Green Jobs plan a welcome investment for our future
05 May, 2010
Environment Victoria has welcomed the state government’s Green Jobs Action Plan released by Premier Brumby.
NZ contractor wins clean energy centre contract
05 May, 2010
Taupo firm Ross Construction has been awarded the contract to build the New Zealand Clean Energy Centre. Stage one of the facility, costing in excess of $2m, will be built on land leased from Taupo District Council near the intersection of Napier Highway and the new ETA.
Syngenta Connections program launches first project on water use efficiency in rice
05 May, 2010
Syngenta has launched its first Connections program aimed at helping rice growers in North India farm more sustainably by providing skills and tools to use water more efficiently.
Builders claim green win on jobs package
05 May, 2010
Victoria’s peak building industry body, the Master Builders Association, says the state government’s Jobs for the Future Economy package will help boost building workforce productivity and reduce housing costs for future Victorian homebuyers.
Green building at grassroots level with new local government task group
05 May, 2010
The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) has established a new task group to encourage local councils to accelerate the green building agenda.
Resource to help SMEs embrace the green economy
04 May, 2010
Australia’s small and medium businesses are set to receive a helping hand to ‘green up’, thanks to a free business book launched by Sensis called Small Business, Big Opportunity: Sustainable Growth.
Westpac first bank in New Zealand to offer carbon trading
03 May, 2010
Westpac is cutting through the green tape surrounding emissions trading and offering practical solutions to help New Zealand transition to a low carbon economy.
Researchers closer to developing cheaper, greener means of producing hydrogen
03 May, 2010
An important step towards developing a relatively cheap, efficient and carbon-neutral means of producing hydrogen has been taken by a team of researchers with the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California, Berkeley.
Practical completion reached for Investa’s much anticipated Ark
30 April, 2010
North Sydney’s skyline has a new iconic landmark addition following the practical completion of Investa’s Ark development. The development, with an estimated end value of AU$240 million, began on the site of the old North Sydney Telephone Exchange in 2006 and was designed by Rice Daubney Architects.
New research centre in Melbourne to focus on energy-efficient networks and technologies
29 April, 2010
Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen, Australia’s Victorian state Treasurer John Lenders and University of Melbourne Professor Rod Tucker have announced that Alcatel-Lucent’s research arm, Bell Labs, the University of Melbourne and the Victorian state government are partnering to establish a research centre in Melbourne that will be devoted to innovation in energy-efficient networks and technologies.
NABERS ratings - the next generation
28 April, 2010
In the 10 years since it began operations, the National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) has become a leader in assessing the environmental performance of buildings. Adding even more significance to NABERS, coming of age is the federal government’s scheme requiring office building energy efficiency to be disclosed at sale or lease, which is expected to commence in the second half of this year.
Global change: the need for bathtub thinking
28 April, 2010 by Barry Newell*
At present there is an immense research effort directed towards improving our understanding of the dynamics of the Earth system. Twenty-nine of the world’s leading Earth-system scientists have recently summarised the reasons why they are so worried about the future.
Climate change adaptation resource
28 April, 2010
Resilient and durable infrastructure is predicated on its designers and managers having a solid understanding of the conditions that it will face over its useful life, which is typically from 20 to over 100 years.
Australia’s water sector - enabling education and innovation
28 April, 2010 | Supplied by: Stantec
Australia’s water sector is recognised globally as one of the first required to adapt to dramatic changes in water availability due to climate change. Through traditional technology solutions (desalination and treatment for re-use) and more radical options (strong demand management and recycling networks), progress has been made but at a considerable cost in energy, carbon emissions and dollars.
ETS shelved
28 April, 2010
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd confirmed yesterday that the implementation of the federal government's carbon pollution reduction scheme (CPRS) will be delayed until the end of 2012 when the current Kyoto commitment period ends. If there had been “sufficient international action” an ETS would have been legislated by 2013.
