Reading RoomOn 9 February 2012, the federal government announced a package of energy efficiency programs, which are aimed at driving smarter energy use in local government, business, households and communities. The programs are part of the government's Clean Energy Future package.
The programs include one that is particularly important for local government – namely, the Community Energy …
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Transport plays a fundamental role in our society. By enabling the physical movement of individuals and goods from one place to another, transport facilitates production and trade, provides customers with access to goods and enhances labour mobility.
When the challenges associated with meetings society's transport needs are identified, the most common themes that emerge are increasing …
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A Bill has recently been introduced into the Victorian Parliament to amend the City of Melbourne Act 2001 to allow Council to use its rating powers to help secure private lending for building owners, which will fund environmental upgrades to commercial buildings in the City of Melbourne.
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Co-generation is the simultaneous production of electricity, heating and cooling using a single fuel source. The heat that would otherwise be wasted in the production of electricity is captured and utilised to produce steam, which is used, in turn, …
As part of COAG's commitment to introducing a comprehensive National Strategy for Energy Efficiency, the Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Bill 2010 (Bill) was introduced into parliament on 18 March 2010.
The Bill provides for the establishment of a new national scheme for the mandatory disclosure of commercial office building efficiency.
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