2017 is certainly proving an auspicious year for the food manufacturing and processing industry — global changes are affecting the way we work, 'new age' technologies like 3D printing are becoming the norm and the issue of food waste is ever more perennial with each day. [ + ]

Australian technology provider EnviroSuite has discovered through an independent cost assessment that effective odour management can save single urban water utility sites up to $900,000 per year. [ + ]

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation is working with resource recovery company ResourceCo to deliver an innovative alternative fuel plant in NSW. [ + ]

A park bench made from beach clean-up waste — this is one of the results of a technology that was designed for the realisation of the circular economy. [ + ]

What ideas and approaches are proving successful around the world when creating a 'great 21st-century city' and what can Australia learn? James A Moore, Principal, Jacobs was recently challenged with this thought-provoking question for a presentation at a recent Sydney conference. In this article, he explains what he answered. [ + ]

The Renewable Cities Australia Forum looks at how to increase clean and renewable energy uptake in Australian cities and towns. [ + ]

With the rapidly rising cost of electricity, the answer to this question is complicated with many variables affecting the real efficiencies relating to cost versus application. [ + ]

Increased leaf canopy cover is linked to a significant increase in property values, according to integrated infrastructure firm AECOM. [ + ]

The automation of networks as part of the Internet of Energy has the potential to change the way energy is produced and consumed, said Ilén Zazueta-Hall ahead of her upcoming presentation at the 2017 Australian Energy Storage Conference. [ + ]

Water scarcity already affects every continent. Around 1.2 billion people — or almost one-fifth of the world's population — live in arid areas with water shortages. Another 1.6 billion people — one-quarter of our global population — face water shortages as a result of climate change. [ + ]

Before any large-scale construction project is approved, authorities are certain to require the preparation of a comprehensive environmental impact statement. Unfortunately, for many large construction projects, after approval has been granted, their detailed environmental impact assessment report becomes little more than a document of record. [ + ]

Water utilities and other organisations with large asset portfolios are increasingly being asked to show regulators and stakeholders that they are delivering services in the most sustainable and efficient manner. [ + ]

South Australian technology could help solve SA's energy security issue. [ + ]

There's no escaping talk about the energy crisis facing Australia at the moment. Watching on as an Australian living in Cambodia, it's baffling as to why renewable energy in Cambodia is so straightforward yet seems anything but back home. [ + ]

There has been a major growth phase in processed engineered fuel (PEF) for cement kilns, according to ResourceCo. [ + ]