Engineers from RMIT have collaborated with a recycling company to make energy-smart bricks out of recycled material including ash and glass.
Category: Sustainability
Greens slap down Budget’s $100m active transport fund
Next week’s federal budget will contain $100 million to build bicycle and walking paths, but the Greens say that’s not enough.
Rubber roads have environmental benefits, council-led trial shows
A council-led trial of recycled rubber roads is having positive environmental results, according to researchers from RMIT.
Better planning needed to capitalise on clean energy precincts
The development of clean energy precincts is being hindered by complex, fragmented and outdated planning, CEDA says.
Council trials mulch made from recycled cotton
A Queensland council is working with a local textile recycling company totrial a new type of mulch made from cotton fibres.
Bureaucrats grilled over ‘fake’ govt emissions certificate during greenwash inquiry
Is the Climate Active program a case of state-sponsored greenwashing?
Victorian infrastructure set to fail as climate change bites: report
Victoria’s infrastructure will fail more often without adaptation to climate change, according to the state’s infrastructure advisory body.
Biggest ever renewables tender announced
NSW is set to get the lion’s share of Australia’s biggest single tender for renewable projects.
15 councils participate in SA emissions reduction trial
A unique trial is equipping councils with tools and resources to drive down emissions and compete for extra federal funding.
Qld council welcomes progress on massive battery system
Moreton Bay City Council has welcomed the announcement that construction of one of the state’s biggest battery systems is set to begin.