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Electric vehicles and coal stoves - a tale of two Chinas

In February, I travelled through China and witnessed the beginnings of what may well be an electric vehicle revolution in Shenzhen. Bolstered by generous subsidies, the majority of Shenzhen's taxi and bus fleet is now powered by electricity. On the other side of the country, Changchun's freezing weather and suppressed economy is putting the brakes on the road to a pollution free future for northern China. The question is whether technology and aggressive government policies will usher in a new era of clean skies and cheap rides or a divided China where the rich Southern provinces blaze their own trail.

Ten Unconventional Ways to Reduce Your Energy Consumption

Many of the recommendations for improving energy efficiency are quite boring and non radical. Turn down your thermostat, switch off lights when you go home for the day ... yawn! To make energy efficiency more appealing, I have come up with ten unconventional (some might say radical) ways to save power.

Five Big Ideas From the EnergyLab Hackathon

A few weeks ago, EnergyLab ran a one-day hackathon in Sydney. Thirty people got together to brainstorm ideas and build prototypes for the future of Australia's energy system. I went along for the final pitch session and was inspired by the scale of ambition and the quality of the ideas. Some of them will take a fair bit of work to execute but hopefully the teams persevere and unleash their products on the market.

Designing Sustainable Futures With UTS

A discussion regarding work at the Institute for Sustainable Futures and approaches with transdisciplinary teams to approach complex issues such as phosphorous scarcity.

Green Cities Barangaroo

Following on from my visit of the new UTS building in the first post, in this post, I’ll run through my visits of the Barangaroo Reserve and Barangaroo South District. The full list of sites visits that were available through the Conference is available...

Green Cities UTS Business School

As a part of the Green Cities Conference, various site visits were on offer to energy efficient buildings throughout the city, such as the Sydney Opera House, Darling Quarter and Commonwealth Bank Fitout, 50 Martin Place and Macquarie Bank Fitout,...

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NSW Ports

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EnergyLink helps me help my clients with their energy.

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BAR100

We were amazed by the savings!

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Neeta City Shopping Centre

COzero helps us do more with our energy.

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