Daniel Cook
Brimbank council is continuing its push toward renewable energy,with more council-owned buildings and facilities now powered by 100 per cent renewable energy, according to council.
Local buildings, sports grounds, community venues, leisure centres and street lights managed by the council are now renewable.
The council said these new renewable efforts would shave 23 per cent off of its electricity bill each year, compared with the last 12 months.
It comes a few months after the council joined the Victorian Energy Collaboration to pool 46 councils’ energy needs, which it called “the largest ever emissions reduction project by local government in Australia”.
Brimbank mayor Ranka Rasic said the council was ahead of the game on renewable energy.
“Brimbank was the first council in Melbourne’s west to adopt a Climate Emergency Plan with a commitment to net zero emissions in our operations by 2030,” Cr Rasic said.
Daniel Cook
