Sustainability Fund Allocations 2013 - 2014 NEW COMMITMENTS FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY FUND Organisation Project Funding Support $ Department of Environment and Primary Industries Getting full value: Victoria’s Waste and Resource Recovery Policy 12,000,000 Department of Environment and Primary Industries Environmental Partnerships: Supporting Native Vegetation and Threatened Species 12,000,000 Department of Environment and Primary Industries A Cleaner Yarra River and Port Phillip Bay 6,515,000 Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure Local Government Reform Strategy 2,700,000 Environment Protection Authority Victoria Bunting Road Brooklyn, Road Sealing Project 900,000 NEW ALLOCATIONS MADE UNDER EXISTING SUSTAINABILITY FUND SUPPORTED PROGRAMS Projects overseen by the Department of Environment and Primary Industries Funding Program: Victorian Adaptation and Sustainability Partnerships - Competitive Category Organisation Project Funding Amount $ Alpine Shire Communities Adapting to Climate Change: Building resilience to overcome hazards 100,000 Boroondara City Bushland and Urban Biodiversity Management in a Changed Climate P.II 73,000 Casey City Local Government Climate Change – Financial Risk Adaptation Planning (FRAP) Process 200,000 Colac Otway Shire Climate Resilient Communities Great South Coast – Phase Three Action Implementation 200,000 Colac Otway Shire Climate Resilient Communities G21 Region – Phase Three Action Implementation 200,000 Darebin City Adaptation Mechanisms for Vulnerable Low Income and Rental Households 85,000 East Gippsland Shire Climate Risk and Resilience Information Provision for Property Buyers 80,000 East Gippsland Shire Concept design for Coastal Flooding Embedding Climate Change Adaptation in Councils 80,000 Greater Geelong City Understanding Support Context for Embedding Climate Change Adaptation in Councils 200,000 Greater Geelong City Heatwaves and Social Vulnerabilities 150,000
Greater Geelong City Bellarine Peninsula and Corio Bay – Coastal Climate Change Risk Assessment 175,000 Hepburn Shire Listening to the Land; Looking to the Future 200,000 Hume City Heatwave Help for Hume Home Care Clients 100,000 Maroondah City Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap for Decision Makers in Melbourne’s East 100,000 Melbourne City Assessing the Economic Value of Green Infrastructure 200,000 Moira Shire Climate-Smart Agricultural Development in the Goulburn – Broken Region 200,000 Mornington Peninsula Shire Are You Ready? 200,000 Port Phillip City Plan for Port Phillip Bay – A Regional Coastal Adaptation Framework 200,000 South Gippsland Shire Agricultural Resilience and Shared Climate Change Opportunities in Southern Gippsland 86,093 Southern Grampians Shire Enabling Adaptation Action for Vulnerable Rural Persons 67,760 Wangaratta Rural City Resilient Community Facilities 200,000 West Wimmera Shire Building Resilience in Farming Communities and Agri-business 200,000 Whittlesea City NAGA Climate Change Adaptation – Integrated Regional Vulnerability Assessment 150,000 Wyndham City ‘How Well Are We Adapting’ 200,000 Projects overseen by the Department of Environment and Primary Industries Funding Program: Victorian Adaptation and Sustainability Partnerships - Non-Competitive Category Organisation Project Funding Amount $ Alpine Shire REC-Less – Less Water, Less Often, More Resilient Open Spaces 80,000 Central Goldfields Shire Resilient Community Assets 240,000 Colac Otway Shire Embedding Climate Adaptation in Colac Otway Projects, Programmes and Processes 40,000
