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Sustainable Melbourne Fund launches Solar Finance program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
Sustainable Melbourne Fund (SMF) is targeting business owners in a campaign to advise them of financing options for cost-effective solar installation. Scott Bocskay, CEO of the Sustainable Melbourne Fund SMF's Solar Finance program uses the established ...

SMF stepping up advocacy for environmental upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Sustainable Melbourne Fund (SMF) is increasing both national and international advocacy of environmental upgrade finance with the intention of growing the volume of deals, both large and small. Scott Bocskay, CEO of the Sustainable Melbourne Fund SMF ...

NY's EIC on residential, commercial property energy upgrades

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... a 20% reduction is energy use / GHG emissions by 2020." Much in the way that organisations such as Sustainable Melbourne Fund (SMF) use environmental upgrade finance vehicles to finance energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in commercial properties ...

Climate Bonds Initiative proposes green property standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... standard of 30-50% in emissions reductions is an achievable target, said Scott Bocskay, CEO of the Sustainable Melbourne Fund. The average percentage saving (tCO2-e) of the projects financed by environmental upgrade agreements (EUAs) in the City of Melbourne ...

Call for EUA inclusion in Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) should develop a method based on environmental upgrade agreements (EUA), Sustainable Melbourne Fund has said in a submission to the Department of Environment. Scott Bocskay, CEO of the Sustainable Melbourne Fund Sustainable ...

South Australia introduces building upgrade finance bill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... developers to retrofit buildings to improve water, waste and energy efficiency. Scott Bocskay, CEO of the Sustainable Melbourne Fund The proposed Building Upgrade Finance (BUF) scheme is designed to help overcome market barriers that often prevent environmental ...

Expanded EUAs could generate $4.5bn investment in Victoria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... attractive investment and create over 18,000 jobs, according to new research. Scott Bocskay, CEO of the Sustainable Melbourne Fund According to the collaborative study conducted by the Eastern Alliance for Greenhouse Action (EAGA) and the Western Alliance ...

City of Melbourne looks to commercial solar installation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... note: This article has been updated with information from Cr Arron Wood The City of Melbourne and the Sustainable Melbourne Fund are reaching out to advise non-residential commercial building owners of financing options for cost-effective solar installation. ...

City of Melbourne, NAB, Eureka Funds Management sign EUA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... Kathy Alexander, CEO City of Melbourne; Vince Juliano, Zagame (building trustee) (photo courtesy of Sustainable Melbourne Fund) The EUA was negotiated between the City of Melbourne, the owners of 19-storey building at 499-501 Swanston Street and the ...

Beyond Zero Emissions proposes model for retrofitting houses

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... less risky. The EUA structure could be adapted to fit residential projects, said Scott Bocskay, CEO Sustainable Melbourne Fund, which oversees and monitors the EUA process in the City of Melbourne. "When we first started on designing EUAs, we had the ...