How Sydney Water uses partnerships to create a greener future
Sydney Water serves more than five million customers every day using a water and wastewater network of more than 47,000 ...
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.
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.
Engineers are ensuring this heritage-listed building continues to shine
The University of Canberra has partnered with the Australian Academy of Science, GML Heritage and GHD to develop an innovative ...
Could curved concrete and robotics make construction more sustainable?
Architectural engineer Daniel Prohasky MIEAust is using advanced manufacturing techniques to create curved concrete panels that reduce waste and carbon ...
Engineers and the rise of renewables
Engineers translate the awareness raised by Earth Hour advocacy into real-world innovation.
Tyres don’t break down easily, but this engineer is determined to recycle them
Tyres are built to last — and that’s a problem when it is time to recycle them. Michael Vainer is ...
Infographic: How tyres are entering the circular economy
Each year in Australia, 56 million tyres are disposed of. To keep these tyres from sitting in landfill, experts around ...
World Engineering Day: Circular thinking
To understand the absolute necessity of a properly circular economy, imagine you’re in lockdown in one room of your home. ...
Engineers ‘absolutely critical’ to achieving SDGs
Former Victorian deputy premier and UN Leadership Council co-chair Professor John Thwaites believes engineers are crucial to the Sustainable Development ...
Chemical engineers produce ‘green’ ammonia from air, water and renewable and energy
Chemical engineers have made a 'green' ammonia that does not require the high temperatures and huge infrastructure currently needed to ...
