Griffith University engineering students have been helping rebuild a cyclone-devastated area of Vanuatu as part of a program designed to embed in them in real world construction. Griffith’s fourth-year civil…
Smart water metering: saving water and money
A range of external factors have placed an increasing responsibility on water utilities to adopt more sustainable approaches to urban water management, as the era of readily accessible and inexpensive…
Rethinking Social Housing
Why do we need a house? It beats sleeping in the street. Yes, but it also means we are healthier so we need less hospital and medical care; it means…
From bleeding to self-healing concrete
Concrete is the most widely used construction material in the world due to its high strength and durability, relatively low cost and readily available constituents. However, over time concrete also becomes…
A long distance lane for congestion busting
A dedicated lane for long-distance travel has been presented as a solution to gridlock on Queensland’s busiest road – the M1 between Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Dr Xiaobo Qu, from…
Battery energy system promises power benefits
The explosion in rooftop solar photovoltaics (PV) in Australia is plain to see across many suburbs. Solar PV systems are now installed on over one million roofs up from a little over…