{"id":4490,"date":"2019-12-04T09:05:29","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T09:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=4490"},"modified":"2019-12-04T09:05:29","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T09:05:29","slug":"newcastles-environmental-initiatives-win-major-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/12\/04\/newcastles-environmental-initiatives-win-major-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle&#039;s environmental initiatives win major award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>City of Newcastle\u2019s efforts to bring the city up to world-leading environmental standards through initiatives such as a 5MW solar farm, 5,000 new LED street lights and electric vehicle charging stations have earned it the leading prize in Local Government NSW\u2019s (LGNSW) Excellence in the Environment Awards.<br \/>\nLGNSW President Linda Scott said Newcastle led an impressive array of 16 category winners at this year\u2019s awards.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Enviro-award-courtesy-CN-1-inside.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/getattachment\/Council\/News\/Latest-News\/Newcastle-s-environmental-initiatives-win-major-aw\/Enviro-award-courtesy-CN-1-inside.jpg.aspx\" alt=\"Enviro-award-courtesy-CN-1-inside.jpg\" \/><strong><sub>James Griffin MP, Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment and Veterans, with the City&#8217;s Adam Clarke, Deputy Lord Mayor Declan Clausen, Linda Scott and and a Local Government NSW representative.<\/sub><\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cEach year NSW councils invest around $1.7 billion in environmental management and these awards recognise and celebrate their achievements,\u201d she said.<br \/>\n\u201cThe City of Newcastle is an outstanding example of the environmental leadership councils provide, implementing a whole-of-council sustainability framework based on leading-edge United Nations\u2019 sustainable development goals.<br \/>\n\u201cThey delivered more than $10 million in projects to improve sustainability, using CSIRO-predictive modelling to reduce air conditioning loads on buildings, established a network of sky cameras to predict cloud impact on solar power, created an e-transit hub with a solar car park and built a 5MW solar farm.<br \/>\n\u201cThey also planted 1,000 street trees and 100,000 native plants.<br \/>\n\u201cThe outcome is a city that is well positioned for environmental sustainability well into the future.\u201d<br \/>\nThe initiative also saw the prestigious Louise Petchell Memorial Award for Individual Sustainability go to City of Newcastle\u2019s Innovation and Sustainability Coordinator Adam Clarke.<br \/>\n\u201cAdam showed great leadership in driving many of these initiatives through a combination of inspiration, education and enthusiasm, and is a deserving winner of this year\u2019s individual award,\u201d Cr Scott said.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Enviro-award-courtesy-CN-cropped.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/getattachment\/Council\/News\/Latest-News\/Newcastle-s-environmental-initiatives-win-major-aw\/Enviro-award-courtesy-CN-cropped.jpg.aspx\" alt=\"Enviro-award-courtesy-CN-cropped.jpg\" \/>Waverley Council was also a big winner on the day, receiving awards in the Towards Net Zero Emissions, Water Management, Behaviour Change in Waste and Sustainable Infrastructure categories.<br \/>\nOther individual category winners at this year\u2019s awards included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Parkes Shire Council\u2019s \u2018Water Story\u2019, an effective communications program, including a giant frog mascot, to educate the community on broad water issues and important upgrades to recycled water infrastructure;<\/li>\n<li>Bayside Council\u2019s Community Recycling Hub, which allows residents to drop off unwanted items at two locations, resulting in the collection of 44 tonnes of community waste, 90 per cent of which was recovered;<\/li>\n<li>Tweed Shire Council\u2019s Tackling Mosquitoes Together project, which saw collaboration with seven Northern Rivers councils prepare for potential disease vectors in a changing climate such as Asian tiger mosquitoes, known carriers of Dengue fever, through the establishment of rapid response networks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cNSW councils have a strong environmental record and LGNSW supports their efforts through these awards as well as a range of initiatives,\u201d Cr Scott said.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are also joining councils on calling for the NSW Government to fund and help deliver a fresh approach to waste and recycling through our Save Our Recycling campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City of Newcastle\u2019s efforts to bring the city up to world-leading environmental standards through initiatives such as a 5MW solar farm, 5,000 new LED street lights and electric vehicle charging stations have earned it the leading prize in Local Government NSW\u2019s (LGNSW) Excellence in the Environment Awards. LGNSW President Linda Scott said Newcastle led an &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/12\/04\/newcastles-environmental-initiatives-win-major-award\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Newcastle&#039;s environmental initiatives win major award&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4490\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}