Apartment sustainability and energy savings

View the recording below of a recent webinar to learn about projects to help your strata save on energy bills and make your apartment building more sustainable. You'll hear about:

  • hot water storage options
  • LED lighting upgrades
  • efficient pumps for pools and basements
  • solar and batteries
  • EV charging
  • how to pass a Sustainability Infrastructure Upgrade resolution.

Grab a drink and settle in to watch this informative one-hour presentation with apartment sustainability consultant Brent Clark (March 2025).

 

Project ideas and resources

Click on the tabs below to find resources, links and advice to help you start a project.

Install solar on your block

Upgrade your lighting

Minimise your water bills

  • WaterFix® Strata program – register for a free water efficiency desktop assessment to help minimise levies and water bills in your strata building.

Set up electric vehicle charging

Find advice for renters

 

Find legal tips for strata sustainability projects

Check this guide for going all electric

  

 

Apartment Energy Savings Program

Our free Apartment Sustainability and Energy Savings Program is currently assisting strata buildings to reduce energy use, water and waste resulting in potentially thousands of dollars savings per year. Applications for our March 2025 round are now closed.
 
This information will be updated when our program is available again.  You can register your interest in future rounds of the program by completing this form.
 

Why get involved?

Buildings selected to be part of the program will receive a free sustainability assessment performed by an industry specialist. The assessment may include the following areas:

  • Energy
  • Water
  • Solar
  • EV Charging
  • Electrification (getting of gas)

We'll then provide detailed reports clearly showing the financial case for upgrades and implementation support.

Project goals

This program aims to reduce common area energy use in all participating buildings by 20% and showcase sustainability projects being implemented locally.

What’s involved?

  1. Interested residents submit an expression of interest application.
  2. Council assesses expressions of interest and determines successful applicants.
  3. Strata committee approves sustainability assessment and shares relevant utility bill data with assessor.
  4. Council organises and funds the energy assessments and reports.
  5. Body corporate reviews energy saving options and determines implementation.
  6. Council requests feedback from participants to create case studies to support other buildings interested in energy efficiency upgrades.

Who should apply?

We are looking for strata buildings committed to reducing energy use and saving on strata fees. We especially encourage applications from buildings with high energy bills and large communal facilities such as pools, gyms and underground car parks.

Selection criteria: successful applications will be those whose applications demonstrate high likelihood of implementing energy savings measures, opportunities for emissions reductions and the prospect of providing case studies for buildings with similar facilities.

How to express interest for future rounds

Expressions of interest for our March 2025 round of this program are now closed and we are working with successful buildings.

You can complete your details in the Expression of Interest form below if you wish to be considered for future rounds of this program.

Expression of Interest Form

Key contacts

Email our sustainability team.

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