Environmental Performance – Innovation Grant

Up to $80,000 is available to develop or implement new processes to achieve greenhouse gas emissions reductions.

Overview

The Environmental Performance – Innovation Grant aims to support development or implementation of new technologies or processes that are currently not being implemented in the local market, but have the potential to achieve greenhouse gas emissions reductions and resource efficiencies that could be rolled out at scale within the City of Sydney.

Initiatives and projects can contribute to one or more of the following outcomes:

Increased renewable energy production and/or resource efficiency across the local government area
Greater uptake by building owners, businesses and owners corporations of efficient and effective green solutions
Enhanced knowledge sharing on best practice environmental performance and new methods and solutions amongst building owners, businesses and owners corporations
Evidence of increased knowledge and skills amongst owners, residents, buildings and strata managers about innovative green solutions.

Funding

Funding under the Environmental Performance – Innovation funding stream is available in two categories:

Feasibility Studies that investigate innovative environmental solutions with potential to improve environmental performance across a range of buildings and facilities in Sydney. Up to $20,000 is available in this category, with support to be matched by 25% or more cash or value‐in‐kind from applicant
Demonstration Projects that implement solutions to reduce resource consumption and that can be rolled out at scale. Up to $80,000 is available in this category with funds to be matched by 50% or more cash or value‐in‐kind from the applicant.

Eligibility

To be eligible for funding an applicant must:

Operate within the local government area or able to demonstrate benefits for the City’s residents, workers and/or visitors
Be an
- Owners Corporation; or
- Business/commercial office; or
- Not‐for profit organisation.

Applications will be assessed against the Environmental Performance – Innovation Grant priorities and desired outcomes. The assessment panel will also consider the following:

Feasibility Studies

Project justification and need
Extent to which the project addresses grant funding program objectives and intended benefits and outcomes
Capacity and experience of the applicant to undertake the project
Clear knowledge sharing/communications plan
Provision of required supporting documentation (see Supporting Documentation).

Demonstration Grants

Project feasibility, justification and need
Extent to which the project addresses funding program objectives
Demonstrated balance of innovation and applicability to encourage uptake across the City of Sydney
Clear knowledge sharing/communications plan including case studies and site visits as appropriate
Monitoring and verification plan including methodology to measure and verify social, financial and environmental benefits including six, 12 and 18 month data report on results following implementation
Three quotes for works and justification for selection of preferred contractor
Development approval where required
Provision of required supporting documentation.

Timing

This program is open all year for applications until funds are exhausted.

More Information

Source
Environmental Performance – Innovation Grant Guidelines

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