2019-02-12 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                             12 FEBRUARY 2019


Ordinary Meeting, 18 January 2018, Item 9, Page 6
That Council note the report by the Project Officer - Carbon Reduction to the General Committee
Meeting dated 15 January 2018 and award contract 1718Q043 – Stage 2 to ERM Power Retail
Pty Ltd (ERM Power) for the lump sum price of $253,133.70 (excluding GST), subject to agreement
of Stage 2 Contract terms and conditions.

Finance
In 2017/18 a capital budget of $250,000 for major projects and $50,000 for minor projects was
allocated.

The ZEN Project Control Group reviewed the ERM Energy recommendations from the MACC and
determined the projects to be undertaken in the 2017/18 financial year in accordance with the
following criteria:
 Emissions reduction per $ spend;
 Building works status of each facility;
 Capital cost; and
 Total emission reduction achieved.

The capital projects (outlined above) were completed within budget. There were a number of
changes to the initial program of implementation, as outlined below.

 Proposed project                        Actual Project                          Comments
 Noosa Leisure Centre – 22Kw             Noosa Leisure Centre - 32Kw             A review of the placement of the
 Solar PV                                solar PV                                panels determined that the size of
                                                                                 the system could be increased by
                                                                                 10Kw.
 Noosa Aquatic Centre - 100 Kw           Noosa Aquatic Centre -                  Solar system to be installed during
 solar PV                                postponed until 2018/19 financial       June/ July 2019 at the same time
                                         year                                    the roof is being replaced to
                                                                                 minimise disruption.
Table 5: Changes to the proposed capital project implementation

The budget for these projects was carried over for 2018/19 ZEN capital projects.

Risks & Opportunities
Strategic Risks
The 2018 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report5 has warned that there is
only 12 years in which to take significant global action to keep global warming to a maximum of
1.5oC, beyond which increases the risk of lasting and irreversible changes to global biodiversity,
ecosystem integrity, human health, food security and economic growth.

Without continued action to reduce Council’s own emissions, there is a risk that Council is not
taking its share of responsibility to deal with global climate change, the effects of which will be
exacerbated in the Noosa Shire.




5 Global Warming of 1.5°C, an IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial

levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to
the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty .

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