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I've been having some conversations with a large cleaning company who is encountering resistance from purchasing decision makers in stopping the collection of rubbish and recycling from bins under individual desks.  The advantages as I see it are that the client company will save on cleaning costs and also get better segregation of waste and different recycling streams. The cost saving alone doesn't appear to be tipping the scales.  Does anyone have a positive experience they can...

Pressure Reducing Valves (PRV) are present in almost all steam systems, replacing a PRV with a Micro Steam Turbine is an efficiency opportunity that not much people know about, I find it a fascinating opportunity that could really create a step change on our emissions. Have anyone seen it working or heard about it?

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Thank you to everyone who joined us to talk about 'Communicating Carbon to Customers' on 5 November.  In the Planet Ark presentation Sean O'Malley was going to play a short video showing how the carbon footprint of a bag of Walkers chips was measured.  This is from the ABC Landline 'Food To Go' program:

http://www.abc.net.au/landline/content/2008/s2426086.htm

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New Australian Climate Change Minister Greg Combet, Professor Ross Garnaut, Greens MP Adam Bandt and Victorian Climate Change Minister Gavin Jennings and Treasurer John Lenders will headline an outstanding conference program at Carbon Expo Australasia to be held in Melbourne 11-13 October.

Delegates can register here with Expo’s online registration form http://carbonexpo.com.au/delegate-registration-form...

Hey Guys I was just wishing to start up a discussion on the advantages/disadvantages of geothermal and wind power generation as opposed to solar power generation. While solar power is obviously the renewable energy of choice for most people, and is fantastic for domestic hot water purposes, on the face of it solar power is somewhat inefficient when compared to other sources such as geothermal and and wind. With the Victorian government recently committing to cut greenhouse emissions by 20%...

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Thankyou for taking the time to read my email. My name is Chris Kilpatrick, I am based in Hobart. I have developed what I consider to be a unique and very well rounded business model for Governement departments to take into consideration. My model contributes in the following areas;

Energy reduction.

Financial Savings.

Elimination of maintenance in the lighting and air-conditioning sectors.

Carbon Footprint Reduction.

Planting of Native forests...

In my discussions with businesses, I find one of the main reasons for low adoption rates of video or web conferencing [to reduce business travel] is the concern of not knowing how to use the equipment, or worse still, having the equipment not work when you need to use it. Here is a recent recent story of how I made use of web conferencing simply because I had to! http://exchange.telstra....

Report developed together with students from the Melbourne Business School who interviewed the Environmental managers of 50 of the largest energy consumers in Victoria. I want to share the results of this research with all of you.

“The primary objective of this research was to identify the most significant and immediate needs of large and medium size organizations to adapt to the emerging Carbon economy, with special focus into the energy management...

Lengthy negotiations on the CPRS appear to have concluded.  The next step will be assessing how the details impact on your business.

Paul Gilding will be online for Network members to discuss and debate the opportunities and challenges businesses will face in transforming to a low-carbon economy, and what you can do to maximise the opportunities.

Paul’s history is one of deep commitment to social...

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time; society will need to re-think the way we live and the products we buy. This movement will require a significant shift in our use of natural resources and the technologies we draw upon.

We are already seeing this shift through a handful of creative entrepreneurs who realise the business opportunity of a sustainability society. Examples of some of these entrepreneurs are featured in Issue 9 of...