Community » Delivered the ‘Making Solar Simple’ program, which assists residents to better understand solar options at their property and can help them source an obligation free quote from a carefully selected solar supplier. » Provided 69 households with free Energy Assessments to help reduce their energy use, including a walk through of their home, energy bill analysis, solar PV assessment and action plan for a smarter home. » Continued to provide the Positive Charge Energy Hotline for residents to receive impartial and up-to-date
» Delivered the second High Life Expo in partnership with the Alternative Technology Association, the Cities of Melbourne, Port Phillip, Moonee Valley and the Yarra Energy Foundation. This event is for apartment owners to explore owner-led innovation in sustainability for apartment buildings. » Worked with the City of Melbourne to monitor improvements and advancements in the Smart Blocks program; an online, interactive toolkit helping apartment owners and managers improve the energy efficiency of apartment building common areas. » Hosted a Ride2Work Day breakfast to promote travel to and from work by bike as a healthy and sustainable habit.
» Supported the Men of Malvern ‘Ride on Stonnington’ charity bike ride, which saw around 90 riders sporting colourful vests complete a 20km tour around Stonnington. » Appointed FlexiCar to expand car share within Stonnington: – An additional car sharing vehicle is now located in each of the Cato Street, Princes Close, Darling Street and Windsor car parks. – A new car sharing vehicle is now located in each of the Caroline Street South, James Street and Surrey Road North car parks. – A single car share bay has been provided in the indented parking area of Barry Street, Prahran. » Develop a program to demonstrate and communicate energy improvements in Council buildings. » Continue to explore opportunities to improve the energy efficiency of the services delivered by Council to the community. Community » Continue to provide ‘Making Solar Simple’ program to Stonnington property owners, tailoring its promotion to inform a broader sector of the community. » Continue to provide Positive Charge Energy Hotline for residents. » Continue to monitor improvements and advancements in the Smart Blocks program. » Continue to explore opportunities to support sporting clubs reduce their energy use and associated greenhouse gas emissions. » Explore options to support and enable wide uptake of solar PV systems across Stonnington.
energy efficiency and renewable energy advice over the phone.
Focus for 2016/17 Council » Review and update Council’s Energy Efficiency Implementation Plan to identify and prioritise opportunities to reduce energy costs, consumption and corresponding greenhouse gas emissions. » Explore options to improve data capture on Council’s solar energy generation and use. » Review and revise Council’s corporate greenhouse gas emissions targets and investigate opportunities to track and reduce community greenhouse gas emissions. » Continue to expand our solar program by installing 46kW solar PV system on Malvern Town Hall. » Implement a bulk replacement of 3,070 of Council’s streetlights to more energy
each year, representing 31% of Council’s total emissions from streetlighting and 9% of Council’s total corporate emissions. » Investigate opportunities to incorporate advanced fuel technologies, including electric vehicles, into Council’s fleet. » Investigate opportunities to install electric vehicle charging stations in key Stonnington areas. » Upgrade King Street carpark by replacing inefficient lights with LED lights and painting the ceiling white to reduce the need for lighting. » Undertake energy assessments at top energy consuming sites across Council to support the development of Council’s next five year Energy Efficiency Implementation Program. » Investigate a staff bike fleet program to encourage staff to use more sustainable modes of transport for travel to and from meetings.
efficient LED lights. The projected savings from this are 1,245 tonnes CO2-e greenhouse gas emissions
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