News: sustainability

Grants underline ability to partner with industry

Students at the University of Adelaide's North Terrace campus

The University of Adelaide has been awarded $1,405,458 in linkage grants by the Australian Research Council (ARC) to undertake two projects that aim to reduce the uncertainties of capturing and storing CO and to create a new class of optical fibre that will enable the future quantum internet.

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Growing houses: hempcrete could be the answer to building supply shortages

A researcher stands next to industrial hemp concrete.

Houses made from hemp grown in South Australia could be the next sustainable solution to the nation’s building supplies crisis.

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Catalyst for more efficient chemical production on the horizon

A cluster of atoms

An innovative technique is being developed by scientists that could allow Australia to lead the way in more sustainable manufacturing of fuels and chemicals.

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Portal provides access to sustainability capabilities

The University of Adelaide Solar Farms at Roseworthy Campus

The University of Adelaide’s Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Resources (ISER) has launched an online portal that will assist its stakeholders to access the University’s sustainability-related capabilities.

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Partnership strengthens ties between Nottingham and Adelaide

Professor Shearer West and Professor Peter Høj.

The University of Nottingham and the University of Adelaide have formally launched the Adelaide-Nottingham Alliance.

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Project fights food waste in tourism

A buffet with silver food warmers and a stack of plates.

A new research project that focusses on how to reduce food waste in the tourism industry could contribute to lasting environmentally-friendly change.

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The recharge, reuse, recycle revolution

Many batteries of different shapes and sizes.

How can we build a sustainable, circular economy that’s much easier on the environment? The University of Adelaide’s Professor Zaiping Guo and Professor David Lewis will explore this innovative area at the last Research Tuesdays lecture for 2022.

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University of Adelaide’s research expertise to help build Asian energy network

The University of Adelaide Solar Farms at Roseworthy Campus

The University of Adelaide, with leadership from its Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Resources (ISER), has become a partner in Asia Green Grid Network (AGGN) to help advance renewable energy connectivity across Asia.

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First course in fundamentals of space resources

An artist's impression of off-Earth habitation.

In order to establish a long-term human presence on the Moon and send people to Mars and the outer solar system, crewed deep space exploration will be reliant on the sustainable use of resources.

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Institute’s sustainability mission towards a net-zero future

The University of Adelaide Solar Farms at Roseworthy Campus

A new institute at the University of Adelaide, launched today, Monday 22 August, will focus on coordinating efforts towards achieving a net-zero emissions future. The Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Resources (ISER) is the brand champion of the University’s sustainability research initiatives.

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