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Energy audit implementation yields cost savings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... efficient lighting in their manufacturing operations, repaired and replaced some machinery, and is investigating a 100KW solar photovoltaic (PV) array application, Pangolin Associates said. RM Williams, the clothes manufacturer and retailer, has espoused ...

Zoos Victoria certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... measures, and by purchasing and cancelling carbon offsets to bring total emissions to zero. Among those measures include a solar PV system to provide power for energy efficient lighting in Melbourne Zoo's front retail shop and improvements to Melbourne ...

Government to maintain existing Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... confidence." CEC cited analysis by SKM MMA showing that the RET has led to "more than $18 billion in clean energy investment, from solar panels and solar hot water systems through to large-scale technologies such as wind farms and hydro. Today's decision ...

Businesses addressing climate change as strategic risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... the development of "green" products and services such as hybrid and electric cars, high capacity batteries, wind turbines, solar cells and more efficient jet engines. Similarly, University of Sydney Business School Professor Christopher Wright noted ...

bankmecu to offer environmental upgrade agreement finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... make agreements more attractive on a cashflow basis over that term. It puts things like tri-generation, co-generation and solar panels right into the feasibility space for commercial buildings." The concept of financing EUAs is in alignment with the ...

CEC to partner with American Council on Renewable Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... politicians and civil society organisations. US delegation representatives include Citigroup, Denham Capital, Deutsche Bank, First Solar, IBM, Lockheed Martin, S&C Company, Recurrent, Sungevity, SolarReserve, Sunpower, and Skadden Arps. "Baker & McKenzie ...

Energy Choice joins Energy Smart Finance Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Energy Choice, an Adelaide-based solar and lighting specialist, has joined the Energy Smart Finance Program, a joint initiative of Low Carbon Australia and FlexiGroup. Energy Smart Finance provides access to vendors and finance in an integrated fashion ...

Local Government Super sells upgraded property

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... 2016. It is located at 100 Christie Street in St Leonards in Sydney. SKM house has been retrofitted with lighting upgrades, solar thermal collectors, window tinting and building management system upgrades as part of the overall package funded by the ...

Climate Change Authority backs Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... the scheme's costs." CCA recommended that the government consider lowering the SRES eligibility threshold for small-scale solar photovoltaic units from its current level of 100kW to potentially 10kW, to "reduce the risk of a surge in solar PV installations ...

In 2040, when growth is a memory: Josh Dowse

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... transport are extracted and refined and combined into compounds of utter pointlessness.... We are screwing the planet to make solar-powered bath thermometers and desktop crazy golfers... This is pathological consumption: a world-consuming epidemic of ...