Events

CitySwitch hosts regular free information sessions, workshops and site tours across Australia for CitySwitch Signatories and their guests. Recent topics have ranged from funding sustainable office upgrades, lighting and data centre technology, through to the benefits of activity based working.

Renewable Electricity Procurement Workshops

CitySwitch has partnered with Business Renewables Centre Australia (BRC-A), to host a series of ‘how to’ workshops specifically for smaller energy buyer companies looking to decarbonise their business via renewable electricity procurement.

Get your team on board

CitySwitch has partnered with WorkforClimate to support signatories get your team on board

Going 100% Renewable - 27th June

The City of Melbourne and CitySwitch are hosting keynote speakers and a panel discussion on how to go 100% Renewable for your business.

Melbourne: ECO-Buy contracts and tenders training

5 May, 2015

This half day course explores the critical role of contracts and tenders in making sustainable procurement ‘business as usual,’ and how and where you can effectively implement changes into your processes.

Perth event: Energy cut & business networking session

1 Apr, 2015

City of Perth is hosting this free networking and support event for businesses and signatories to find out more about the economic benefits of energy efficiency with guest speaker Jon Dee.

Earth Hour

28 Mar, 2015

Get your business involved with these six tips for businesses to engage with Earth Hour in 2015.

Sydney workshop: Go e-waste free

25 Mar, 2015

This free workshop for business and government will help identify your e-waste issues and how to solve them as well as how to setup user-friendly reuse and recycling within your workplace.

Perth: Walking Rooftop Tour

19 Mar, 2015

Join the FMA on the first of its series of walking roof top tours of the Perth CBD, going behind the scenes in some of the city’s most interesting and innovative CBD facilities.

Perth seminar: Embedded energy through cogeneration and trigeneration

18 Mar, 2015

This free seminar hosted by City of Perth will help explain the options that are available to meet the energy supply challenges of today and into the future, with presentations from ATCO Gas, Simons Green Energy and Energetics.

CitySwitch Perth Café Series: Organisational resilience and agility

13 Mar, 2015

Join this networking and presentation event with guest speaker Radan Kocourek from IBM to find out more about to maximise return on investment and harness innovation.

CitySwitch Sydney: Sharing the love - Tenant and Landlord Guide to...

25 Feb, 2015

How to get the lease that makes sustainability happen.

Join this free Café Series event to find about more about green or best practices leases, how to get one and an industry case study from both a tenant and landlord perspective.

Perth: Launch - CEC Guide to improving electricity use in your...

24 Feb, 2015

Small to medium businesses are invited to attend the Clean Energy Council's launch of a new guide to improving electricity use in business. The guide looks at solutions to better manage electricity demand and costs.

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CitySwitch Signatory of the Year and New Signatory Awards - category judging criteria

Delivering outcomes as demonstrated by an improved or maintained current NABERS Energy rating and achieved energy savings* (up to 28 points)
Implementing one or more energy saving initiatives (up to 10 points)
Demonstrating leadership by undertaking innovative, creative or progressive office energy efficiency activities (up to 10 points)
Engagement of staff/ customers/suppliers and/or stakeholders to educate and create market transformation (up to 10 points)
Participation in CitySwitch local program activities (up to 10 points).

Note, new Signatories submitting for New Signatory of the Year Award need only complete an indicative rating – all other submissions must be accredited.

CitySwitch Partnership of the Year Award - category judging criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Submitted projects should:

Involve more than one registered company
Demonstrate that they are innovative and over and above “business as usual”
Demonstrate that they catalyse “market transformation” and or “address a market barrier”
Deliver a reduction in energy consumption and carbon emissions within the built environment

Judging Criteria

Delivering outcomes as demonstrated by an improved or maintained current NABERS Energy rating and achieved energy savings* (up to 14 points)
Implementing one or more energy saving initiatives (up to 10 points)
Demonstrating leadership by undertaking innovative, creative or progressive office energy efficiency activities (up to 17 points)
Engagement of staff/ customers/suppliers and/or stakeholders to educate and create market transformation (up to 17 points)
Participation in CitySwitch local program activities (up to 10 points)
The submitting entity MUST be a CitySwitch Signatory

Note, Signatories submitting for the Partnership of the Year Award may submit an accredited NABERS tenancy, whole building or base building rating.