Presentation by Libby Hynes of Darebin Council for the Springthorpe Energy Efficency and Sustainability Information session.

1. Environmental
Sustainability
Community Programs

2. Darebin key community sustainability
programs
• Sustainable Homes and Communities
• Delivering Clean Energy Solutions (DCES)
• Waste & litter
• Going places – sustainable travel
• Planting days & Friends groups
• Sustainability news

3. What is the Sustainable Homes & Communities
Program?
www.sustainablecommunities.vic.gov.au

4. DCES – bulk buy project
Solar hot water systems
Flat Plate
• $3,686* for 1-2 person household standard system complete install
• $3,686* for 3-4 person household standard system complete install
• $3,739* for 5+ person household standard system complete install
*Prices include rebates and REC/STCs, and VEECs for a fully installed
standard system, offer available if you agree to assign
RECs/STCs, VEECs to HWH Holdings.
Evacuated Tube
• Prices are based on a standard install and are inclusive of
GST
• $4,885* for 1-2 person household standard system complete install
• $5,098* for 3-4 person household standard system complete install
• $5,237* for 5+ person household standard system complete install
*Prices include rebates and REC/STCs, and VEECs for a fully installed
standard system, (offer available if you agree to assign
RECs/STCs, VEECs to EnviroGroup).

5. DCES – bulk buy project
Solar electricity (PV) systems
• EnviroGroup, a specialist provider of domestic solar
solutions will be supplying and installing all solar electricity
systems purchased. Our standard solar electricity system
is a 1.5kW (peak) system, which has an annual estimated
greenhouse gas saving of between 2.3 and 2.5
tonnes Don’t worry if you need a bigger or smaller system,
EnviroGroup will advise you of the most appropriate system
for your home when they prepare your quote.
• EnviroPay sale price is based on a standard install and
inclusive of GST
• 1kW $ 4,603* **
• 1.5kW $ 5,853* **
• 2kW $ 8,976* **
• *Prices include rebates and REC/STCs for systems
installed by June 30 2012 on a fully installed standard
system; offer available if you agree to assign RECs/STCs
to EnviroGroup.
• **EnviroPay sale price. Cash discounts apply

6. Waste & litter
• Weekly garbage collection
• Fortnightly recycling collection
• Optional fortnightly green waste
• Annual booked hard rubbish collection
• Street cleaning and litter services
• Resource Recovery Centre and Trash and
Treasure shop – Kurnai Avenue Reservoir
• Compost bins and worm farms for sale
• Clean up Australia Day in March

7. Going Places - Darebin's Travel
Rewards Scheme.
• Come and join the club where you are
rewarded for making a difference on a local
and global scale. The way we travel effects
not only ourselves but our neighbours,
people in the next street and people in the
next suburb. Going Places is designed to
reward you for making choices that reduce
those impacts – not only on people but on
the environment too. www.goingplaces.darebin.vic.gov.au
• Going Places is designed to encourage
you to walk, cycle, take public transport or
car pool for two trips each week that you
would usually do by car alone.

8. Planting days and Friends
Groups

9. Sustainability News
The newsletter includes details on upcoming environmental
events, workshops and seminars, sustainable living, products and
local environmental projects.

10. Questions
www.darebin.vic.gov.au