A drone fitted with a thermal camera, designed to monitor buildings' energy efficiency, is being developed by students at the University of Strathclyde. [ + ]

Tyre recycler Green Distillation Technologies (GDT) was recently faced with the challenge of handling extra-large 'off the road' (OTR) tyres used by heavy-duty mining dump trucks, large agricultural tractors and road-making equipment. [ + ]

Port Melbourne Football Club Sporting and Community Facility, in Victoria, Australia, was awarded Sustainability category winner at the 2015 National Australian Timber Design Awards. k20 Architecture delivered the project, including materials and labour, to promote locally sourced and manufactured materials. [ + ]

St George's Barangaroo branch has become the first bank branch and the first retail fit-out in Australia to achieve a 6 Star Green Star rating — the highest rating possible. [ + ]

GMK Logistics recently opened a new distribution centre at Gregory Hills, NSW. The company was specific that the facility's lighting needed to meet the required lighting levels in the most energy-efficient manner. [ + ]

Researchers have used a non-toxic, biodegradable chemical process to 'dissolve' waste wool and unwanted woollen products. The technique produces a high-value protein called keratin and other by-products with potential applications in the cosmetic, pharmaceutical and even animal feed markets. [ + ]

Scientists have found that the global livestock sector can significantly reduce carbon emissions without impacting the economic and social benefits it delivers. [ + ]

OCS, Auckland Airport and the Ministry of Primary Industries have developed an innovative way of re-using processed aircraft cabin waste, with an average of 695 kg of waste recycled every day. [ + ]

Analytical software installed at the Canberra Airport terminal acts as eyes, monitoring the building's operation 24 hours a day to ensure the site's sustainability and energy-efficiency initiatives are operating as efficiently as possible. [ + ]

Combining traditional tunnelling technology with modern-day rehabilitation techniques enabled ITS Pipetech to submit and provide a solution to RMS to extend the life of an existing set of culverts that crossed the M1/Princes Highway outside The University of Wollongong. [ + ]

Contaminated water sources are an escalating global problem, but researchers may have found a unique and cost-effective solution using light, soap and graphene. [ + ]

A wastewater treatment system designed at Flinders University has been accepted as an alternative to existing passive lagoon systems for use in South Australia. [ + ]

Longreach Airport is taking advantage of Central West Queensland's long sunlight hours and high summer temperatures with the installation of a solar panel system. [ + ]

Thanks to an upgrade of its treatment plant, the Rockhampton Regional Council has achieved a total nitrogen limit as low as 3.1 mg/L while aiming to reduce electricity costs by up to 20%. [ + ]

UNSW researchers have discovered a way to increase the amount of methane gas emitted by naturally occurring microbes living in coal seams and on food waste. [ + ]