Industry News
IKEA announces furniture take-back service, plastic ban
Sydneysiders can now give their unwanted IKEA furniture a second life by bringing it back to the store to be sold on to a new customer. [ + ]
Making Sydney a more sustainable tourist destination
Hotels, event centres, museums and tourism bodies have joined forces with the City of Sydney to make the city a more sustainable destination for business and holidays. [ + ]
Young Victorians throw away over $100 worth of food a week
The average Victorian household throws away over $2000 worth of food every year. [ + ]
Innovative Tiny Home going on show in Melbourne
RACV has partnered with award-winning architect Peter Maddison to design a tiny home that will enable Australians to better understand their own homes and the way they live. [ + ]
Hydropower feasibility study supported by ARENA
ARENA has announced up to $2.5m in funding for Hydro Tasmania to complete final feasibility analysis into the proposed redevelopment of the Tarraleah hydropower scheme. [ + ]
MobileMuster awards top local government recyclers
MobileMuster recognised the top local government mobile phone recyclers at the Australian Local Government Association National General Assembly in Canberra. [ + ]
Funding announced for 13 resource recovery projects
The resource recovery infrastructure projects will share more than $4.2 million from Sustainability Victoria's Resource Recovery Infrastructure Fund. [ + ]
Smart Cities Week is coming to Australia
Australia's first Smart Cities Week will be held in Sydney from 29–31 October 2018. [ + ]
Construction begins on Stockyard Hill Wind Farm
The Stockyard Hill Wind Farm is being developed by Goldwind and will see 149 turbines provide 530 MW of clean energy to power homes across Victoria and beyond. [ + ]
Online platform maps Australia's biomass hotspots
Businesses and investors now have access to a data-rich platform that maps out Australia's biomass hotspots. [ + ]
Results in for seventh Emissions Reduction Fund auction
The Emissions Reduction Fund has now purchased 192 million tonnes of abatement through 429 contracts. [ + ]
New ISO standards developed for greener machine tools
ISO has published the first two parts of a new International Standard for the environmental evaluation of machine tools. [ + ]
Australian solar expert wins Global Energy Prize
Professor Martin Green has become the first Australian to win a Global Energy Prize for his research, development and educational activities in the field of photovoltaics. [ + ]
ABB to install multipurpose microgrid in South Australia
The microgrid solution will connect an ABB Ability PowerStore 30 MW battery energy storage solution to South Australia's Electranet transmission system. [ + ]
QUT students charge their devices under the sun
Students at the Queensland University of Technology have designed a light, modern solar solution that enables mobile devices to be charged under the sun on campus. [ + ]
