Page 5434 - Week 14 - Thursday, 30 November 2017
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electricity generation at their sites. Lighting upgrades have been a focus of energy saving measures in buildings occupied by the ACT government. LED lights have been installed at 20 public schools, 14 works and bus depots, GIO Stadium, Exhibition Park in Canberra, offices at 220 Northbourne Avenue and North Building, the National Arboretum Canberra events terrace and gallery of gardens, Kippax library, and Capital Linen Services.
Winyu House, the new government building in Gungahlin containing offices, an Access Canberra shopfront, retail and commercial space, achieved a NABERS energy rating of five stars for both base building and tenancy area. Winyu House has a 74 kilowatt solar photovoltaic system which feeds into the base building. It also uses an energy efficient intelligent lighting installation which includes zone controls, motion sensors and timers.
During 2016-17 ACT Health completed the installation of a 500 kilowatt solar photovoltaic system on the roof of building 26 at the Canberra Hospital. The energy being generated from the system is utilised within the Canberra Hospital campus and assists to reduce the use of electricity on the campus. This project was part of the carbon neutral government loan fund and is complemented by the rollout of LED lighting throughout the hospital, which should be completed in 2018. The challenges associated with rolling the LED lighting project out in a clinical environment are being embraced and managed in a positive light.
Consistent with action 38 of the ACT’s carbon neutral government framework, the government, through ACT Property Group, purchased 7,700 megawatt hours of green power, representing an indicative five per cent of the ACT government’s energy consumption for 2016-17. In 2016-17 several government utilities contracts were renegotiated, resulting in energy savings including the whole-of-government gas contract, whole-of-government electricity contracts and whole-of-government small market electricity meter upgrade.
ACT government directorates all actively encourage staff to use sustainable transport options, including using ACTION buses, carpooling and cycling to meetings if possible. These actions reduce emissions from government transport. Staff are also encouraged to use other technologies to replace travel both locally and interstate, such as web conference and teleconference.
ACT Health reviewed the sustainability strategy 2010-2015 and has now had the Sustainability Strategy 2016-2020 endorsed by the ACT Health Executive Council. Landfill methane capture continued from the landfills at Mugga Lane and west Belconnen. This generated enough electricity to supply over 3,400 homes for one year. Canberra’s older, high wattage streetlights are being replaced with energy efficient equivalents. As at 30 June 2017 4,917 LEDs had been installed on the streetlight network in both new greenfield developments and as retrofits.
Government capital works projects aim to apply ecologically sustainable development principles where possible, including trees and plantings, greater areas of permeable paving that allows for absorption of stormwater on site, and new or upgraded lighting installations. Projects also seek to use and recycle items where feasible, and to find
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