Entries are now invited for the 2011 Banksia Awards from community groups, local government and businesses.

The development of the Green Building Council of Australia’s (GBCA’s) Green Star - Communities rating tool is now receiving support from the federal government.

The Robert Simpson High Temperature Processing Laboratory has been opened in Swinburne University’s new Advanced Technologies Centre.

Schneider Electric has achieved the Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association’s Certificate of Competency.

The Australian Water Association’s (AWA) national award for Infrastructure Project Innovation has been presented to Fortescue Metals Group for its managed aquifer recharge scheme at Cloudbreak mine, one of the largest mines of its type in the Pilbara region.

Thames Water has appointed Black & Veatch to optimise sustainability in wastewater treament at its Basingstoke and Bracknell Sewage Treatment works.

A $39.8m Green Car Innovation Fund grant will help Holden transform the way it designs, engineers and manufactures the Commodore, reducing fuel consumption by more than 7%.

A survey conducted by the Economists Intelligence Units (EIU) as part of a global overview of trends in energy efficiency shows nine out of 10 executives in the manufacturing and power utilities sector see energy efficiency as critical to profitability over the next two decades.

Origin Energy has appointed MWH, the consultant engineering firm, to provide detailed design services for two proposed water treatment facilities as part of the Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) project.

Peter Robinson has joined MWH as Business Development & Strategy Leader for the firm’s water sector operations.

Nominations are now open for the 2011 savewater! awards which promote water efficiency.

Nominations for the Prime Minister’s 2011 Water Wise Award are invited from commercial and industrial companies that have achieved substantial water savings.

Melbourne Water has selected one of the most sustainable and efficient buildings of its kind as its new HQ at 990 Latrobe Street, Docklands.

Wipak has released a range of sustainable food packaging films using Cardia Biohybrid technology.

On Monday 9 May, global environmental engineering and consulting company MWH hosted an exclusive dinner at the Adelaide Zoo. The event, which was scheduled to coincide with the Australian Water Association’s 2011 Ozwater conference, featured a menu designed by Maggie Beer and Simon Bryant of the hit ABC television program The Cook and the Chef, with wines carefully paired and presented by Grant Burge of Grant Burge Wines.