The Sydney Division of Engineers Australia launched the Engineering Excellence Awards Sydney 2013 (EEAS) last week at the Powerhouse Museum in conjunction with the opening of an interactive exhibit of last year’s award-winning entries. [ + ]

After six years as Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Water Association, Tom Mollenkopf has announced that he will be standing down from the role in July this year. [ + ]

LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from gases, has been ranked as Number 48 in the Top 100 list of America’s ‘most promising privately held companies’ by Forbes magazine. [ + ]

Eight community projects to reduce waste will be awarded grants ranging between $4390 and $20,000 from the WA Government’s Community Grants Scheme. [ + ]

Australian tissue and paper suppliers Solaris Paper and Paper Force have welcomed the landmark commitment by their affiliate, Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP), to end the clearing of natural forest across its entire supply chain in Indonesia, with immediate effect. [ + ]

Local Government Super (LGS) has announced the sale of SKM House in St Leonards to Altis Property Partners Group for $42 million. The property was the recipient of a substantial grant from the Green Building Fund. [ + ]

Global engineering and consulting firm MWH Global has announced the appointment of Mark Bruzzone as Australia regional director of government and infrastructure. [ + ]

Grundfos Pumps Pty Ltd (Australia) and Grundfos Pumps NZ Ltd (New Zealand) will be supporting and selling the DAB brand in Australia and New Zealand, effective retrospectively from 1 January 2013. [ + ]

New Zealand’s Ministry for Primary Industries has committed $1.6 million to a multipartner call for agricultural greenhouse gas research through the Joint Programming Initiative on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change (FACCE-JPI). [ + ]

Global design and engineering firm Arup has been named a finalist in four categories in the prestigious 2013 BRW Client Choice Awards. This is the company’s third consecutive year of reaching the finals. [ + ]

Tenix has been awarded a $40 million contract by Unitywater to design, construct and commission a major upgrade to the Nambour Sewage Treatment Plant (STP). [ + ]

South Australia has moved to a more competitive market by deregulating retail energy prices and implementing the National Energy Customer Framework (NECF). [ + ]

A report released by the South Australian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has finally put to rest a common myth about wind farms - that they create dangerous levels of infrasound, or sound too low for humans to hear, that can be harmful to people who live near wind turbines. [ + ]

The challenge of finding a cost-effective solution to the energy concerns predicted to impact residents in the Pilbara and regional Western Australia has been opened to the public. [ + ]

Nominations for the 2013 United Nations Association of Australia World Environment Day Awards are now open nationally. [ + ]