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Commonwealth Bank reports increased customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... greenhouse gas emissions in the 2010/2011 financial year. CBA said its top three carbon reduction initiatives were a lighting project to replace inefficient lighting in 950 branches across Australia - by June 1 2012, work had been completed at 550 of ...

Low Carbon Australia finances stadium lighting upgrade

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
Low Carbon Australia has helped finance a deal to install a clean technology lighting system has reduced the energy use at a New South Wales youth club stadium by 28%. The Central Coast Youth Club (CCYC) on the outskirts of Gosford, NSW, has installed ...

Melbourne's Vega Press declared carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... reports, newspaper inserts and stationery. Vega Press's owners uses power factor improvement systems and energy efficient lighting devices to reduce energy consumption, said commercial manager Rob Nugent. The company also recycles water used in the printing ...

Low Carbon Australia finances second Wagga Wagga project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... annual carbon emissions across these four buildings are expected to drop by 23%. "Councils are responsible for street lighting, recreation and cultural centres and waste facilities that can be high energy users and carbon emitters," said Meg McDonald ...

NAB funds second Environmental Upgrade Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... Sustainable Melbourne Fund The agreement will result in financing for the AU$720,000 upgrade to heating, cooling and lighting and a new building management system for the 15-storey commercial office block at 470 Collins Street in the Melbourne CBD. The ...

IIGCC urges greater energy efficiency for EU property sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... 36% of carbon emissions in the EU, IIGCC found. Implementing existing technologies such as better insulation, efficient lighting and heat recovery can reduce the total energy consumption of buildings by about 30%, and would reduce the EU's overall energy ...

Low Carbon Australia financing for local council upgrades

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... Cardina Life's heating, ventilation and air conditioning, install a heat pump to replace its electric hot-water unit, a lighting upgrade and a microturbine cogeneration unit that would help the facility generate its own power, said Cardinia Shire Mayor ...

EUAs finance $4.9m in Melbourne environmental retrofits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... of AU$4.9m, and include, variously, installation of a trigeneration system, high efficiency chillers, cooling towers, lighting system upgrades, heating and air conditioning units and controls, occupancy sensors and double glazing. Approximately 50 owners ...

Low Carbon Australia finances $1.6m Ipswich building upgrade

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... and retail building in Ipswich, Queensland. The redevelopment of Trident's Limestone Street Centre featured upgrades to lighting, air-conditioning and a building management system. The three-month building project is expected to produce annual energy ...

FlexiGroup joins Low Carbon Australia on financing program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... the low carbon economy," said Low Carbon Australia CEO Meg McDonald. The program covers upgrades for energy efficient lighting and lighting controls, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning, voltage regulation devices and power factor correction equipment ...