Climate Change and Energy
Project Examples
- Climate Change Action Plan for the city: Development of sustainability strategies for Taiwan's No.2 city including CO2 inventories, climate change action and international cooperation
- Greenhouse gas audits: Undertaking greenhouse gas audits of hospitals and other buildings as part of the Australian Greenhouse Gas Challenge
- Engaged in incorporating sustainability into major projects in Australia, including reducing carbon footprints and sustainable building design. Examples have included: building sustainability into the Southern Seawater Desalination Plant, Perth; sustainable design of a rail maintenance depot for Rio Tinto; advising Worsley Alumina on low carbon refurbishment of offices; for Delfin Lend Lease incorporation of low carbon and sustainability into a large housing and commercial development; review Landcorp's (the WA State government development agency) sustainability guidelines for industrial and commercial buildings, including a cost assessment and international review of best practice
- Undertaking greenhouse audits of hospitals and other buildings as part of the Australian Greenhouse Gas Challenge
- Concept Development & Communication Strategy: Danish Energy Association, Zentropa Workz (through Co-creative)
- Energy efficiency: Developed and implemented corporate wide energy efficiency programmes for Toyota GB and across Europe for InterfaceFLOR. Provided energy awareness and training programmes for multinationals and SMEs and company environmental best practice programmes covering energy saving opportunities
- Carbon offsetting: Implemented various carbon-offsetting schemes. The European Cool Carpet product offset scheme for InterfaceFLOR offset over 125,000 tonnes of carbon over first 4 years of implementation
- Developing a European position for InterfaceFLOR on the use of low carbon fuels in 2006 and communicating this to relevant suppliers / stakeholders
- Assessing policy and legislative positions regarding biofuel, as part of development of Toyota European position on biofuels in 2004