Archive Events SA

Vaughan Levitzke, current CEO of Zero Waste, will be presenting on some of its key achievements, current targets and possible future directions for SA for when Zero Waste will be removed as a government department. We are also very fortunate to have Mark Anderson from Tarac Technologies and Philip Wells from the Adelaide Convention Centre joining us to share their waste management strategies.

Rob Crocker: Consumerism: Psychological problem, driven by economics, underpinned by engineering. How consumerism came about, its impact on a finite planet, and how engineers are very much a part of it. Steffen Lehmann: Transforming Cities for Sustainability. This presentation explores the challenge of urbanisation and the strategies required to future-proof cities; such as implementing compact mixed-use urban design strategies for transport, living, infrastructure, storm water and mitigating the urban heat island effect

There is now an ideal opportunity to implement Concentrated Solar Power at Pt Augusta. This would have far reaching benefits for SA and Australia, but requires Government commitment. Technical aspects on the project will be discussed, which will be followed thereafter with a forum on engineers involvement in politics and policy.

Sustainability assessment is an emerging tool to direct decision making towards sustainability and deliver better outcomes for business and the community as a whole. In this course you will learn about the use of sustainability assessment as both a regulatory tool that goes beyond traditional environmental impact assessment and an internal planning tool to transform organisational decision making and subsequent operations.