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The NSW Office of Environment and Heritage has issued a new guide on installing cogeneration systems and is spearheading efforts to recognise the technology under the NABERS building rating scheme.

Another 200 businesses in Sydney will have access to a scheme that helps them identify and implement measures to save water and energy and cut waste, following Sydney Water's decision to extend funding for its 'green smart business' program.

Undertaking a cumulative impact assessment is challenging but, as companies contemplating projects at Queensland's Abbot Point deepwater port discovered, do it right and the benefits can be substantial, according to consultant Peter Hemphill.

• BlueScope, AJ Bush, accredited under energy efficiency scheme
  
• Carbon-liable businesses and banks the only CFI buyers
  
• Qantas commissions 8MW trigen plant

• NSW Health failing to act on energy use: Audit report
  
• Qantas backs call for global regime on aviation emissions
  
• Ten years on: What Green Star buildings have delivered

Instead of conducting an energy audit and then hunting for funding to act on the findings, a Victorian program has used energy performance contracting to achieve results far exceeding expectations.

The Clean Energy Regulator on Friday removed Gladstone Regional Council from the list of carbon-liable entities, thanks to its deployment of landfill gas capture technology that will also earn it CFI carbon credits.

Environmental decision-making is suffering because key information isn't centrally coordinated or properly shared, says a new report commissioned by the Federal Government.

• Ai Group schedules new free energy efficiency seminars
  
• Energy efficiency finance scheme adds two more providers
  
• New regulations makes scheme opt-in easier for large corporate groups
  
• CFI influence on farm practices tied to carbon price

New guides from the NSW environment department detail how to measure and verify exactly how much money your business has saved through its energy efficiency initiatives.