Brisbane is encouraging its citizens in its part of sustainable development efforts, and to modify their way of life, to become Australia's most sustainable urban sustainable development towards a low carbon future steps.
Brisbane City Council launched several programs covering all aspects of society and integration of clean energy such as solar power generation in Brisbane and other environmental benefits of economic opening.
Through the heart of Brisbane's green plan, the community will be able to modify their homes, schools and businesses to achieve sustainability.
Green heart home
City Council, aims to improve household energy efficiency and water management, rebates and incentives surrounding residents will have more opportunities and investment in solar power, solar hot water system, the efficiency of other energy sources such as power and energy optimizer unit, such as smart water shower unit.
The export tax rebate rate and grant co-promotional activities and information dissemination in time, to create an active strong sense of responsibility among the residents, and is committed to reducing carbon dioxide, protect the environment while saving money in energy bills.
Green Heart of Mary School
Brisbane is one of the few cities focused on the sustainable development of the school curriculum, the green heart of plans by students and teachers are kept informed of the latest environmental news, affect the whole school community and the sustainability of the game, to help students to become more eco-friendly when they are young.
Green Enterprise
Enterprises have the opportunity to participate in "a few green business program, through the city's enterprise switching solution, will be able to take energy efficiency unit, clean energy investment and NABERS assessment will determine your overall environmental action a huge discount, which also includes an advantage on how to improve its structure plan in addition to discounts, the City Council will also provide sustainable funding for eligible companies to subsidize green renovation costs, and improve the Green Star rating from NABERS.
Other business processes including EcoBiz, provides a detailed report on how key areas of environmental protection in the following companies were awarded:
Measure your current use of resources
Make sure your business areas for improvement
Planning and implementation of eco-efficiency and sustainable business practices
And then re-measured to see the savings.
Brisbane is also working closely with the transport sector, how to reduce pollution and improve the vehicle's mileage and encourage the use of short-range devices bicycle plan.
Also introduced a number of activities by the Brisbane City Council about the government plans a large-scale groups of people, and what they can do to reduce the city's overall carbon emissions
