2020-12-08 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                8 DECEMBER 2020


Council controlled large sites
Council has been working to reduce emissions from electricity purchased from the electricity grid.
Overall there has been a 30% decrease in emissions from Council large sites in 2019/20 compared
to the previous year. Removing the impact of the COVID 19 shut downs results in a 25% reduction
in emissions from the purchased electricity of these sites from the previous year.
Figure 2 shows Council’s total electricity consumption of the Council-owned large sites for each
financial year, to enable comparison for the same month (and season) across the years.

                    Noosa Council Large Sites - Electricity Consumption per
                                        financial year
     300,000.00


     250,000.00


     200,000.00


     150,000.00


     100,000.00


      50,000.00


             -
                     Jul     Aug    Sep    Oct    Nov       Dec   Jan     Feb      Mar   Apr   May    Jun

                                      FY 17/18   FY 18/19     FY 19/20   FY20/21

                           Figure 2: Noosa Council Large sites' electricity consumption

Note the following:
       July-August 2019, the Noosa Aquatic Centre was shut for renovation
       The reduced consumption during April and May 2020 demonstrates the Council site closures
         because of COVID–19
As part of the ZEN Strategy, Council has installed the following solar systems across its buildings
and facilities
                 Location                            Size kW             Installation Date
                 Noosa Aquatic Centre                     26             September 2018
                 The J                                    50             June 2018
                 Noosaville Depot                         50             June 2018
                 The Respite Centre                       36             October 2018
                 Cooroy Library                           58             November 2018
                 Noosa Leisure Centre                     32             June 2018
                 Cooroy Butter Factory                    20             May 2020
                 Noosa River HP                           46             July 2020
                 Tewantin Admin                           90             June 2019
                 Noosaville Library                       72             July 2020
                 Pomona Depot                             10             May 2019
                 Total                                   490
                                    Table 3: Noosa Council Solar installations


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