Clean energy financier pledges $150 million to promote low emissions infrastructure
The CEFC has put $150 million behind Australia’s largest infrastructure fund to help reduce the greenhouse gases pumped out by ...
Tag: sustainability
Sustainability is a practice that presumes that resources are limited, and should be used conservatively and wisely with a view to long-term priorities and consequences.
Sustainable engineering is the process of designing or operating systems such that they use energy and resources at a rate that does not compromise the natural environment or the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
New wood-based ‘super material’ is as strong as steel and six times lighter
US researchers have developed a high-density wood they say could compete with steel in the construction of buildings, cars and ...
Electric buses are taking over public transport of the future
A ride on an electric bus might be a novelty now, but before the end of the next decade, almost ...
WA wages war on plastic waste with its first PET recycling plant
Perth-based mechanical engineer Darren Lomman is working to stop plastic waste ending up in our oceans, one PET bottle at ...
One billion people lack reliable energy access. How can we change this?
Most of us take energy access for granted, but life without electricity is standard for many people around the world. ...
Here’s how the construction industry can do its part in the war on waste
Using materials made from organic waste could help the construction industry reduce its environmental footprint and contribute to the circular ...
New grants help renewable energy innovators reach a global audience
Have a renewable energy project that you think could change the world? Australia's national renewable energy agency is giving millions ...
This new innovation could put millions of old tyres to good use
A ground-breaking project has the potential to divert millions of used tyres from landfill and into permeable pavements for suburban ...
This unique kids clothing grows as your child does
UK engineer and designer Ryan Yasin might have perfected ‘childproof’ clothing.
Why are timber buildings suddenly becoming more popular?
No longer relegated to ‘structures of a certain size’, timber buildings are making a comeback – and moving up in ...
