Better Buildings Partnership halfway to emissions reduction target
30 March, 2015Members of the City of Sydney's Better Buildings Partnership (BBP) have reduced their emissions by 35% since 2006. The figures have been released in the partnership's 2013-14 annual report.
Collaborative clean combustion project underway
26 February, 2015ARC Professorial Fellow Assaad Masri, from the University of Sydney, is collaborating with Qatar University's Dr Samer Ahmed on a project that will help engineers develop cleaner combustion of sustainable fuel alternatives.
MSA Scrubber Monitoring System
05 February, 2015The MSA Scrubber Monitoring System is a pre-engineered system that is compatible with most wet or dry scrubbers. The system operates within a closed loop so that no gas vents to the atmosphere. Built to withstand harsh outdoor environments, the unit is housed in a heated NEMA 4X enclosure.
Applying a new lens to carbon emissions benchmarking
26 November, 2014A recently released Deloitte Access Economics report, supported by Origin Energy, applies a new lens to help understand the economic drivers of emissions and better reflect the relationship between emissions and economic activities.
Australian-designed sensors to target greenhouse gas emissions
05 November, 2014Taking advantage of methane that would otherwise escape into the atmosphere provides Australian businesses with an untapped fuel resource and opportunity to minimise their carbon footprint, according to scientific research and designers Draco Scientific.
Time ripe to capitalise on energy-efficiency initiatives
07 October, 2014The repeal of the carbon tax has left many businesses pondering what impact its removal will have on energy markets in Australia. As Phil Harrington, Carbon & Energy Business Unit Manager at pitt&sherry explains, businesses should focus on energy-efficiency initiatives and fuel choices in their control.
Floods release greenhouse gases from wetlands
02 October, 2014Scientists from Southern Cross University have discovered that flood events dramatically increase the release of greenhouse gases from coastal floodplains into the atmosphere where the landscape's hydrology has been modified by human activity.
NatureWorks Ingeo plant-based fibres and plastics
10 September, 2014NatureWorks produces a material called Ingeo, made from locally abundant and renewable resources, which is replacing man-made plastics and fibres which have until now been petroleum-based.
Ozone-depleting compound still being released
26 August, 2014NASA researchers have found that Earth's atmosphere contains an unexpectedly large amount of an ozone-depleting compound, despite the fact that the substance was banned worldwide decades ago.
Energy management across Talley's frozen food sites
16 May, 2014Frozen food processor Talley's Group has partnered with New Zealand's Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority to put in place an energy management system across its three largest seafood and vegetable processing sites, as well as AFFCO New Zealand's meat processing sites.
Brown coal injections to lower emissions
29 April, 2014CSIRO and its industry partners plan to conduct a power-generation trial using Victorian brown coal processed into a slurry and injected into an adapted diesel engine. The direct injection carbon engine (DICE) aims to reduce emissions from brown-coal-generated electricity by 50% compared to current technology.
New Zealand urged to go net zero
23 April, 2014The CEO of building technology company NUDURA, Murray Snider, will visit New Zealand next month to discuss the topic of energy-efficient building. Snider has a wealth of experience in building environmentally friendly homes and commercial buildings which are net zero.
US drivers using less fuel
02 April, 2014A University of Michigan researcher has found that despite population growth, fuel consumption by American drivers of light-duty vehicles is now lower than it was 15 years ago.
Emissions and coal generation rising, says report
10 March, 2014Consultancy company pitt&sherry has released the latest edition of its Carbon Emissions Index (Cedex). The report found that annual NEM generation for the year ending February 2014 continued to fall - but for the first time in two years, associated emissions slightly increased.
Controlling air flow decreases pollutants in piston engines
18 February, 2014The Kansas State University Research Foundation, a non-profit corporation, has received a patent for a system that controls the air flow to pistons in reciprocating internal combustion engines.
