Hume City Council Lighting the Way on Energy Efficiency

Congratulations Hume City Council, huge grant to boost energy efficiency, reduce greenhouse gases, and light the way for the community.

Hume City Council has received a grant of $M1.9, to accelerate and boost energy efficiency initiatives in Melbourne’s North.

From the Hume City Council media release:
“Energy efficiency works including lighting upgrades, installation of insulation, swimming pool blankets and improved pool circulation motors will be undertaken at Broadmeadows Leisure Centre, Broadmeadows Netball Stadium, Broadmeadows Basketball Stadium, Buchan Community Centre, Boardman Basketball Centre, Craigieburn Leisure Centre, and Sunbury Aquatic and Leisure Centre.   The works will also provide more flexible controls of light levels and improved operations or thermal comfort at many of the facilities.”

Genesis Now is working with Councils to benefit the community.

We are proud to have assisted Hume City Council with their successful competitive grant application, under the Commonwealth Government, Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism,  Community Energy Efficiency Program (program now closed), and appreciate the opportunity to assist the Council and the community to improve energy efficiency.

In December 2012 Genesis Now was contacted by Hume City Council with a view to taking part in a project to analyse and report on 13 Council facilities with the potential for an energy efficiency upgrade. Potential energy efficiency proposals generated were planned to be added to an application for a government grant under the Community Energy Efficiency Program (CEEP). The biggest challenge in this was that the application had to be submitted by the 1st week of February and we wished to give council all potential CEEP opportunities by the third week of January to allow them time to make a winning submission. After winning a competitive sourcing process we received a work order on the 18th Dec. Working closely with Council officers, we completed analysis including full ‘Energy Diagnostic‘ reporting for all the sites as well as comprehensive CEEP proposals for seven of the sites. Savings from our opportunities alone were modelled at 4.4 terrajoules of energy, avoided emissions of 800 tonnes of CO₂ equivalent gases, and $110,000 of financial savings to ratepayers every year after implementation.

Council officers included our energy efficiency opportunities in their overall proposal to government;  branded “Lighting the Way” with reference to a focus on efficient lighting as well as displaying leadership in sustainability to the community. The grant application was accepted in full and announced in July 2013. As well as a significant street lighting upgrade the energy efficiency works developed by Genesis Now are described in Council’s July Media Release above.

Genesis Now is now looking forward to being considered for project management assistance when implementing the identified projects later in 2013.

Genesis Now has successfully completed more than 175 local government energy efficiency and related projects, including energy analysis, energy metering, energy audits, implementation, coaching, staff training and engagement, greenhouse inventories and greenhouse management strategies (development and implementation), cogeneration, lighting retrofits, street-lighting audits and strategies, and design of new facilities.