Energetics and EPA win Victorian green office awards
08 December, 2010Energetics and EPA Victoria have been named recipients of the inaugural Victorian CitySwitch Green Office Awards for their achievements in reducing office energy use.
National engineering award for Alcoa
30 November, 2010A scientific breakthrough in alumina refining has earned aluminium company Alcoa the Australian Government Engineering Innovation Award at the 2010 Australian Engineering Excellence Awards in Canberra.
Fuji Xerox Australia awarded GECA ecolabel for sustainability
18 November, 2010Fuji Xerox Australia has been awarded the Good Environmental Choice Australia Label for its ApeosPort III and IV and DocuCentre III and IV multifunction devices by Good Environmental Choice Australia (GECA). It is the only vendor of multifunction device technology to receive this accolade in Australia.
Minister congratulates top water-saving businesses
17 November, 2010The most water wise businesses in Sydney, the Illawarra and the Blue Mountains were revealed last night at the 7th annual business water efficiency awards, held in Sydney.
Sydney Water wins major infrastructure award
17 November, 2010Sydney Water’s Priority Sewerage Program (PSP) has won an Alliancing Association of Australasia (AAA) Excellence Award.
Cleantech challenge displays strong Australian innovation
17 November, 2010GE Australia has highlighted innovative local entries to its ecomagination challenge, with the winner to be announced by the end of November. The challenge attracted more than 40 entries from Australia highlighting a strong level of local innovation and progressive thinking about carbon reduction technologies.
Sugarcane growers win national environmental award
20 October, 2010Project Catalyst, a pioneering partnership helping to improve the quality of water flowing into Great Barrier Reef catchments has won a national Banksia Environmental Award.
Sustainable development advocate wins state construction award
28 September, 2010Brisbane’s Helen Armstrong has been acknowledged for her outstanding achievements and contribution to the construction industry with the Leighton Contractors Award for Achievement in Sustainable Development Award at the National Association for Women in Construction (NAWIC) Qld 2010 Crystal Vision Awards.
Papyrus Australia makes finals of the Banksia Environmental Awards
21 September, 2010Papyrus Australia, the developer of a technology that converts the waste trunk of the banana palm into alternatives to forest wood products, has been announced as a finalist in the 2010 Banksia Awards.
Plastics technology wins science’s 2010 Victoria Prize
20 September, 2010A leading Australian materials scientists who invented a zero waste technology for the plastics and car industry has been awarded the prestigious 2010 Victoria Prize. Associate Professor Wojciech Gutowski’s work addressed the waste problem faced by the car industry which uses 9.68 million litres of paints a year in car manufacturing - with all solvents used in the process becoming airborne and 2.5 million litres of solids going to landfill.
Newcastle’s Young Engineer of the Year named
17 September, 2010GHD’s engineer Andrew Bagnall has been named the Engineers Australia Young Engineer of the Year (Newcastle) at a function held on 10 September at Newcastle City Hall.
Large organisations leading the way for Banksia Awards
07 September, 2010The Banksia Awards, a prestigious Australian environmental awards series, has announced a record number of finalists for its 2010 awards. The biggest growth in submissions occurs in the big business award category.
Award win for Australia's irrigation farmers
19 August, 2010The National Water Commission has congratulated the winners of the Peter Cullen Eureka Prize for Water Research and Innovation on their outstanding contribution to water science.
OneSteel receives new sustainability licence
19 August, 2010The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has presented OneSteel with South Australia's third EPA Sustainability Licence.
YHA NZ gains first backpacker network CEMARS certification
19 August, 2010YHA New Zealand has become the first backpacker hostel network in the world to achieve CEMARS (Carbon Emissions Measurement And Reduction Scheme) certification.
