western suburbs of Sydney, one factory is doing more for the environment than many others twice its size
[ + ]Labor takes the first steps towards tackling climate change
On his first day in office after being sworn in as Australia's 26th Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd signed the Kyoto Protocol, which is considered to be the most far-reaching agreement on environment and sustainable development ever to be adopted
[ + ]Going green makes good business sense
The expression 'going green' might sound like a gimmick, but businesses across the globe are increasingly finding that it makes good commercial sense to adopt the use of green products and practices in the workplace
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