Green Lease Schedules - forms and templates
These Green Lease Schedule forms and templates are for the use of government organisations.
Green light cafe - Cafe Koula
At Northcote’s Café Koula, changing the lighting has led to changing the atmosphere in the busy café. Compact fluorescents replaced 105 watt metal halides, giving an equivalent light while using less energy, and improving light in the café’s work areas. A produce garden is popular with families, and waste is fed to local chickens or in a retrofitted worm farm. Financially, the business has saved $140 a year electricity and maintenance costs, while reducing its greenhouse emissions.
Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS) Act Review - Discussion Paper
A discussion paper on the independent review of the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS) Act 2012.
Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS) Act Review - Discussion Paper submissions
Submissions to the Independent Review of the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS) Act 2012 Discussion Paper.
Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS) Act Review - Draft Report
Draft report from the Independent Review of the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS) Act 2012.
Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS) Act Review - Final Report
Final Report of the Independent Review of the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Act 2012 (GEMS Act).
Greening the Arts - Arts Project Australia
The not-for-profit organisation, Arts Project Australia, provides an inner city studio and gallery to nurture and promote artists with an intellectual disability. Owning the building makes environment actions even more compelling, so when an audit helped clarify priorities, the organisation got started. It installed double-glazed and operable windows, replaced halogens with light emitting diodes (LEDs), and switched power companies. Their first bill after the changes was $1200 less than usual.
Guide to best practice maintenance and operation of HVAC systems for energy efficiency
A summary of what’s included in the Guide to best practice maintenance & operation of HVAC systems for energy efficiency released in January 2012.
Hotel Energy Uplift Program factsheet
The Hotel Energy Uplift Program will deliver $10.2 million in grants to help small and medium hotels reduce their energy use, improve energy productivity and deliver carbon abatement.
House Energy Efficiency Inspections Project
This study investigated new house construction around Australia to gain insight into the quality of house construction with regard to the energy efficiency aspects of air‐tightness and quality of installation of insulation and heating/cooling ductwork and involved recruiting 20 houses in each capital city around Australia (Darwin was not included).
It followed concerns raised that the energy efficiency features of houses that are required to achieve the minimum energy efficiency standards in the National Construction Code (NCC) (Australian Building Codes Board, 2015) were not delivering assessed benefits For example where insulation and weather sealing is poorly installed by builders houses will have lower energy efficiency performance than expected. This filled a gaps in research with little data previously collected on newly built houses to quantify air‐tightness and assess the quality of installation of insulation and heating/cooling ductwork.
HVAC factsheet - Air handling units
Outlines the workings and components of Air Handling Units (AHU) and discusses efficiency improvement opportunities obtainable through their design and upgrade.
HVAC factsheet - Basics of HVAC energy efficiency
Provides an overview of HVAC energy efficiency issues.
HVAC factsheet - Boiler efficiency
Outlines energy efficiency improvement opportunities obtainable through the design, maintenance and upgrade of boilers, and highlights factors for consideration to ensure their optimal performance.
HVAC factsheet - Building management systems
Outlines some general information on Building Management Systems (BMS) including when to replace a BMS system, develop specifications for commissioning, fine tuning, operation and maintenance of BMS.
HVAC factsheet - Building rating tools
Provides information on design and performance based rating tools.
HVAC factsheet - Chiller efficiency
Outlines factors to consider when upgrading a chiller. A case study where an air cooled unit incorporating adiabatic type pads was used.
HVAC factsheet - Co and tri-generation
Describes co/tri-generation technology and considerations of key benefits from its application.
HVAC factsheet - Commercial building energy efficiency retrofit
Case study of a retrofit at 4 Mort Street, Canberra to significantly improve energy performance from 2 to 4.5 stars NABERS rating.
HVAC factsheet - Commissioning and building tuning
Emphasises the importance of commissioning and building tuning throughout the various stages of a building’s life.
HVAC factsheet - Energy breakdown
Summarises HVAC energy consumption information available in the Guide to Best Practice Maintenance & Operation of HVAC Systems for Energy Efficiency.