Professor Ajayan Vinu will lead UniSA's Future Industries Institute in a project that aims to remove carbon dioxide gases from the atmosphere and convert them into green energy. [ + ]

CSR Bradford has launched the 'Energy in Education Program' — an initiative to help Australian schools save on their energy bills and teach students about smarter energy management. [ + ]

CDP has issued its annual Climate Change Report, revealing the extent to which corporations have shifted their strategies over the past five years to become part of the solution to the climate challenge. [ + ]

Some of Melbourne's most iconic businesses, universities, cultural institutions and councils have united in a consortium to drive new investment in renewable energy. [ + ]

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation has announced a $100 million cornerstone commitment to the new Australian Bioenergy Fund, with the aim of accelerating investment in Australia's bioenergy sector. [ + ]

A national tertiary team has created a web-based package of learning resources for engineering lecturers and their students, focusing on energy efficiency education. [ + ]

Australia could successfully transition towards net zero carbon pollution while maintaining similar rates of growth to the last five years if key actions are taken immediately. [ + ]

Finnish researchers are developing a long-life fuel cell system that is said to offer higher efficiency than that of competing technologies. [ + ]

Brighsun EV Group has set a new world record for the greatest distance covered by an electric bus on a single charge, just two weeks after the launch of the company's electric vehicle (EV) propulsion system technology in Melbourne. [ + ]

WA Minister for Energy Mike Nahan has announced a historic partnership between Horizon Power and China's Lishen Power that will explore ways of meeting energy demand quickly at a lower cost with the use of battery storage. [ + ]

The Woodlawn Eco-precinct, located near Goulburn in southern NSW, recently celebrated the ground breaking of a new facility which will help close the loop on Sydney's residual waste. [ + ]

The Australian Greens have released their plan to ensure that, by 2030, Australia's energy generation is at least 90% renewable and twice as efficient as today. [ + ]

Romilly Madew, the CEO of the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA), has been honoured with an International Leadership Award. [ + ]

Engineering students from Imperial College London have won the IChemE 2015 Macnab-Lacey Student Design Prize, awarded annually to the student design project that best shows how the principles of chemical engineering practice can contribute to a more sustainable world. [ + ]

Australia needs to adopt a new attitude towards high-performance buildings if we are to catch up with the rest of the developed world, according to building products company CSR. [ + ]