ABB has received an order from Compañía Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi (CMDIC) in Chile to upgrade the Ellipse enterprise asset management and MineMarket software solution, in order to boost operations at Collahuasi mine on Chile's Andean Plateau. [ + ]

Renewable energy start-up Evergen has launched Australia's first intelligent home energy management system, with the technical backing of CSIRO. [ + ]

A study looking into the cause of 150 civil drone accidents has found that faulty equipment, rather than operator error, is generally to blame, according to a recent ABC News article. [ + ]

According to research by KPMG demographer Bernard Salt, baby boomers and Gen Y are leading the movement to escape the corporate world and become their own boss. [ + ]

Racer Australia advises that its vehicle screw jack product sold between November 2015 and March 2016 does not comply with labelling or instruction requirements in the mandatory standard for vehicle jacks, which is based on AS/NZS 2693:2007, because the prescribed safety information and warnings were not included on the packaging or the product itself. [ + ]

Evergen has launched an intelligent home energy management system with technology that was developed by CSIRO. [ + ]

The All-Energy Australia Exhibition and Conference (Melbourne, 4–5 October) will showcase the huge leaps in the renewable energy sector over the past year, according to event partner the Clean Energy Council. [ + ]

The Australian Automobile Association (AAA) is taking matters into its own hands with respect to emissions test cheating. The association said that the Volkswagen Group (VW) needs to explain why Australian customers are less important than those in the USA and is calling on the Australian Government to commit to real-world emissions testing of new vehicles. [ + ]

Schneider Electric has been recognised by Fortune Magazine in its 2016 Change the World list. The ranking highlights companies addressing global social problems as part of their core business strategy and integrating societal needs into their corporate strategy. [ + ]

There's only one week to go until Australia’s Smart Lighting Summit, with smart and sustainable lighting as a central theme on the agenda, convenes in Melbourne from 6–7 September. [ + ]

Do you know every standard referenced in the Australian National Construction Code (NCC) related to residential premises? Standards referenced in the NCC fall under the NCC's Deemed-to-Satisfy provisions and compliance with these standards represents the most common method of satisfying the NCC performance requirements. [ + ]

A COAG Energy Council decision to expedite the assessment of a new interconnector between New South Wales and South Australia can help Australia's energy system to be stronger and cleaner, sooner. [ + ]

Domino's Pizza Enterprises Limited (Domino's) has joined forces with drone deliveries expert Flirtey to launch what they say is the first commercial drone delivery service in the world. [ + ]

A team of Dutch scientists has made a major breakthrough in rewritable memory storage, developing a one-kilobyte device with an information density they say is two to three orders of magnitude beyond current hard disk and flash technology, according to research published in Nature Nanotechnology. [ + ]

Safe Work Australia (SWA) is inviting Australian businesses to submit entries to the Workplace Participation Reward, highlighting initiatives undertaken in their workplace to improve safety. [ + ]