Town Achieves its Target in Reducing Carbon Emissions

Published: Tuesday, 20 February 2018 at 2:29:37 PM

The Town tracks its carbon emissions, which are emitted via the use of electricity, gas and other fuels, through an online platform. This platform also keeps track of the Town’s energy and water consumption for all council assets as well as energy efficiency projects that are implemented.

Some projects that the Town completed to achieve its target include solar lighting in selected parks and reserves, LED lighting retrofits in several administration, community buildings and in street lighting along Old Perth Road, and installation of solar PV (photovoltaic) systems on high energy consuming buildings.

These projects were just the beginning of the Town’s emissions reduction and, since late 2016, solar PV systems have continued to pop up on the Town’s buildings and facilities. The latest installations can be seen at Ashfield Community Centre, Wind in the Willows Childcare Centre, Hyde Retirement Village and Alf Faulkner Hall.

The Town today has over 110kW of solar PV systems installed on buildings and facilities and, in the 2016/2017 financial year alone, reduced its corporate emissions by a further 8.2%!

The Town wants to continue its commitment to reducing emissions to combat climate change and reduce energy costs. A new Emissions Reduction Plan is currently under development and will be out for public consultation later this year on the ‘Your Say’ community portal. The plan will include a new target for the Town to achieve and new actions to implement.

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