Gladstone Ports has developed an in-house fix to cut dozer idle time, ANZ has targeted its most energy-inefficient branches and Australia Post has a new $500,000 fund to trial new technologies, according to their EEO public reports.
A cost-effective temporary metering system enabled the University of Queensland's energy team to make some simple changes to the campus air conditioning system that will save more than $100,000 per year.
Based on in-depth research with 47 businesses that account for 70% of Australian industry's energy use, think-tank ClimateWorks has identified three practices that will triple the energy savings in companies that implement them compared with those that don't.
Some refrigerant contractors are using the carbon scheme as an excuse to charge exorbitant prices, but there is plenty that companies can do to cut costs and emissions, says Michael Bellstedt of Minus40.
Instead of conducting an energy audit and then hunting for funding to act on the findings, a Victorian program has used energy performance contracting to achieve results far exceeding expectations.