Industry News
Guidance document to support healthy and sustainable buildings
The Green Building Council of Australia and the International WELL Building Institute are working collaboratively to promote health and wellbeing in the design, construction and operations of buildings, fitouts and communities in Australia. [ + ]
Smart sensing network enables better environmental monitoring
The $950,000 NSW Smart Sensing Network brings together smart sensing expertise in academia, industry and government to develop a collaborative and innovative network that is expected to deliver economic and social benefits for NSW. [ + ]
Energy efficiency retrofits to help vulnerable Victorians
The Victorian Government has announced a $6 million initiative to improve home energy efficiency and save money for those most in need. [ + ]
Waste Summit opens call for abstracts
A call for abstracts has been circulated for Waste Summit, a free-to-attend industry conference taking place in October this year. [ + ]
Tracking progress to Paris Agreement goals
An international research team has developed a new method for tracking the progress that individual countries are making towards meeting the global climate targets of the Paris Agreement. [ + ]
Global challenge to extract water out of thin air
The Australian Government is partnering with XPRIZE and Tata Group to run the Water Abundance XPRIZE — an open challenge to use technology to improve affordable access to clean water in high-humidity areas where water is currently unavailable or inaccessible. [ + ]
Smart Cities Council backs govt program but calls for expansion
Smart Cities Council Australia New Zealand (SCCANZ) has given its full backing to the Australian Government's Smart Cities and Suburbs Program, but claimed that additional support programs will strengthen the program's ability to shape the marketplace. [ + ]
Deakin VC awarded Order of Australia
Deakin University Vice-Chancellor Professor Jane den Hollander has been honoured with an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) medal in recognition of her distinguished service to tertiary education, professional educational organisations and the community. [ + ]
University of Melbourne releases four-year Sustainability Plan
The University of Melbourne has released its first institution-wide Sustainability Plan — an ambitious four-year strategy that is intended to position Melbourne as a sector leader in sustainability. [ + ]
GreenSync raises capital to lead energy transformation
Green-tech start-up GreenSync has raised a total of $11.5 million in a Series B funding round led by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation and Southern Cross Venture Partners. [ + ]
NZ's Green Property Summit to focus on sustainable future cities
Green Property Summit 2017 will bring together experts in sustainability and the built environment to discuss how New Zealand can combine building green with lucrative investment opportunities to create healthy cities of the future. [ + ]
Leave No Trace at the Kathmandu Coast to Coast race
Kathmandu Coast to Coast has partnered with Leave No Trace New Zealand, ensuring that the natural landscape of New Zealand's South Island is preserved for the duration of the 243 km race. [ + ]
Creating standards for recovered carbon black
Standards developer ASTM International has announced the launch of a new technical committee dedicated to developing standards for the growing field of recovered carbon black (rCB). [ + ]
Recyclable shampoo bottle made with beach plastic
Procter & Gamble is partnering with recycling experts TerraCycle and SUEZ to launch a recyclable shampoo bottle made from up to 25% recycled beach plastic. [ + ]
South East Water goes solar
South East Water's head office in Frankston, WatersEdge, has switched on a 99 kW rooftop solar panel system, enabling the building to meet more than 10% of its energy needs. [ + ]
