Monash University has improved its overall sustainability through a mixture of energy-efficiency initiatives, behavioural change and renewable energy installations. [ + ]

130 Stirling Street is one of the first buildings in Perth to attain a 5.5 star rating under the National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) without using GreenPower. [ + ]

This article examines how plant operators can win their battle against an invisible enemy which has the potential to cause equipment failures that negatively impact on business. [ + ]

Building a low-cost solar cell that is both highly efficient and simple to construct has thus far proved elusive. However, a research team from Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, has made a major leap forward. [ + ]

The 2013 NECA Market Monitor released in September clearly shows that although industry charge-out rates have gone up by 7% since the 2011 survey - the cost of doing business has risen by around 25% over the past year alone. So the average electrical contractor is considerably worse off today than they were two years ago. [ + ]

The production of multicrystalline-silicon (c-Si) solar photovoltaic (PV) modules is set to dominate PV manufacturing during 2014, with p-type multi c-Si technology accounting for 62% of all modules produced, according to the latest NPD Solarbuzz PV Equipment Quarterly report. [ + ]

Major changes to requirements regarding building envelope, lighting, mechanical and the energy cost budget are contained in the newly published energy standard from ASHRAE and IES. [ + ]

Harbour City Ferries has significantly improved safety of its staff, vessels and other users of Sydney Harbour with installation of FLIR M320L thermal imaging cameras across its entire fleet. [ + ]

Doltone House, Hyde Park, one of Sydney's most iconic venues, has undergone a major refurbishment that is expected to lead to significant improvements in energy efficiency. [ + ]

NTU scientists have developed a solar cell made from organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite materials which they say is about five times cheaper than current thin-film solar cells, due to a simpler, solution-based manufacturing process. [ + ]

Energy-efficiency improvements have slowed down, reveals the World Energy Council's latest study. The report shows that more and more countries are now involved in energy-efficiency policies, but also highlights numerous factors that have affected energy-efficiency progress across 85 countries, representing more than 90% of global consumption. [ + ]

Online business opportunities provide many obvious benefits, including: access to new markets; extending business beyond traditional trading hours; receiving payments more immediately; reducing inventories; and reducing the overheads associated with operating in physical premises. [ + ]

Installing electrical cabling in the wrong coloured conduit and not understanding ‘customer cabling’ are the two key issues that seem to cause the greatest conflict in electrical and cabling projects and inevitably lead to rework that costs the electrical contractor time and money. It may also lead to liquidated damages. [ + ]

NBN Co's shareholder ministers, Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Finance Minister Senator Mathias Cormann, have issued an interim Statement of Expectations to the company as the first step in implementing changes to government policy. [ + ]

enLighten Australia was awarded the tender to retrofit LED lighting in NSW Land and Housing Corporation's property in Eastlakes. NSW Land and Housing Corporation owns and manages the state's portfolio of 144,000 social housing dwellings in NSW. [ + ]