Australian Research Council Future Fellow and an Associate Professor at the Australian National University, Yun Liu is the 2013 Banksia Sustainability Awards winner in the Innovation category. [ + ]

Energy management specialist Schneider Electric has selected Microsoft Windows Azure, a cloud computing and infrastructure platform, as a preferred cloud provider for the company’s StruxureWare software applications and suites. [ + ]

Scientists from CSIRO's Water for a Healthy Country Flagship have trialled a new approach to sugar cane plantation weed management in select Great Barrier Reef (GBR) catchments. [ + ]

The Australian Government yesterday released, for public consideration, exposure drafts of the legislation to repeal the carbon tax. [ + ]

BHP Billiton was presented with a 6 Star Green Star Interiors rating for its Perth fit-out at Brookfield Place, which represents world leadership in green building outcomes. [ + ]

Swiss company SolarMax - a manufacturer of grid-connected solar inverters - has announced a distribution partnership with energy efficiency and renewable energy company Mark Group. [ + ]

The 2nd Sydney Symposium on Carbon Capture (S2C2) will be held at the University of Sydney this week from 16-18 October. Topics of discussion will include cleaner energies, global temperatures and climate change. [ + ]

A free service for bulb, battery and mobile phone recycling is now available across Sydney, with 10 recycling stations accessible at community centres and libraries around the city. The service operates year-round, meaning residents can dispose of their waste at any time. [ + ]

The South Australian Wine Industry Association (SAWIA) has awarded its 2013 Environmental Excellence Awards to Treasury Wine Estates and Byrne Vineyards. The theme of this year's awards was Water. [ + ]

A $6 million partnership between CSIRO and its Indian equivalent, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), aims to reduce the reliance of both countries on imported fuels. [ + ]

Minister for the Environment Greg Hunt yesterday opened the Australian Sustainability Conference, held in Melbourne, in his first public address to the Australian business community since the election. [ + ]

Professor Ravi Naidu - the CEO and managing director of the Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE) - has won this year's Richard Pratt Banksia CEO Award. [ + ]

Research and consulting firm GlobalData claims that technological, economic and business forces are steering Europe’s electricity system toward major transformations, including the decentralisation of its power systems. [ + ]

The edible seafood sector creates thousands of tonnes of waste seashells, but now the University of Bath has found a way to re-use these shells in a wastewater cleaning project. [ + ]

Water treatment specialist Degrémont, a subsidiary of utility company Suez Environnement, has won the contract for the design, construction and commissioning of a 1000 m³ per day wastewater membrane filtration system, SmartRack. [ + ]