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Our sustainability journey
Sustainability
It’s who we are
It’s what we do
Our vision
To be Australia’s most
sustainable region –
vibrant, green, diverse
We define sustainability as:
Meeting the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of
future generations to meet their
own needs (Brundtland 1987)
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Getting the balance right
Productivity – efficiency, diversity, cost,
employment, affordability, compatibility,
longevity
People - health, education, access,
mobility, wellbeing, lifestyles, happiness
Planet – conservation, rehabilitation,
restoration, adaptation, utilisation
Economy
Society
Environment
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Indicators
ACF Sustainable Cities Index
Environmental
Air quality, ecological footprint,
water, biodiversity, green building
Quality of life
Health, transport, employment,
density, subjective wellbeing
Resilience
Climate change, food production,
education, household repayments,
public participation
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Where do we
put our energy
Maintain the region’s
• Air quality
• Water,
• Biodiversity
• Wellbeing + health
• Food production
Sunshine Coast challenges
• Affordability
• Low population density
• Lack of public transport
• Employment
• Climate change
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Council’s role
The Sunshine Coast Council aims to help
build a sustainable region by:
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Being future focussed
Developing innovative public policy
Partnering with our communities
Facilitating networks
Stimulating debate
Through appropriate regulation
Leading by example particularly in sustainable business practice
We do not want to stifle innovation
through bureaucratic practices
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Setting the policy agenda
Strategies
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Community Plan
Climate Change & Peak Oil
Waste Minimisation
Biodiversity
Affordable Living
Sustainable Transport
Open Space
Waterways & Coastal
Economic Development
Action Plans
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Carbon Neutral Plan
Energy Transition Plan
Public Transport Plan
Creative Communities Plan
Access and Inclusion Plan
All strategies have sustainability as a
theme and cross reference one
another
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Community Engagement
Our strategies were developed with community
input
• The community plan involved
– an analysis of all previous consultations for
the past seven years
– a photographic competition
– market research
– a community conference
– online engagement
• Major strategies were discussed holistically with
the community under the tag line our place our
future
• Working Groups have helped develop the action
plans
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Success Stories
Corporate fleet
• Reduced 6 cylinder petrol cars/utes by 62
= 200,000 litres less petrol used
• Light vehicle fleet June 2011
4 cylinder
vehicles
75%
June 10
94%
March 12
Diesel vehicles
50%
June 10
82%
March 12
Trial of electric
cars, 2 Nissan
Leafs
Fuel budget reduced by $1.2 million annually
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Waste
Recycling
Over 30,000 tonnes of waste diverted from landfill
In partnership with STEPS
11,000 mattresses diverted and components recycled
Landfill gas
Flare systems installed at Caloundra and Nambour landfills
Assessing commercial flow of gas and potential for
electricity generation
Garbage trucks
Preparing for biodiesel usage
Vehicle emission standards incorporated into next
collection contracts
Garage Sale Trail
May 5th 2012 – part of an Australia-wide program
E-Waste
Trialling an e-waste collection with BuyEquip
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Erosion and Sediment Control
This is a partnership with council, developers and land
contractors
Before: Poor sediment control,
no progressive re-vegetation
After: Progressive re-vegetation
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Building and facilities
Sustainability Action Package
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addressing the top 10 energy use buildings
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design guidelines for sustainable buildings
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coordinated approach to our 2200 buildings &
facilities
Innovation
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examining thermal solar chiller for airconditioning unit at Eddie De Vere Building
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SmartCool managing air-conditioning at
Caloundra Library
‘Power Down’
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behaviour change program program
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targeting actions to facility users, eg pools,
halls offices
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builds on previous behaviour change programs
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Other success stories
33 traineeships in 2012
Highest number of trainees taken on by SCC
Community gardens
4 new groups receiving leases - Cooroy, Buddina,
Nambour Showgrounds and Lake Kawana
Sport and recreation venues
Noosa Aquatic Centre recognised by State Govt
as best practice for energy, waste and water use
Eg VSDs, backwash system, water tanks
Solar PV on Stockland Stadium
30 kW system is council’s largest solar installation
Over 10 council buildings now have solar installed
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Council as a community
We do not have a department driving sustainability in
our Council but rather a network called the
Sustainability and Innovation Group which has
focused on:
 Staff education – 80 people have undertaken a
diploma in sustainability
 Developing a group of internal champions
 Developing a set of sustainability principles
 Developing an annual Sustainability Action
Plan
 ecoBiz accreditation for council businesses
 Becoming a carbon neutral organisation
 3 key spearhead projects
• Biodiesel
• Solar initiatives
• Sustainable action package for
Council buildings
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Future challenges
Internal
• Continuing to Developing a corporate culture with sustainability as
core business
• Lifting the bar –
“It’s about more than just recycling office paper”
• Getting managers and budgets on board for integrated results
External
• Public transport
• Our existing urban form and built environment
• Population growth and development pressures
• State and federal governments
• People…. tend to have an immediate focus over a future focus
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Final thought
To be sustainable we need
to be like water Transformative
Regenerative
Adaptive
Mobile
Shapeless
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Questions
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