Friends of Organ Pipes National Park Planting the Pipes – A Junior Landcare Partnership 14,896 Friends of Organ Pipes nation Park Planting the Pipes – A Junior Landcare Partnership 15,380 Yelta Landcare Group Inc. Yelta Landcare Group Prickly Pear and African boxthorn control project 36,045 Manton & Stony Creeks Landcare Group Red Hill Community Reserve 148,925 Euroa Arboretum Inc. Enhancing and educating about Grassy Woodlands across north east Victoria 148,900 Longwood Plains Conservation Management Network An integrated approach to habitat protection, enhancement and management for threatened species 151,571 Friends of Merri Creek Inc. Reflection and Rejuvenation at Merri Park: Sumner Loving 159,598 Connecting Country (Mount Alexander Region) Inc. Securing Threated Woodland Birds in the Mount Alexander Shire – Stage1 300,000 Weering Eurack Landcare Group Community action to reduce threats to Lake Cundare 16,900 Harcourt Valley Landcare Group Inc. Barkers Creek Clean-up Project - Phase 2 86,108 Campaspe River & Land Management Group (Campaspe River Friends) Barkers Creek Clean-up Project - Phase 2 86,108 Lake Tyers Coast Action Inc. Preservation of an endangered native shrub Discaria Pubescens and restoration of its immediate habitat to encourage natural regeneration 10,000 Upper Goulburn Landcare Network Lake Tyers Beach Vegetation Health Assessment and Onground Action 9,510 Harcourt Valley Landcare Group Inc. Barkers Creek Clean-up Project – Phase 2 86,108 Upper Goulburn Landcare Network UGLN Woody Weed Control project 10,000 Brunswick Montessori Children's House Inc. Junior Landcare Group Children’s House External Learning Environment: Land Revegetation and Biodiversity Project 9,197 St Mary's Primary School St Mary's New Block 9,000 Field and Game Australia Orbost Branch Lake Watt Watt and Curlip fox control program 2,508 Friends of Bell Street Reserve Environmental restoration of Riparian Forest at Bell Street Reserve 16,515 Frayne College Frayne College Baranduda Community Nature Trail 10,000
Friends of Yarramie Reserve Friends of Yarramie Reserve - Connecting with Community 20,000 Friends of the Maribyrnong Valley Incorporated Maribyrnong Valley Parklands Serrated Tussock/Chilean Needle Grass Control Stage 3 8,800 Friends of Werribee River through Bacchus Marsh Friends of Werribee River through Bacchus Marsh 2013-2015 project 9,970 Tambo Bluff Landcare Group (member group of the Farm Tree and Landcare Association Inc. A011936S) Tambo Bluff Habitat Corridor 8,669 Port Campbell Public Purposes Reserve Port Campbell Bio Links 17,950 Falls Creek Primary School Falls Creek Primary School Alpine Bog Rehabilitation 10,000 Koonoomoo Improvement Group Inc. Tornado Revegetation and Species Recovery 10,000 Bendigo South East College Dam Weeds & Revegetation 10,000 Cowwarr Landcare Group Revegetation along Rices lane 4,420 Longlea and District Landcare Group Longlea Recreation Reserve Revegetation Project 6,330 Western Port Secondary College Year 9 program Year 9 Environmental Project 10,000 Axe Creek Landcare Group Axe Creek Catchment and Landcare Nest Box Project 6,800 Friends of Tarra Bulga National Park inc Mountain Ash Recovery in Tarra Bulga 7,831 Post Office Hill Action Group (POHAG) Old Post Office Hill Restoration - The Next Stage 9,240 Moorabool Catchment Landcare Group Controlling woody weeds in the upper Moorabool River catchment 9,990 Friends of Mt Worth State Park Primary Schools Revegetation and Remnant Project 4,115 Woodleigh School Field Gnats and Friends of Brian Henderson Wildlife Reserve Improving the Biodiversity of the Brian Henderson Wildlife Reserve 10,000 Upper Barwon Landcare Network Birregurra Bush Garden 9,875 Newlands Arm Residents & Ratepayers Association Inc. (NARRA) Newlands Arm Community Centre Revegetation Project 18,076
