Sustainability
‘My purpose is to recruit you’: Al Gore urges engineers to join his sustainability revolution
Former US Vice President Al Gore told Engineers Australia’s Climate Smart Engineering conference on Tuesday that he was disappointed by...
Liquid gallium could hold the key to capturing carbon emissions
An international team led by engineers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) has made a breakthrough in reducing...
Al Gore on the greatest challenge facing earth — and engineering
Climate change is a crisis the world must solve. Former US Vice President and Climate Smart Engineering conference keynote speaker...
‘Solar sponge’ aims to transform home battery market
Australian engineers have designed the world’s first integrated hybrid hydrogen battery that combines with rooftop solar to deliver sustainable, reliable...
Bringing engineers and investors together for sustainable development
Ahead of his appearance at Engineers Australia’s Climate Smart Engineering conference, Brett Mitsch, Managing Director at Steam Plains Capital, argues...
Novel approaches needed to bring renewables to regional communities
Ahead of her presentation at the Climate Smart Engineering conference, Aurecon Mechanical Engineer Theresa Tian Qin shares a novel approach...
Through innovation and influence, engineers will help shape a sustainable future
Engineers have an extremely influential role in shaping and ensuring our sustainable future, writes WSP Sustainability Design Consultant Elise Brown.
This engineer wants to upcycle old PV solar panels
As Australia’s uptake of photovoltaic solar panel technology has grown over the past few decades, a new problem has come...
Forget recycling, upcycling plastics may be the future
Australian engineers have developed a cost-effective method to transform used plastic into nanomaterials and clean liquid fuel.
Aussie startup creates world’s most efficient solar cell
The team behind Wollongong-based SunDrive has created a commercial-sized silicon solar cell with 25.54 per cent efficiency using copper instead...
