The University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) has opened the Dr Chau Chak Wing Building - a 14-storey engineering innovation and the new home of the UTS Business School. [ + ]

The University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) has opened the Dr Chau Chak Wing Building - a 14-storey engineering innovation and the new home of the UTS Business School. [ + ]

There are many initiatives that can be taken to progressively fit or retrofit systems that will bring energy use down to zero net energy. The Energy Freedom alliance is promoting nine steps to achieving energy freedom in your home. [ + ]

There are many initiatives that can be taken to progressively fit or retrofit systems that will bring energy use down to zero net energy. The Energy Freedom alliance is promoting nine steps to achieving energy freedom in your home. [ + ]

A building's air-conditioning system is typically responsible for around 50% of the base building's energy consumption. As such, any reduction in air-conditioning energy consumption or efficient energy utilisation will offer significant savings in total building energy consumption and carbon emissions. [ + ]

A building's air-conditioning system is typically responsible for around 50% of the base building's energy consumption. As such, any reduction in air-conditioning energy consumption or efficient energy utilisation will offer significant savings in total building energy consumption and carbon emissions. [ + ]

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) produce 45% of all business waste sent to NSW landfills and one-on-one support being provided through the NSW EPA's Bin Trim program is helping to boost recycling of problematic materials such as plate glass and expanded polystyrene, known as EPS.

The Oasis Service Station in Tuncurry, NSW, operates from the early morning until late into the night each day, draining electricity along the way. With load spikes in the morning and at night, owner and operator Stan Wilson turned to solar as a way to cut the station's ever-rising expenses. [ + ]

Across Australia and the globe, buildings account for up to 40% of energy. Cara Ryan from the EcoBuildings Division of Schneider Electric comments on how she believes we can create greater efficiencies in our existing buildings throughout 2015 and beyond. [ + ]

Compact and robust dissolved air flotation (DAF) systems reduce chemical oxygen demand in industrial wastewater effluents by 70-80%. But impressive as these results are, they may not always be enough. [ + ]

Packaging has an important role to play in sustainability as it functions to protect and reduce waste of products and raw materials as they move through the supply chains.

Romilly Madew discusses the latest trends in sustainable urban development in the lead-up to the Green Cities 2015 conference. Co-hosted by the Green Building Council of Australia and Property Council of Australia, the conference is being held from 17-19 March 2015 at Melbourne's Grand Hyatt. [ + ]

Macedon Ranges Shire Council in Victoria has recently adopted a waste management strategy that could signal a shift in local practice. [ + ]

Macedon Ranges Shire Council in Victoria has recently adopted a waste management strategy that could signal a shift in local practice. [ + ]

Leveraging the FactoryTalk Integrated Production and Performance Suite from Rockwell Automation, Hamilton City Council implemented an upgrade to the supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system at the Pukete Wastewater Treatment Plant. [ + ]