Gabrielle Breen, Public Lighting Manager

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Sustainable Public Lighting Developments in
Australia and Implications for Western Australia

• Gabrielle Breen, Public Lighting Manager
• 13 March 2008

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Todays aims

• Get informed of developments
• Discuss how to implement Sage report
  recommendations
• Provide direction to WALGA, the Sustainable
  Streetlighting Working Group and ICLEI Oceania

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WA update

• Melanie Bainbridge
• Environmental Policy Officer
• WALGA

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Victoria

• Victorian SPL Action Group
• T5s approved last week!
• Next will draft OMR charges for pricing
  determination
• Strategic Roadmap
• Statewide business case
• High level action
• Bulk changeovers this year

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Other Victorian projects

• Westernport Greenhouse Alliance Business Plan
  projects
• Northern Alliance for Greenhouse Action car park
  reserve lighting demonstration/ guide
• Scoping by Clinton Foundation

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NSW

• Coffs Harbour changeover 2005
• Street Lighting Improvement Program
• 29 councils, 4.2M funding
• Australian Energy Regulator review
• 11 replacement

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Queensland

• Government commitment and report in 2006
• Working group of councils, Dept. Mines and Energy
  and Energex (DB)
• New trials with new measurement framework
• Townsville investigating SPL

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South Australia

• SA SPL Guide
• Action planning project, 6 councils
• Regional Asset Audit (current)
• SPL Project 2008 (current)
• To create a fair, reasonable and orderly
  transition to efficient minor road streetlighting
  in the state

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SA public lighting market
(Day 2003)
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Nationally

• Major/minor roads split
• Future of Greenlight Strategy unclear
• Major roads and Design Energy Limits
• Range of tools
• ICLEI research, consultation and evaluation

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Strategies

• Advocacy
• Technical research/trials
• Financial modelling
• Voluntary negotiation
• Officer level and high level
• Data improvement

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Success factors

• Concerted, regional/state effort
• Council preparedness
• Coordination communication at all levels
• Growing national momentum
• Contestability is not a silver bullet
• Champions and experts state and council

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Discussion

• How can local government in WA best implement
  the recommendations of the Improved street
  lighting for greenhouse and safety benefits
  report?

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Report recommendations

• Include AS 1158 compliance in policy/ design
• Efficient new and replacement lights
• Efficient and AS compliant underground projects
• Provide price breakdown in invoices
• Phase out MV 80W
• Include efficient lights on available stock

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www.iclei.org/ccp-au/publiclighting
www.iclei.org/ccp-au/publiclighting
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What ICLEI can assist with

• Networking and communications
• Brokering consolidation of technical info
• Advocate for stronger national assistance
• Potentially broker bulk procurement?
• Potential for international connections?

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From here

• 14 April High level meeting
• Late April/early May Sustainable Street Lighting
  Working Group meeting
• Provide direction to ICLEI Oceania
• End of June completion of action plans (by
  Advancing Action Project councils)

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Contact

• Gabrielle Breen
• CCP Public Lighting Manager
• 03 9660 2244
• publiclighting-anz_at_iclei.org
• Melanie Bainbridge
• Environmental Policy Officer
• 08 9213 2039
• mbainbridge_at_walga.asn.au