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As part of the LED Project, five Victorian CCP Plus Councils worked through a process to develop and implement a project that aimed to support local economic development and positive greenhouse/environmental outcomes.
A snapshot description of each project, and a contact person, are provided below:
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The City of Port Philip’s Building Tune Up program focuses on improving the energy and water efficiency of existing local commercial buildings. The aim of the program is to improve the energy performance of participating buildings by at least 1-star Australian Greenhouse Building Rating (AGBR). The program also intends to reduce water usage by 25%.
To further enhance the success of this program, the City of Port Philip have focused their LED project on promoting the environmental achievements of businesses participating in the program. This promotion is expected to deliver reputational benefits to businesses that have participated in the Building Tune Up program. The promotion will have the added benefit of generating further interest from businesses in the area in participating within the Building Tune Up program itself along with promoting the business case for broader uptake of building efficiency retrofits.
Currently the City of Port Philip is in the process of signing businesses on to the Building Tune Up program.
More Information: http://www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/building_tune_up.html
Contact:
Zafi Bachar, Environment Projects Officer
zbachar@portphillip.vic.gov.au
Tel: (03) 9209 6680
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Frankston City Council has identified that there is the opportunity to increase the efficiency of local businesses energy and water usage, while minimising waste generation, and at the same time prepare for the Vic1000 challenge in 2008.
To this end, Frankston City Council has sponsored 11 small to medium sized businesses to assist them through a process to reduce their energy and water consumption, and waste generation use by undertaking an LED Project.
Frankston City Council has engaged Village Green to audit the businesses and provide them with a report on how to achieve efficiencies.
The participating businesses have now completed the audit process and have benefited from participating in two workshops. The findings of the audits and possible strategies are currently being discussed in one-on-one meetings with Village Green. These stages are consistent with Frankston City Council’s LED project action plan.
Contact:
Sian Jones, Sustainable Resource Officer
sian.jones@frankston.vic.gov.au
Tel: (03) 9784 1006
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The City of Casey has been designated as one of the few areas in Metropolitan Melbourne, which has large residential growth and employment resulting in significant industrial and business land-use requirements. The City of Casey has seen this as an opportunity to adopt Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) principles when planning for industrial developments; they are using the LED Project as their avenue to achieve this.
Council intends to use their ESD guidelines to encourage and inspire the Cranbourne West estate developers to be sustainable sensitive in their designs. The City of Casey further anticipates that this precedent will pave the way for further sustainable developments within the municipality.
Currently the City of Casey is finishing off the project action plan and has begun a literature review aimed at putting ‘best practice’ ESD principles into practice.
Contact:
Vincent Morris, Agribusiness Officer
vmorris@casey.vic.gov.au
Tel: (03) 9705 5393
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Buloke Shire Council may have identified a cheap and practical alternative to woodchips and rice hulls for the municipality’s poultry farmers: cardboard.
Buloke Shire are using the LED project as an opportunity to conduct initial feasibility checks into the collection of local waste cardboard for processing into poultry litter. This project has the potential for double benefits
1. The diversion of cardboard from landfill reducing methane output.
2. Replacing the need to buy in and transport higher emission intensive products for poultry bedding.
And exciting project on many fronts, Buloke are currently preparing their action plan and are undertaking some initial feasibility studies.
Contact:
Anna Arkoudis, Environment Compliance Officer
aarkoudis@buloke.vic.gov.au
Tel: (03) 5492 2200
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Bayside City Council discovered a need to identify local sustainable business through analysis undertaken as a part of the LED project and decided that and expo of these businesses would be a great way to achieve this.
On 22 April 2007, Bayside City held their first Sustainable Living Expo, bringing together and showcasing to the public the sustainable business options within the municipality. Along with organic produce, and sustainable purchasing options, the expo also featured a number of Australia’s leading experts on a range of environmental issues, including personal carbon reduction.
During the expo, Bayside residents exchanged 500 old shower heads with South East Water, saving water and energy.
Kicking off the event was the ‘Halt Climate Change Now’ human sign. Community group Bayside Climate Change Action marshalled about 2500 people on Sandringham beach, leading to some spectatular aerial photographs and TV footage. The ABC program Catalyst subsequently ran a story which covered the sign and included an interview with Bayside’s Mayor, Councilor John Knight, on the importance of Council working with communities to tackle the issue of global warming.
Bayside is keen to continue to work with local sustainable businesses and to provide further opportunities for them to network with each other. The established Bayside Business Network provides Bayside with a perfect platform to launch work in this area.
Contact:
Leanne Stray, Environmental Planning Officer
lstray@bayside.vic.gov.au
Tel: (03) 9599 4421
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