RMIT designers create 3D digital technologies for healthcare professionals
Designers at RMIT University have 3D-knitted bespoke hospital scrubs and 3D-printed chill-out pods for healthcare workers in an effort to improve their comfort and mental health in the workplace.
Terracycle: Australia has already joined the Cigarette Waste Brigade
Last week we wrote a story about the New Jersey-based recycling company TerraCycle Inc, which developed a program in 2012 to recycle discarded cigarette butts by...
Modulate, InfraBuild partner on durable, relocatable office space in Newcastle
InfraBuild, an Australian recycling firm, has advanced its sustainability efforts by installing a relocatable two-storey office complex made from shipping containers at its vast one-million-square-metre facility in Mayfield, Newcastle.
New cutting-edge abattoir powered by renewables to generate hundreds of jobs in Qld
Queensland’s independent Coordinator-General has approved the development application for a $308 million project that will deliver 308 construction and 335 operational jobs in the...
Victorian Government announces $500,000 in funding for sustainable solutions for packaging waste
The Victorian Government has announced grants of up to $50,000 to help businesses develop new ways to reduce, reprocess or remanufacture packaging waste, with...
Australia’s first co-located solar and battery project begins feeding electricity into the grid
Homes and businesses across Far North Queensland's have begun receiving power from the $42.5 million Lakeland Solar and Storage project on the Cape York...
$5.2m ARENA funding for Curtin’s Renergi to design and construct a pilot biofuel plant
Researchers from Curtin University’s Fuels and Energy Technology Institute have developed a new technology that converts biomass, such as mallee crops, into biofuels and biochar via...
Tesla and SolarCity set to merge
Tesla has reached a $2.6 billion agreement to purchase PV manufacturer and installer SolarCity in a move that will create the world’s only vertically...
WA’s third biggest wind farm to power up by late October
The 180 megawatt Warradarge Wind Farm in Western Australia is set to power up to full capacity by the end of October, according to...
$9.4m bioenergy project in regional WA to turn local waste into energy
Renergi Pty Ltd, a spin off company from Curtin University, has received $3.9 million in funding from ARENA for the development of the next...
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