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Hi <<First Name>>,
The last two weeks have seen extraordinary changes in the way we interact and work as a result of the Covid-19 virus. Like many other businesses, our staff have adjusted to the routine of working from home on a full-time basis.
Working from home has been part and parcel of our approach since we went into business and our technologies and workspaces are well equipped to allow us to continue to provide high-quality services to our clients.
Aside from face-to-face meetings, we are delivering the majority of our services as usual, including:
- Carbon neutral services, such as developing Climate Active carbon footprints
- Developing climate action strategies
- Desktop-based solar feasibility services
- Developing solar tender specifications, helping clients go to market for quotes and tenders, and evaluating offers for solar PV systems
- Online training
- Our Energy-On-Call service
In terms of meeting with our clients, we have switched over to using Zoom, which allows us to share our screens with our clients. It also means that we can continue to hold virtual presentations and even workshops.
 The Covid-19 virus is presenting us with numerous challenges about the way we work, but it is also driving us to innovate and find new ways to work to address the continuing challenge of climate change. At a wider level, the ways in which society is uniting to slow, and innovating to find cures for this virus are testament to how we can work together to quickly solve big problems.
Coming out on the other side of the current crisis, we hope to be able to continue to help develop and report on the commitments and successes of Australian organisations as they respond to the climate crisis.
For example, in this newsletter we include a case study of Bowen Library in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs. Through the implementation of energy efficiency and solar PV measures, the library managed to save 40% in electricity use in just one year.
Our second blog post focuses on fossil fuel divestments made by Australian universities.
In other news, Telstra has announced a significant acceleration in their response to reducing their impact on climate change, expressed in three key goals.
- To be carbon neutral in their operations from this year, 2020.
- To be renewable leaders by enabling renewable energy generation equivalent to 100% of their consumption by 2025.
- Reduce their absolute emissions by at least 50% by 2030.
Lastly, 100% Renewables recently worked with the City of Canada Bay to develop Climate Change Action Plans. Council recently resolved to adopt an Emissions Reduction Plan based on these, focused on both Council operations and the community. As part of this Plan, City of Canada Bay Council has adopted the ambitious targets of net zero emissions from Council operations by 2030, and net-zero emissions from the City of Canada Bay community by 2050.
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