| Newsletter 7 | June 2009 |
EPA's carbon neutral roundtable and reports
Article provided by: EPA's Carbon Innovators Network
A pressing issue for many Carbon Innovators Network (CIN) members is how to craft their carbon management strategies in response to new and proposed climate change policies. EPA Victoria has been grappling with these issues throughout 2009 in relation to its own carbon neutrality and the carbon services it provides.
On Friday 5 June 2009, EPA held a roundtable of 25 organisations directly involved in carbon neutrality to collate ideas on how business should respond to these policies, and what EPA can do to assist business in responding.
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Carbon Offset Market Continues to Grow
Article provided by: EPA Victoria and Global Sustainability at RMIT
The Carbon Offset Guide, updated 11 June 2009, now lists 72 providers number indicating the number of companies providing carbon offsets in the Australian market continues to grow. The guide was first launched in 2007, at the time listing only 13 offset providers; in a span of 2 years there has been a greater than five-fold increase in the number of offset providers.
The offset market has not only grown, it has also matured. The market has shown increasing specialisation, with brokers, retailers and project developers all targeting different customers to find a niche position within the carbon offsets market. Specialisation is occurring in the types of projects as well.
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1200 Buildings Program – retrofitting Melbourne
Written by: City of Melbourne
Cities are responsible for approximately 75 per cent of global energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in the world with their buildings producing nearly 40 per cent of those emissions. The commercial building sector in Melbourne generates 48 per cent of total greenhouse gas emissions from the municipality. This building sector is therefore a primary target for reducing our overall greenhouse gas emissions
The aim of the 1200 Buildings Program in retrofitting the commercial buildings in the City of Melbourne is to make them more efficient, increase building resilience and asset value, while benefitting the environment. Retrofitting 1200 (equivalent to roughly two thirds of the total stock) existing commercial buildings will improve energy performance by an average of 38 per cent and save 383,000 tonnes of CO2-e per annum.
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131 Queen Street turns the sky green
Article provided by: Committee for Melbourne
In a previous article, the Growing Up project was introduced. Initiated by the Committee for Melbourne's Future Focus Group, the Growing Up project will help address climate change by promoting green roofing, leveraged through a design competition, in Melbourne.
The Growing Up vision of a green Melbourne skyline is taking shape, with the announcement of the world's first fully funded and competition designed green roof awarded to 131 Queen Street and Bent Architecture.
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A step ahead for the environment: Ontera Modular Carpets Pty Ltd - achieving real results
Written by CIN Member: David Rowlinson of Ontera
Ontera have taken steps to achieve a more sustainable future yet have their feet firmly planted on the ground. Preferring science to emotion, action to talk, and demonstrable results to vague promises; Ontera minimise their environmental impact by applying a 'whole of life' approach to everything they do. Although the commercial carpet tile industry is by its nature resource intensive, central to their philosophy is that re-use comes before recycle and local solutions make the most sense of all.
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Carbon Management: reduce
Written by: Beth Mclachlan (EPA Victoria)
Over the past few editions of Carbon Matters, we have included a regular article about applying the EPA Carbon Management Principles to businesses. This article focuses on the fourth Carbon Management Principle: reduce.
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CIN Member Interview: David Bridgfoot from Origin
The Carbon Innovators Network (CIN) Member Interview is a regular article which profiles a CIN member and asks them to respond to questions relating to their personal and professional experiences in sustainability.
In this issue, Carbon Matters introduces CIN member David Bridgfoot.
David Bridgfoot, a CIN member since 2007, has been working with Origin since November 2008 as a Solutions Development Manager within Origin Solutions, part of Origin's Directions and Growth Business Division. In his role, he works closely with businesses to define, develop and implement integrated energy management services and solutions, and helps take the complexity out of energy management for customers.
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