The change we need will to tackle our trickiest problems will be led and delivered by people.
The team behind the War on Waste is working on a new ABC documentary that will focus on Australia's role in climate change.
Announcing the release of two new PPA resources live on the BRC-A Resource Library
We're excited to announce that City of Sydney and City of Adelaide have a number of grants available for signatories in these LGA's.
The CitySwitch Green Office program has surpassed four million square metres of office space, as ANZ signs on 833 Collins Street in Melbourne.
From blend-your-own smoothie bikes to calorie-free cupcakes, the Museum of Futures to a mind-mapping session, the Better Buildings Cup launched with a flurry of activity recently.
Powering Australia from 100% renewable energy is no longer ambitious. We have more sun, wind and hydro resources than coal, gas and oil combined. And with vision and ambition, we can become the world’s renewable energy superpower.
Industry leaders from the hospitality, events and property sectors came together to sign up to the Sydney Single-use Pledge.
Climate-KIC Australia today launched the Australian 2019 edition of the world’s largest green business ideas competition, ClimateLaunchpad.
Source: The Fifth Estate
Sydney’s Better Buildings Partnership has revealed it is exceeding its emissions reduction targets, cutting commercial office emissions by 25 per cent since its inception and saving over $25 million in energy bills. The BBP, an alliance of commercial landlords representing over 50 per cent of office floor space across Sydney’s CBD, was established to improve the ...
The Victorian government has announced $3.59 million in funding to improve the energy efficiency of the state’s commercial office buildings. The Smarter Resources Smarter Business – Energy Efficient Office Buildings program will provide matched grant funding of between $20,000 and $150,000 to mid-tier commercial office building owners to deliver energy savings. Through the program the government hopes to ...
Baenziger Coles, an architecture and interior design company, is making an annual financial saving of $2655, and an annual energy and CO2 saving of 18,400 kiloWatt hours/26,030 kilogram Co2 equivalent, after installing a solar panel system. The company, which joined tenant energy efficiency program CitySwitch in May 2012, was keen to further demonstrate a commitment to sustainable design, renewable energy and to lower operational costs to complement a recent office ...
SOURCE: The Fifth Estate
Following the award of $1 million through the Energy Efficiency Information Grants program, the CitySwitch green offices program will go national and regional. The Net Balance Foundation won a $1 million grant this week from the Federal government of $1 million and will be partner in the work. The grant, over the next two years, is from the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism as part of the Energy Efficiency Information Grants program. Three new staff have been ...
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It’s easy and free to join the program. Your good-will commitment to the program is an acknowledgement of the business sector’s role in contributing to environmental sustainability and your intention to reduce your own energy consumption and associated carbon emissions. As part of this, Signatories to the program commit to achieve an accredited NABERS Energy tenancy rating (between 4 and 6 stars) and work with CitySwitch to improve their tenancy’s environmental performance. Find out more about how obtaining a NABERS Energy rating ensures you can benchmark your performance, better manage your progress over time and promote your star rating achievement.