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Finalists announced in Victorian Premier’s Sustainability Awards

12 September, 2013

The Victorian Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Ryan Smith, has announced the 20 finalists for this year’s Premier’s Sustainability Awards.


SunWater awarded for regional pipeline project

10 September, 2013

SunWater's Chinchilla Beneficial Use Scheme took out the top regional award in the 2013 Queensland Project Management Achievement Awards, hosted by the Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM) in Brisbane last week.


AUT a Green Gown finalist in carbon reduction

10 September, 2013

Auckland University of Technology (AUT) has been named as a finalist in the carbon reduction category for the Green Gown Awards Australasia - a prestigious sustainability awards program for tertiary education providers. AUT is the only university in New Zealand to be recognised in the carbon reduction category.


Excellence awards finalists are engineering a smarter Sydney

29 August, 2013

The Engineering Excellence Awards Sydney (EEAS 2013) finalists have been announced, with some of the award-nominated projects intent on creating the Sydney of the future.


Engineers Australia - Newcastle Division's 2013 Young Professional Engineer of the Year Award

28 August, 2013

RPC Technologies has congratulated Manager of Engineering (Broadmeadow Office) Pierre Gouhier, who last week received the Engineers Australia - Newcastle Division 2013 Young Professional Engineer of the Year Award.


Team UOW Australia wins Solar Decathlon China

12 August, 2013

The first ever Solar Decathlon China - a global, student-led, green building research and innovation competition - concluded yesterday with first prize going to Team UOW Australia, a partnership between the University of Wollongong and TAFE Illawarra.


Schneider Electric sponsors Solar Decathlon

08 August, 2013

The Solar Decathlon is considered the largest sustainable building research and innovation competition in the world. The event features teams from 20 universities around the world who compete to design, build and operate solar-powered houses that are cost effective and energy efficient.


Environmental award for energy-efficient compressor

26 July, 2013

Industrial group Atlas Copco has presented its Environmental Award for 2012 to the team that developed the company’s GA VSD+ compressor, launched in April this year. The compressor is said to cut energy consumption by roughly half compared to traditional devices.


Inaugural Ethical Enterprise Award for inspirational Australian businesses

18 July, 2013

The inaugural Ethical Enterprise Award was launched earlier this month. An initiative of Moral Fairground and Australian Ethical Investment, the award recognises and celebrates the achievements of Australia’s most inspirational enterprise.


SITA-Taronga Zoo partnership wins Australian Business Award for Environmental Sustainability

15 July, 2013

SITA Australia was one of nine winners in the Environmental Sustainability category of The Australian Business Awards 2013, acknowledging the company’s role in resource recovery.


Kimberly-Clark wins Australian Business Award for Environmental Sustainability

04 July, 2013

Kimberly-Clark Australia has been declared one of nine winners in the Environmental Sustainability category of The Australian Business Awards 2013.


Final Pam Keating award to recognise outstanding women in the environment

02 July, 2013

Nominations for the WMAA 2013 Pam Keating Award are now open, offering $1500 to a woman who has made an outstanding contribution to the environment industry in Victoria.


Waste recovery wins Bundaberg a Premier’s Sustainability Award

01 July, 2013

At the recent Queensland Premier’s Sustainability Awards, Bundaberg Regional Council (BRC) won the prestigious Minister’s Award for Leadership. The award honoured BRC’s waste recovery efforts following three consecutive natural disasters over the 2013 Australia Day long weekend.


Sydney Water climate change tool wins national award

27 June, 2013

Sydney Water has received the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) Climate Adaptation Champion Award in the Business category, recognising the company as a national leader in preparing for climate change and variability.


Australian Cleantech Competition semifinalists announced

26 June, 2013

The Australian Cleantech Competition has whittled down this year’s 150 entrants to 30 semifinalists, ranging from start-ups through to listed companies that have raised tens of millions of dollars.


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