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GreenPower

• "GreenPower from Strength to Strength" – A formal Review of GreenPower options and the program itself was undertaken by the Department of Energy Utilities and Sustainability (DEUS).  The aim "was to enhance the effectiveness of GreenPower in supporting new renewable energy development".

  A discussion paper "GreenPower, From Strength to Strength" was released in June 2005, with submissions and responses to this paper forming the basis for the released outcomes paper.

• Review of Australian GreenPower Schemes Feb 2002 – Published discussion paper by Robert Passey and Muriel Watt
• More about the Department of Energy Utilities and Sustainability (DEUS)
• "The GreenPower Tour" – community education campaign
• Research Institute for Sustainable Energy – research studies and training opportunities

Green Electricity Watch

Eight of Australia's key environment organisations joined forces to survey national energy retailers, with thirteen of the fourteen electricity retailers participating.  How did they score?

• The survey process
• Energy retailers showing a strong commitment to responsible environmental policy
• The latest Green Electricity Watch Scorecard – How did they compare?

Energy efficiency case studies and best practice

• Industry Partnership Program – generating savings through Cleaner Production
• Energy Smart Business partners – saving on energy costs
• Bakers Delight - Mascot – saving 32% in energy costs and 48% greenhouse gas emissions
• Energy Efficiency Best Practice (EEBP) program – saving energy in heavy industry, retail and wineries
• Australian Conservation Foundation's Green office
• Greenhouse Friendly^TM businesses
• Greenhouse Challenge Plus – cutting greenhouse emissions
• Australian Building Greenhouse Rating (ABGR) scheme – improving greenhouse performance and energy reductions

More tips

• Green office guide – environmentally friendly office equipment
• Down-to-Earth Officecare Guide – reducing your impact on the environment by reducing energy, paper and water consumption

Tools, strategies and initiatives

• Green Building Council of Australia – developing a sustainable property industry in Australia and the 'Green Star' building rating scheme
• Australian Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) – industry association supporting the sustainable energy industry in Australia
• Towards NSW's Clean Energy Future – a plan to cut NSW's greenhouse gas emissions from electricity by 2010
• National Framework for Energy Efficiency (NFEE) increasing the uptake of energy-efficient technologies and processes across the Australian economy
• Triple Bottom Line Reporting in Australia – guide to reporting against environmental indicators

Kyoto Protocol and climate change

Australians produce more greenhouse gases per person than any other nation in the world.

• Kyoto Protocol – is an international treaty aiming to reduce greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere. The treaty sets legally binding limits on greenhouse gas emissions, among other things.  Australia has signed the Kyoto Protocol and has committed to meeting its Kyoto Protocol target, and has set a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 60 per cent on 2000 levels by 2050. Find out more
• Find out about the science and impact of climate change
• Read the Climate change science: questions answered publication
• Visit the Australian Greenhouse Office and find out more about climate change via the Climate Action Network

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