Seq Regional Climate Resilient Alliance · Attachment 2 - One-page Summary Of Priority Projects

                                         ATTACHEMENT 2


              SOUTHEAST QUEENSLAND CLIMATE RESILIENT ALLIANCE


S E Q C R A PRIORITY PROJECTS 2023-2026
These priority projects come from the needs, concerns and interests communicated by member
representatives during the establishment process.



  Streetlight Upgrades                               Network Tariff Review
  A joint project to retrofit streetlights in SEQ    Look at market sites and work with Energex to
  would involve all councils upgrading lights        compare eligible tariffs to negotiate the
  to LED’s. Cost savings will be achieved            cheapest tariff for all Councils in SEQ to reduce
  through bulk buying hardware, sharing              energy costs.
  technical expertise, and project
  coordination.

  100% Renewable Power Purchasing                    Sustainable Procurement
  Agreement                                          Evaluate how we how can we approach
  A coordinated power purchasing agreement           decarbonising our supply chains. Share
  project for renewable energy for SEQ               knowledge around internal processes to educate
  councils could demonstrate environmental           and update procurement policies and include
  and economic benefits of regional                  scope 3 emissions calculation requirements.
  collaboration and coordination.

  EV Charging Infrastructure                         Community Education Campaign
  This project will involve applying for funding     Develop community engagement campaign to
  to undertake a feasibility study to enable         improve resilience, awareness and
  SEQ councils to understand the                     preparedness. Share knowledge from successful
  opportunities for joint investment that            programs to improve regional understanding of
  could result in a reliable, meaningful and         best practice, to successfully encourage
  well-coordinated network of EV charging            residents, community groups and businesses to
  infrastructure across the SEQ region.              reduce emissions and prepare for bushfire, flood
                                                     and heatwaves.

  Bulk Buy Community Battery                         Preparing for EUA’s
  Community batteries will form a crucial part       Advocate to LGAQ and State Government on
  of neighbourhood energy storage for low-           behalf of LGA’s in SEQ region to support the
  emissions, resilient communities. This             shape of the proposed new legislation, and share
  knowledge sharing project will learn from          knowledge around what policy frameworks will
  recent success stories, plan for a                 be required for council’s to enable roll out and
  collaborative approach to face planning            take up.
  issues, understand how community
  batteries are going to be managed, utilised,
                                                     Calculate Community Emissions
  and firm-up the best options for councils to       Research and share knowledge around the best
  leverage revenue sources.                          methods of calculating community emissions
                                                     data. This will enable targeted campaigns and