2019-02-12 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                   12 FEBRUARY 2019


Noosa Leisure Centre
Energy efficient initiatives include the progressive retrofit of LED lighting, the installation of energy
efficient fans and the installation of a 32 KW solar PV in August 2018.

In the first five months of the solar operation:
 electricity consumption from the grid has been reduced by 40%;
 emissions from electricity have reduced by 40%; and
 electricity costs reduced by 31%.

Noosaville Depot
Energy efficiency initiatives include the installation of an inverter air conditioning system, retrofit of
office LED lighting and the installation of a 50 KW solar PV in June 2018.

In the first 6 months of the solar installation:
 electricity consumption from the grid has been reduced by 84%;
 emissions from electricity have reduced by 84%; and
 electricity costs reduced by 55%.

Cooroy Library
Energy efficiency initiatives include improvements to the air conditioning system controls, retrofit
of LED lighting and the installation of a 60 KW solar PV system in November 2018.

In the first month of the solar installation:
 electricity consumption from the grid has been reduced by 35%;
 emissions from electricity have reduced by 35%; and
 electricity costs reduced by 22%.

Noosa Aquatic Centre
Energy efficiency improvements include LED lighting retrofit and the installation of a 26 KW solar
system in November 2018.

In the first two months of the solar installation:
 electricity consumption from the grid has been reduced by 10%;
 emissions from electricity have reduced by 10%; and
 electricity costs reduced by 1%.

Council small sites
Council has numerous small sites that use electricity from the grid. These “small sites” consume
less than 100,000Kw per annum. There has been a 1 % increase in emissions from electricity
consumption at these sites in the 2017/18 carbon footprint. Electricity consumption is “estimated”
at a number of these sites as access to the meters is limited. Council is working with its energy
retailer to improve access to meters and hence improve meter reading accuracy.

A 36 KW solar system was installed at the Noosa Day Respite Centre in November 2018 and has
reduced electricity consumption and emissions from the grid by 64%.




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