2019-02-12 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                               12 FEBRUARY 2019


The following actions have been undertaken in accordance with the decision making framework:
Avoid –     Staff are encouraged to turn off all equipment when not in use.
Reduce – Council has been implementing energy efficiency measures such as changes to LED
            lighting, upgrading air conditioning and changing pool cars to energy efficient small
            hybrid sedans.
Change - Council has installed over 270 Kilowatts of rooftop solar PV on Council buildings. The
            reduction in electricity consumption from the grid has been significant, as discussed
            above.
Offset – To date, Council has focussed on reducing emissions at the source and will consider
            options for dealing with residual emissions such as sequestration and offsetting in the
            future.

Key Action 4:       A detailed Action Plan will be developed that will prioritise actions over
                    an initial 5-year period (and ultimately 10 years). Funding of actions will
                    be considered as part of the annual budget development process.

Given the changing nature of technologies and approaches to energy reduction, an initial 3 year
action plan was developed.

An audit undertaken of Council buildings and facilities identified over 40 potential projects which
Council could undertake to reduce its emissions. Council developed a Marginal Abatement Cost
Curve (MACC) to compare potential energy efficiency and carbon reductions projects and rank
them based on their economic feasibility and potential impact. The MACC is used to prioritise the
projects which will achieve the greatest emission reductions for the dollar spend.

The MACC is one of the inputs into the 3 year ZEN Action Plan approved by Council on 18th
January 2018. The following table details the status of the actions determined for the 2017/18
year.

 Category         Action                              Status      Comments
 Waste            Conduct an audit of the waste       Complete    Results of the waste audit are
                  disposed to Council landfill to                 discussed above
                  accurately measure the % of
                  organic waste for emission
                  calculations
 Waste            Investigate feasibility of flared   Ongoing     Discussions with the LMS are
                  gas being used for electricity                  continuing to determine the
                  generation                                      feasibility of electricity generation
                                                                  from the landfill gas as the
                                                                  methane extraction is increased
 Waste            Determine       opportunities  to   Complete    Lateral lines for increased landfill
                  increase Landfill Gas extraction                gas     extraction    have    been
                  in conjunction with LMS e.g.                    installed.
                  lateral extraction lines
 Building &       Investigate the installation of     Complete    Audit complete, recommendations
 facilities       Energy Management Systems at                    for EMS installation are being
                  relevant sites                                  assessed as the solar installations
                                                                  and monitoring are completed.
 Noosaville       LED lighting upgrade                Complete    LED lighting was retrofitted
 Depot                                                            throughout the Depot offices.
 Noosaville       Air conditioning upgrade and        Complete    Ceiling insulation and a new
 Depot            insulation installation                         invertor air conditioning system
                                                                  with local controls was installed.



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