Fagg's Geelong Pty Ltd Energy Assessment 4,600 ICS Industries Pty Ltd Energy Assessment 12,640 Projects overseen by Sustainability Victoria Funding Program: Smarter Resources, Smarter Business - Capital Funding Round 2 Grants Material Efficiency and Energy Efficiency Grants Organisation Project Funding Amount $ Stone Outdoors Pty Ltd Improvement to processes to capture and reuse waste materials 50,000 HPC Bakers Pty Ltd Upgrade of packaging equipment to improve packaging processes and materials use reduction 50,000 Egotrade Pty Ltd Installation of automated recycling system to enable the reuse of solvents used in the printing process. 50,000 Mackay Consolidated Industries Pty Ltd Precision cutting equipment to improve cutting processes and reduce waste rubber 50,000 Denim 108 Pty Ltd Nobody Denim Upgrade to equipment and processes to improve production quality 50,000 CMTP Pty Ltd Installation of computerised cutting equipment and prototype product design simulation 50,000 Composite Materials Engineering Pty Ltd CME Upgrade of production equipment resulting in less waste and improved product quality 50,000 Flowline Industries Pty Ltd New equipment to enable reuse of waste plastic materials 37,077 Seascope Laboratories Pty. Ltd. Compco Pty. Ltd. Upgrade of plastics manufacturing to improve product quality 50,000 Pacific NonWovens Pty Ltd as trustee for Pacific NonWovens Trust Equipment to improve packaging processes, to reduce packaging materials usage 50,000 Welvic Australia Pty Ltd Improvement in materials handling systems to reduce material losses and reuse waste materials. 50,000 Wandin Valley Farms Protective cover for cherry orchard to prevent 50,000
Anatel Pty Ltd Betta Foods Australia Improve insulation of process pipeline to reduce heat loss $25,000 Delsor Pty Ltd Mallee Food Distributors Upgrade freezer compressors $25,000 N & C Hargreaves Pty Ltd Hargreaves Joinery Installation of LED lighting and daylight sensors $8,030 Echuca Benevolent Society Incorporated Echuca Community for the Aged Installation of LED lighting, with motion and sensors. $13,298 Aus Group Alliance Pty Ltd Installation of induction high bay lighting $25,000 Morgan Technical Ceramics Installation of control systems to cooling tower and lighting upgrade. $12,759 Pinecrest Dairy P/L Installation of a variable speed drive vacuum pump $11,210 Halcyon Proteins Pty Ltd Installation of LED lighting $24,750 Beverage Solutions Australia Pty Ltd trading as Bress Wine, Cider & Produce Insulation of chilled tanks to allow rapid chilling of juices and wine $19,800 Alpine Truss Pty Ltd Installation of LED lighting $21,084 The Victoria Carpet Company P/L New rinse water recirculation system $25,000 Monsbent Pty Ltd D & R Henderson Pty Ltd Installation of induction lighting $25,000 Accurate Profile Roll Forming Pty Ltd Installation of LED lighting $10,408 3fold Resources Pty Ltd Installation of LED lighting $25,000 John Crane Australia Installation of LED lighting $16,347 Farm Pride Foods Limited Farm Pride Installation of best practice smart metering system $25,000 DABT Pty Ltd Inverloch Supermarket Improvements to refrigeration system, including variable speed controlled drive refrigeration compressor $25,000 Milltech Pty Ltd Milltech Martin Bright Installation of variable speed controlled drive air compressor $25,000 Merriwa Industries Pty Ltd Installation of LED lighting $25,000
Superior Hardwoods R. B. Sutherland Pty Ltd Roses Gap Recreation Centre Installation of energy efficient generator, lighting and power management system $25,000 Radevski Coolstores P/L Improvement to purge system for refrigeration lines and installation of LED lighting $25,000 Ballantyne Foods Improvements to system for capture of steam condensate and return to the boiler $14,500 Green Taylor Partners Installation of LED lighting $16,828 Micro Plastics Pty Ltd Installation of LED lighting $14,588 Gallus Lane Pty Ltd Improvements to ventilation system to reduce energy use $25,000 Sussex Taps Pty Ltd Installation of LED lighting and motion sensors $8,108 Paperfreight Australia Pty Ltd Installation of LED lighting and heating, ventilation and air conditioning improvements $10,396 Wangaratta Coachlines Pty Ltd Installation of LED high bay lights $12,732 Projects overseen by Sustainability Victoria Funding Program: ResourceSmart Schools (prev ResourceSmart AuSSi Vic) Organisation Project Funding Amount $ 191 Victorian Schools Energy Efficiency Grants* $10,000 per school *www.education.vic.gov.au/about/programs/infrastructure/Pages/energyschools