One of Australia's biggest health-care providers has won approval to earn carbon credits, as it aims to cut total energy use by up to 40% by the end of 2018.
Proposed changes to Victoria's VEET scheme, announced today, would allow businesses to subsidise complex energy efficiency projects and would also reward building upgrades.
The Federal Government has told an international forum its annual spending on clean energy R&D will rise to $208 million by 2020, while a 24-economy alliance has launched new programs on energy efficiency and renewables.
A new project financed by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation highlights the significant energy savings that organisations can make through voltage optimisation.