Funding was committed to the following projects through the August 2006
funding round.
• Bioenergy in the Avon
• Captain Cleanup Energy Education Program
• Perth Sun Fair 2007
• Saving Water and Power Program
• Solar Education Project
• Sustainable Energy Education Resources Project
• Thermal Field Monitoring Station
• Home Energy Audits and Education
Bioenergy in the Avon:
Avongro Whealtbelt Tree Cropping Inc. - $37,500
Avongro Whealtbelt Tree Cropping Inc. will develop case studies to explore
the suitability of potential new biomass industries for the Avon Region
in Western Australia. The case studies will help assess whether sufficient
biomass can be grown and integrated into the landscape to address land
degradation and provide the resources to supply new bioenergy industries
for local use and export. The case studies will focus on the most promising
new industries for the Avon Region, including feed stocks, transport and
processing opportunities.
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Captain Cleanup's Energy Education Program:
Multiple Schools - $24,144 (total funding)
A total of eight schools will take part in Captain Cleanup's Energy Education
Program to help reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions
in the local community. The education program aims to increase student
awareness of energy use and associated greenhouse gas emissions both at
school and in the home. It includes an energy management component, with
students involved in an annual energy audit of the school and the development
of an energy action plan. As part of the program, students will learn
the skills necessary to identify, quantify and evaluate areas for energy
efficiency improvements, both at school and at home. Participating schools
include Bentley Primary School, Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School, Caralee
Community School, Dalyellup Primary School, Gooseberry Hill Primary School,
Hilton Primary School, Lancelin Primary School and Maida Vale Primary
School.
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Perth Sun Fair 2007:
Alternative Technology Association - $10,000
The Alternative Technology Association will hold a sustainable living
fair at the University of Western Australia to display information, technology
and philosophies related to renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainable
living. The fair is aimed at the mainstream general public and includes
renewable energy displays, interactive demonstrations and seminars on
energy efficiency. It also provides an opportunity for exhibitors to network
and share information, resources, ideas and experiences.
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Saving Water and Power Program:
Environment House - $50,000
Environment House will provide up to $50 worth of energy efficiency products
free of charge as part of its $WaP (Saving Water and Power) Program. Among
other initiatives, the $WaP Program will provide low income households
with home energy and water audits. A range of energy efficiency products
will be offered as part of the audits to encourage low-income households
to participate in the program, including power point timers, individually-switched
power boards, LED night lights, compact fluorescent lamps, draught-stoppers
and hot water pipe insulation.
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Solar Education Project:
Leeming Senior High School - $10,000
Leeming Senior High School is developing a school-wide educational project
focussing on alternative energy solutions. The main component of the project
is to design and construct a solar powered car, which will then be entered
in the Panasonic World Solar Challenge. The project will increase awareness
and knowledge of solar energy amongst students directly involved in the
project, as well as raise awareness among the whole-of-school community
and members of the wider community.
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Sustainable Energy Education Resources Project:
Edith Cowan University - $50,000
Edith Cowan University, in collaboration with the Education Department,
four schools and the Australian Association for Environmental Education,
will develop and trial children and adult education materials aimed at
reducing energy consumption and increasing the uptake of renewable energy
technologies. The materials will initially be trialled by two year groups
of children at Dalyellup Primary School and 50 householders in the local
area. They will then be evaluated, reviewed and retrialled more broadly
in four schools in the South West region. Under the Energy Challenge,
Amaroo Primary School, Bunbury Primary School, Dalyellup Primary School
and Bunbury Cathedral Grammar will receive renewable energy generation
equipment funded by Worsley Alumina (including solar, wind and bio-diesel
equipment). The education materials will ultimately be made available
for wider dissemination through the internet.
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Thermal Field Monitoring Station:
Random Valley Organic Wines - $20,555
This project will establish and test the performance of field based thermal
monitoring procedures in buildings using commercially available infrared
thermal imaging and visual data loggers. Random Valley Organic Wines is
currently constructing a cellar door outlet which will also serve as a
demonstration project of sustainable energy building principles. The building
will incorporate an educational thermal field monitoring station, which
will provide a highly visible, real time display of the building's performance
understandable to the general public. The project will develop field based
standard procedures for thermal monitoring of buildings and these will
be incorporated in the architecture course at Curtin University and made
readily available to industry.
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Home Energy Audits and Education:
Liquor Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union WA - $50,000
The Liquor Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union WA aims to raise awareness
amongst its members of climate change and educate its members on how they
can reduce greenhouse gas emissions within their households. Free energy
audits will be offered to 400 members and there will be a competition
for those who succeed in reaching greenhouse gas reduction targets. Information
about climate change and its potential impacts, about ways to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions in the home and about appropriate sustainable energy products
will be provided to members through magazines mailed out twice yearly.
The program will provide a case study in using an existing organisational
structure to educate householders on sustainable energy.
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