Energy and Emissions Information Management Project

In 2008/09, ICLEI Oceania ran a project focusing on Energy and Emissions Information Management. The project ran in 10 municipalities in 5 states.

Increasingly, local governments are looking for integrated ways to improve their energy and emissions reporting in order to:

increase the frequency of reporting
increase the quality of data
reduce workload and avoid duplication
facilitate and enable progressive energy management practices
improve organisational learning, and
inform prudent investment in greenhouse abatement actions.

The Energy and Emissions Information Management Project assisted participating councils to conduct detailed analyses of their existing information management systems, and to plan actions to improve their information management.

Resources from this project are available below.

Participating Councils

The project received extremely high interest, with applications received from 54 councils. The successful councils were:

City of Brimbank (VIC)
Cairns Regional Council (Qld)
Clarence City Council (Tas)
Shire of Denmark (WA)
Shire of Kalamunda (WA)
City of Melville (WA)
City of Mitcham (SA)
Mitchell Shire Council(VIC)
Pittwater Council(NSW)
City of Tea Tree Gully (SA)

ICLEI Oceania congratulates all these councils for their commitment to improving their information systems.

Project Resources

Best Practice Guide

At the conclusion of the project, ICLEI Oceania produced a Best Practice Guide (pdf 556KB) to Energy and Emissions Information Management in Local Government. This guide was based on the experiences and reflections of the ten participating councils, a survey of the local government sector, and interviews with councils with leading systems. The guide provides helpful suggestions and a framework for thinking about improvements to councils' information management systems.

Needs Analysis Workbook

The Energy and Emissions Information Management Project began by leading participating councils through a structured conversation about:

the status of each council's current systems
the full spectrum of users of and uses for emissions-related information, and
the influences that are likely to drive change in future needs for information.

A workbook was developed to assist councils in conducting and documenting this conversation. The workbook is now available for download by all CCP councils. It will be useful to council staff who wish to:

build a comprehensive understanding of councils systems
build support for improvements to information systems across the whole of council, and
clarify priorities for action

Teleconference Recordings

ICLEI Oceania has conducted teleconferences to discuss key themes around information management. Recordings of two of these conferences are available below.

Managing Fleet- and Transport-Related Information

Speakers:

Darren Comi, Corporate Transport Services Coordinator, City of Mebourne
George Shearman, Manager Plant and Fleet Services, Tamworth Regional Council

Download Recording (MP3 file recorded 29 January, 2009. 41 Minutes, 4.7 MB)

Managing and Metering Building-Related Information

Speakers:

Heidi Hamm, Environmental Project Officer, Utilities Management, Darebin City Council
Euan Williamson, Consultant, Creative Environment Enterprises

Download Recording (MP3 file recorded 1 April, 2009. 65 Minutes, 7.5 MB)

Cities for Climate Protection® (CCP®) Australia: implementing greenhouse action through a collaboration between the Australian Government and ICLEI Oceania. The CCP® Australia Program is funded by the Australian Government.