Colombian egg producer Incubadora Santander has recruited WELTEC BIOPOWER to build an anaerobic digestion plant which will utilise dry chicken manure and process water for co-digestion, enabling the 800 kW biogas plant to operate without the purchase of any additional substrate. [ + ]

Carbon-neutral plasterboards are now available for projects in Sydney and Brisbane, thanks to a joint venture between partners on the Barangaroo South project. [ + ]

The City of Melbourne is working with the Victorian Government to install Australia's first combined stormwater harvesting and flood mitigation tank to protect against flooding in Melbourne's CBD. [ + ]

Evoqua Water Technologies has been selected to design and deliver technology that prevents marine growth in seawater cooling systems on eight Royal Australian Navy ANZAC Class frigates. [ + ]

A Western Australian property group is aiming to deliver the most sustainable apartment development in the state while also becoming the first developer in Australia to utilise shared solar technology in a strata setting. [ + ]

Redback Technologies' Smart Hybrid Solar Inverter System has been selected to optimise the energy use of Torrens Rowing Club as part of the club's long-term strategy to operate sustainably in the future. [ + ]

Researchers have developed a graphene-based filter that they believe could be the key to managing the global water crisis. [ + ]

A project to install solar panels at the Korong Vale Water Treatment Plant has significantly reduced the plant's consumption of grid energy. [ + ]

Adelaide Airport's rooftop solar power system has begun generating electricity, contributing to almost 10% of the airport's total energy consumption. [ + ]

A team of scientists from Oxford University has shown how the natural movement of bacteria could be harnessed to assemble and power microscopic 'wind farms' — or other man-made micromachines such as smartphone components. [ + ]

A thorough air audit on an Australian food manufacturer's entire system has revealed some unexpected results. [ + ]

An upgrade by Richmond Valley Council of its Casino sewage treatment plant (STP) has paid immediate dividends by withstanding the fury of June's storms and flooding without suffering any polluting spills or odours. [ + ]

L'Oréal Australia and TerraCycle have partnered on a new recycling program, providing Australian consumers with the reassurance that all the beauty and personal care packaging they collect at home will not go into landfill. [ + ]

While soil moisture monitoring is often thought of as a water-saving technology, it also provides other significant benefits — for example, better crop irrigation and nutrition. [ + ]

Aware of rising energy costs and its impact on the environment, Reid Industrial decided to engage Assurance Consulting to undertake an energy audit of its Brisbane-based site. [ + ]