Industry News
Water industry seeks 40,000 long-term employees
The Australian water industry is keen to recruit 40,000 trained water professionals within a decade, to ensure Australian households continue receiving clean, fresh water.
[ + ]New manufacturing opportunities - sensors to protect marine and freshwater ecosystems
An ambitious new research collaboration, designed to track the health of Australia’s marine and freshwater ecosystems, was launched today.
[ + ]Energy saving work with Silicon Valley companies
Researchers from the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) are working with Silicon Valley companies to demonstrate energy-efficient data centre technologies.
[ + ]City's low-carbon plan for 2030
Plans to turn Sydney into a low-carbon city, using locally-produced electricity from the sun, wind, marine, green power and waste gases, are being developed by the City of Sydney Council as part of its Sustainable Sydney 2030 plan.
[ + ]New solar car to shine
The University of New South Wales solar racing team, Sunswift, has unveiled an all-new solar car to contest this year’s Global Green Challenge race from Darwin to Adelaide.
[ + ]2009 Australian packaging awards for sustainability
O-I’s Lean+Green lightweight wine bottles have won two awards at the 2009 Australian Packaging Awards in Melbourne.
[ + ]Telstra trials green cell in network
Telstra is trialling an energy-efficient hydrogen fuel cell in its live network which has the potential to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20% compared with an equivalent-sized diesel generator.
[ + ]Veolia Environnement selected for Dow Jones indexes
Veolia Environnement has confirmed its selection in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index World, Dow Jones STOXX Sustainability Index and the FTSE4Good index.
[ + ]Get involved in National Water Week
National Water Week is being held from 18-24 October 2009, with the theme of Securing our Water Future.
[ + ]$2m in funding now available for smart water projects
The Smart Water Fund has announced the availability of $2m in grants to help find smarter ways to conserve Victoria’s water supplies.
[ + ]Turning waste into gold
Attendees at the CleanUp 09 conference in Adelaide will hear how millions of tonnes of unwanted waste spewed out by Australia's power stations, mineral processing plants and municipalities can be re-used to create fertility, health, wealth, beauty and abundance.
[ + ]AECOM engineers win top award for Western Australia’s greenest building
AECOM has received Western Australia's highest environmental engineering honour for its groundbreaking work on 2 Victoria Avenue, the state’s most environmentally friendly building.
[ + ]Testo appoints new distributor for Qld and NT
Testo Australia has appointed Group Instrumentation as a Queensland and Northern Territory distributor for its range of portable flue gas analysers.
[ + ]Control for solar research project
Researchers at the Australian National University in Canberra have developed breakthrough technology that makes large scale solar thermal power generation commercially viable.
[ + ]Hybrid motorcycle to optimise energy use
Schneider Electric will partner with custom motorcycle manufacturer Orange County Choppers (OCC) in the US to design and build a hybrid motorcycle that optimises energy use.
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