BHP Billiton outlines its approach to society, sustainability and climate change and provides downloads of sustainability reports. See http://www.bhpbilliton.com/society … [Read more...]
Living Sustainably: the Australian Government’s National Action Plan for Education for Sustainability
Living Sustainably: the Australian Government's National Action Plan for Education for Sustainability sets out a framework for national action that adopts four strategies to respond to the needs and priorities of education for sustainability. 'Demonstrating Australian Government leadership' aims to strengthen the government's leadership role in education for sustainability as an exemplar for change through its own policies, programs and operations and by promoting system-wide change through … [Read more...]
TAESUS501A Analyse and apply sustainability skills to learning programs
TAESUS501A Analyse and apply sustainability skills to learning programs is a unit of competency from the TAE10 Training and Education Training Package. It describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to identify explicit and embedded sustainability skills within training packages and accredited courses, and apply requirements to learning programs associated with the development of competence. This unit forms the Sustainable Practice Skill Set within the TAE10 Training and … [Read more...]
ABnote case study
ABnote identified several strategies to support sustainability in their facility design and management, providing energy and water savings of up to $22,000 at one plant. These included: Ensuring that evaporative air conditioning units are working properly Installing water-efficient fixtures in new plants Sensor systems for lighting and environmental controls Upgrading toilets to dual flush Installing rainwater tanks installed for non-drinking water use ‘Green teams’ doing audits to … [Read more...]
Oxford Cold Storage water capture initiative
Oxford Cold Storage uses 200 kilolitres of water every day for their evaporative cooling systems. With concerns about long term water supply and threat of price increases they applied for funding from the Australian Industry Group for a feasibility study to ascertain how water could be sourced from roofs and plant buildings. The study showed that 62% of potable water needs could be met by capturing water from the two roof areas (based on average yearly rainfall) saving almost $26,000 in … [Read more...]
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