5. Research, development and commercialisation

5.1 Queensland Sustainable Energy Innovation Fund (QSEIF)

The Queensland Sustainable Energy Innovation Fund (QSEIF), administered by the Sustainable Community Division of the Department of Environment and Resource Management, assists Queensland based organisations to develop innovative technologies that reduce consumption of fossil fuels, water or greenhouse gas emissions.

The program focuses on the development and commercialisation of sustainable technologies. It provides funding support to offset the technical risks associated with developing, adapting or proving new technologies or processes that achieve more sustainable production and use of energy and water.

Since 1999, QSEIF has committed $8.9 million in funding to 77 innovative energy and water saving projects in Queensland.

QSEIF projects have funded the development of high-efficiency lighting and daylighting systems for buildings, new building materials (a new type of cement, and composite beams and floor panels) that can be produced with far less "embodied energy", and an improved system to treat household greywater.