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Sugarcane growers win national environmental award

20 October, 2010

Project Catalyst, a pioneering partnership helping to improve the quality of water flowing into Great Barrier Reef catchments has won a national Banksia Environmental Award.

Origin welcomes energy efficiency report

13 October, 2010

Origin Energy has welcomed the release of the report by the Prime Minister’s Task Group on Energy Efficiency.

Westpac announces deal to support Carbon Trading Exchange

13 October, 2010

Westpac has announced a deal with the Carbon Trade Exchange (CTX), the first carbon trading exchange for companies or individuals looking to get involved in the voluntary carbon market and reduce their environmental footprint.

GE and CSIRO agree to AU$20 million R&D collaboration

08 October, 2010

GE and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have announced a strategic alliance which will include a combined investment of AU$20m over five years in R&D projects in the areas of healthcare and cleaner technology for energy and aviation.

NAB achieves carbon neutrality

06 October, 2010

National Australia Bank (NAB) has announced that it has fulfilled its commitment to become carbon neutral by September 2010.

Turning one person’s waste into another’s treasure

01 October, 2010

South East Water is putting a new twist on the well-known idiom “one person’s trash is another’s treasure” through an innovative pilot project that will help industrial Port Melbourne customers play a greater role in managing their place in the water cycle.

Boosting energy and resource efficiency in the manufacture of PET bottles

30 September, 2010

How can the efficiency of energy and resources be increased, in the long term, in the manufacture of PET bottles? As part of a project sponsored by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research, and run by the Research Center of Karlsruhe*, experts have been investigating just this in the stretch blow-mould process chain. The project started in 2009 and should be completed by 2011. The first results have now been published.

Chemical building block from waste gases

30 September, 2010

LanzaTech has produced 2,3-Butanediol (2,3-BD), a key building block used to make polymers, plastics and hydrocarbon fuels, using its gas fermentation technology.

Environmental win for Alcoa

30 September, 2010

Reductions in carbon dioxide emissions and energy use, thanks to innovative technology, have secured Alcoa a win at the 2010 WA Engineering Excellence Awards.

Environmental training in Abu Dhabi

30 September, 2010 | Supplied by: Graham A Brown & Associates

An Australian environmental management consultancy is playing an integral role in a major overhaul of the Abu Dhabi tourism, construction and transport industries.

Natural ventilation and cooling

30 September, 2010 | Supplied by: Vento Australasia Pty Ltd

Ormiston Road Senior College in Auckland, due for completion in October 2010, was recently awarded a 5 Star Green Star rating by the independent Green Building Council of New Zealand. A total of 68 points were achieved overall, six points shy of a 6 Star rating. The use of Windcatchers allowed the college to secure one point for Green Star Innovation.

Coal upgrading technology at US plant

30 September, 2010 | Supplied by: GTL Energy Limited

Adelaide-based GTL Energy (GTLE) has announced the completion of construction and commissioning of its coal upgrading plant module near South Heart, North Dakota in the US. The GTLE Dakota plant is a single-module, commercial-scale plant which has been designed to provide proof of the GTLE technology for coal consumers and producers. The company intends to increase both the length and volumes of production runs through the remainder of 2010.