Food manufacturer’s energy costs can make up at least 15% of their total operational costs. Seeing a chance to make improvements across the State’s $14 billion food manufacturing industry, FoodSA, South Australia’s peak industry body, have released the Energy Efficient Equipment Toolkit. It’s a set of recommendations, guidelines and case studies for food manufacturing businesses […]
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Flinders Filtration System
A few seemingly non-descript ponds in the bush 250 kilometres north-east of Adelaide in South Australia are the catalyst for some innovative thinking on wastewater management. Water authorities from the neighbouring state of Victoria are already using the system to generate on-site energy from Melbourne’s wastewater, and the Flinders University researchers who developed it are […]
Demo Fall Conference
The San Jose Convention Center hosted the Fall 2014 installment of the DEMO Conference which brought together venture capitalists, technology business professionals and corporate IT professionals to view, interact with and provide feedback on cutting edge products that are ready for the market. More than 70 companies from the U.S., Europe and Asia offered solutions […]
Food Sharing Technology
A FREE app and website created in South Australia to combat food waste from home gardens is now filling the same need for consumers in locations as diverse as the United States, Norway, Germany and South East Asia. RipeNearMe allows anyone, anywhere to post notifications of edibles they grow themselves or have spotted in public […]
Statoil and The Economist
Statoil and the Economist Intelligence Unit launched the global competition as a way to stimulate new creative thinking and build awareness of innovative solutions to the world’s energy challenges. Students, graduates, business executives and energy experts were invited to contribute ideas in three categories: ‘Skills for innovation’, ‘Diversifying our energy mix’ or ‘Ensuring access to […]