Resource Topic: Clean Energy Transition
Minimum Standards for Rental Properties and Rooming Houses
2/07/2024Lighter Footprints supports the proposed minimum standards for Rental Properties and Rooming Houses and encourages the State Government to help low-income home owners to improve the thermal efficiency of their homes. Lighter Footprints also encourages the State Government to talk to the Federal Government about linking tax incentives for landlords to the condition of rental […]
Gas System Code of Practice
29/06/2024Dec 23 – Response to the ESC’s draft Gas System Code of Practice Key messages Support for making new gas customers pay for the full cost of connection. Provision of information and reporting requirements to better inform the transition. Allowing customers to leave the network if they do not want hydrogen in their homes. The […]
Residential Electrification
29/06/2024Sep 23 – Federal submission on Residential Electrification to the Senate Economics Reference Committee Key messages There is no time to waste. Don’t let perfection be the enemy of progress. Residential electrification / efficiency can be accelerated by action at Federal, State, Local Governments and community groups.
Fuel Efficiency Standards
29/06/2024May 23 – Submission to the Federal Department of Infrastructure, transport and vehicle Key messages FES needs to be applied to all new vehicles, with light vehicles (GVM of 3.5t and lower – MA, NA, MC) ASAP and trucks, buses, and heavier vehicles to follow, FES should be the mechanism of the initial transition, ahead of bringing […]
Macroeconomics with Richard Denniss June 19 Agenda with links
16/06/2024Race to Zero with Simon Holmes à Court February 2024
21/02/2024Australia’s Race to Zero Agenda with links – February 2024
19/02/2024Safeguarding our Climate – Agenda with links, April 2023
24/04/2023Innovate 2023 Annual Energy Update with Simon Holmes à Court slideset
23/02/2023Victoria’s Offshore Wind Policy (LF Submission 28/06/22)
4/07/2022Submission to Vic Govt for “Victoria’s Offshore Wind Policy Directions Paper”: LINK:>> LF submission – offshore wind policy 28th Jun 2022 The Victorian Government has recently committed to a 2032 offshore wind target for Victoria of at least 2GW, aiming for first power by 2028. It has also set targets to reach 4GW of offshore […]
Offshore Wind – Naomi Campbell, Development Director, Star of the South slideset
3/07/2022Offshore wind – Pat Simons, Yes2Renewables Coordinator slideset
3/07/2022Make Solar Easy March 16 Solidest
24/03/2022Make Solar Easy Agenda – March 16
15/03/2022Superpower 2022 with Simon Holmes à Court slideset
23/02/2022Agenda – Going it Alone! What States can do on climate with Minister D’Ambrosio – October 20
19/10/2021Going it Alone! What States can do on climate with Minister D’Ambrosio – October 20th, Agenda and Next Steps You can watch the Minister’s presentation and Q&A again on our YouTube channel, follow the tweet string here for notes and links, and look at areas for State action in our blog here.
States Going it Alone – October 2021
18/10/2021States Going it Alone – What States can do – Agenda and next steps October 2021
Agenda with links for Learn more about Boroondara’s Climate Action Plan
27/09/2021Agenda with links for Learn more about Boroondara’s Climate Action Plan. You can also view the meeting again on our You Tube channel, and check out our tweet string here.
75 by 2030: Civil Society Joint Statement on Climate Ambition
8/08/2021“all Australian federal political parties should be pursuing a science-based target of 75% pollution reduction by 2030, with a just and fair national plan to rapidly slash climate pollution across our economy this decade” from this joint statement from civil society organisations via climate peak body Climate Action Network Australia of which Lighter Footprints is […]
Presenters slides: Community Batteries event with Greg Hannan, Citipower/United and Chris Wallin, YEF, June 30 2021
1/07/2021Presenters’ Slides: Community Battery Event, June 30th 2021 with Greg Hannan, Head of Network Solutions, Citipower/United energy Chris Wallin, Community Battery Project Manager, Yarra Energy Foundation Check out our Community Battery information page with links to many resources. You Tube video with directory and chapter points. Image Album
June 30 Community Batteries Online Agenda and Next Steps
28/06/2021Check out the OnlineJune 30 Agenda and Next Steps online Agenda for June 30, also with resources and next steps
June 30 Community Batteries In-person Agenda
28/06/2021Agenda for Community Battery meeting June 30th with Greg Hannan, Head of Network Solutions, Citipower/United energy Chris Wallin, Community Battery Project Manager, Yarra Energy Foundation Check out our Community Battery information page with links to many resources. You Tube video with directory and chapter points. Presenters’ slides as pdf Image Album
Community Batteries and Storage quick facts
28/06/2021What is a community battery and why would we want one? A quick guide
Making the switch to clean, efficient electric homes interactive pdf
26/06/2021Planning your switch from gas to electricity An electric heat pump hot water system will deliver hot water cleanly and efficiently Reverse-cycle air conditioners provide efficient heating & cooling Induction cooking is fast, responsive, efficient and healthy Closing your gas account will save hundreds of dollars per year in service charges. All electric homes with […]