A CSIRO report has confirmed the viability of establishing an economically and environmentally beneficial, ‘bioderived’ Australian and New Zealand aviation fuels industry.

Scientists in Brazil have developed a more effective way to use fibres from pineapple, bananas and other plants in a new generation of automotive plastics that are stronger, lighter and more eco-friendly than plastics now in use.

Sanyo has completed a fully backed up HIT solar panel installation at the Australian Museum’s Lizard Island research station in Far North Queensland.

A recent Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) forum has provided insight into how compressed air audits can reduce energy consumption and costs and optimise use of technology.

The Greensense View system that provides real-time monitoring and feedback on water and energy use has been awarded the Best Product category at the WA Information Technology and Telecommunication Awards.

Sydney Water has released a best practices guide for aquatic centres to help them become more sustainable in their water and energy usage.

Entries are now invited for the 2011 Banksia Awards from community groups, local government and businesses.

The development of the Green Building Council of Australia’s (GBCA’s) Green Star - Communities rating tool is now receiving support from the federal government.

The Robert Simpson High Temperature Processing Laboratory has been opened in Swinburne University’s new Advanced Technologies Centre.

Schneider Electric has achieved the Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association’s Certificate of Competency.

The Australian Water Association’s (AWA) national award for Infrastructure Project Innovation has been presented to Fortescue Metals Group for its managed aquifer recharge scheme at Cloudbreak mine, one of the largest mines of its type in the Pilbara region.

Thames Water has appointed Black & Veatch to optimise sustainability in wastewater treament at its Basingstoke and Bracknell Sewage Treatment works.

A $39.8m Green Car Innovation Fund grant will help Holden transform the way it designs, engineers and manufactures the Commodore, reducing fuel consumption by more than 7%.

A survey conducted by the Economists Intelligence Units (EIU) as part of a global overview of trends in energy efficiency shows nine out of 10 executives in the manufacturing and power utilities sector see energy efficiency as critical to profitability over the next two decades.

Origin Energy has appointed MWH, the consultant engineering firm, to provide detailed design services for two proposed water treatment facilities as part of the Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) project.