Review of Leichhardt Council food waste service
18 March, 2014Australians waste an estimated 20% of the food they buy. Sydney's Leichhardt Council is attempting to change this, implementing a program to extract the energy embedded in food waste.
Thermoelectrics a hot topic at Energy Harvesting & Storage 2014
17 March, 2014IDTechEx's sixth annual Energy Harvesting & Storage event will be held from 1-2 April in Berlin. The event will provide insight into energy harvesting technologies, case studies and markets.
ICT investment could reduce carbon pollution, says Telstra
12 March, 2014Telstra has released the report 'Connecting with a Low-Carbon Future', which quantifies the potential benefits of seven key ICT opportunities to Australian businesses and consumers in 2014.
Green Cities 2014 coming to Melbourne
12 March, 2014Green Cities 2014, a conference on sustainability in the built environment, will be held from 18-19 March at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne. It will continue on 20 March with site tours of some of Melbourne's most sustainable buildings.
Tetra Pak reports on 2013 environmental activities
10 March, 2014Tetra Pak, a food processing and packaging company, has announced the progress made during 2013 towards its 2020 environmental targets.
'Speed date' a sustainability expert
05 March, 2014Marrickville Council has organised an event allowing residents to meet with sustainable home designers, architects and builders for free advice on environmentally friendly building and renovating.
Review of VEET scheme threatens jobs, says EECCA
25 February, 2014Bruce Easton, President of the Energy Efficiency Certificate Creators Association (EECCA), has called on the Victorian Government to continue and strengthen the Victorian Energy Efficiency Target (VEET) scheme.
Online tool compares efficiency of NZ dairy sheds
24 February, 2014EECA Business has launched the Dairy Farm Energy Efficiency tool - an online tool which compares a dairy farm's electricity use to other dairy farms in New Zealand and to best practice.
Solar 2014
19 February, 2014The Australian Solar Council together with international partner AUPVSEE present the 52nd annual Australian Solar Council Industry Conference & Exhibition on 8-9 May 2014 at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre.
Learning & Teaching Sustainability website relaunches
19 February, 2014More than 200 educators and researchers from nearly 60 Australian tertiary institutions have joined the Learning & Teaching Sustainability website - an online project to collaborate on sustainability education.
Free lecture on corporate social responsibility
13 February, 2014Professor Dirk Matten will be presenting a Sydney Ideas lecture, titled The Enigma of the ‘Responsible’ Corporation, next week. The free lecture will be held on 18 February from 6-7.30 pm at the University of Sydney.
Reaching the stars through CEFC retrofit finance
05 February, 2014The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has plans to accelerate finance opportunities to help Australia's built environment reach the stars this year.
Success for Edstein through Green Lean program
29 January, 2014Edstein Creative Stone is one of the largest manufacturers of stone products in NSW, providing stonework for a wide range of uses. The company joined the NSW Government's Sustainability Advantage Program in 2009 and helped set up a Manning Valley cluster of businesses in the program.
Step beyond the baseline at Green Cities 2014
28 January, 2014 by Romilly Madew, Chief Executive, Green Building Council of AustraliaGreen Cities 2014, from 18-19 March in Melbourne, will explore why business leaders are beginning to think about sustainability not as a technical challenge, but a strategic approach that can improve productivity, health and wellbeing.
Tyre stewardship scheme accelerates into action
28 January, 2014 by Lauren DavisThe federal government last week launched a product stewardship scheme to tackle the environmental challenges arising from used tyres which have not been disposed of correctly. This follows the formation of a separate campaign, The Skids, by the Boomerang Alliance and Australian Tyre Recycling Association (ATRA) in September 2013.
