The Australian Water Recycling Centre of Excellence (AWRCE) is proud to be associated with two awards presented by the WateReuse Association at its 2014 symposium in Dallas, Texas. [ + ]

Yarra City Council has become the first local government in Australia, and the third in the world, to be officially certified as a One Planet Council by One Planet Living - an internationally recognised benchmark for sustainability. [ + ]

Victoria Racing Club (VRC) has undertaken a desalination project at Flemington Racecourse, turning brackish bore water into clean water suitable for the course's roses. [ + ]

Registrants to Waste Expo, taking place from 15-16 October at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, will go into the draw to win a CLO'ey Compost Unit from Closed Loop Recycling. [ + ]

Researchers from Michigan State University (MSU) have developed a solar concentrator which, when placed over a window, creates solar energy while allowing people to actually see through the window.  [ + ]

The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) and the Cooperative Research Centre for Low Carbon Living (CRCLCL) have signed a memorandum of understanding which will see WorldGBC contribute to CRCLCL's three-year 'Closing the Loop' building project. [ + ]

Eco Expo Asia, the region's international trade exhibition for green business, serves as a trading platform enabling quality buyers from Asia to connect with green enterprises and government officials. [ + ]

Finnish wave energy technology developer AW-Energy has signed a framework agreement with certification organisation Lloyd’s Register Energy, thus taking a major step towards commercialising its WaveRoller technology.  [ + ]

The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) has partnered with Edge Environment to provide specialised training in the area of life cycle assessment (LCA), with the aim of increasing industry's understanding and implementation of the subject. [ + ]

Superannuation and investment fund manager Australian Ethical has announced impressive results for the financial year ending 30 June 2014, including a record profit and record funds under management. [ + ]

The Swanbank Renewable Energy Facility is a 1.1 MW landfill-gas power generation project which has recently opened in Queensland. [ + ]

The CEO of Lighting Council Australia, Bryan Douglas, has been appointed Secretary General of the Global Lighting Association (GLA). The position is based in Canberra and Douglas will undertake the role for a two-year term. [ + ]

Researchers have engineered the gut bacteria E.coli to generate renewable propane. [ + ]

This weekend, Aucklanders will be able to exchange a bag of food scraps for goods such as coffee beans, muffins and tee-shirts as part of an initiative by organic waste collection business We Compost. [ + ]

Arup and Sydney Water have launched the report 'The Future of Urban Water: Water Utilities in 2040'. The study draws on a range of future scenarios in mapping how water supply in Sydney and other major cities could look in 25 years. [ + ]