Creating a Positive Impact Through Our Consumption
At Ecovantage, we’ve taken simple steps to ensure that our consumption results in the least strain on the Earth’s resources as possible and aim to have a positive impact wherever possible. Below is an outline of practices we follow, there may be some you can adopt in your office or home! Essentials: Two items that…
Read MoreEcovantage becomes founding partner of carbon neutral adelaide
Ecovantage has recently and proudly become a founding partner of Carbon Neutral Adelaide, in doing so we are contributing to Adelaide’s goal of becoming the first carbon neutral city in the world and in turn contributing to the overall improvement of the planet. Carbon Neutral Adelaide’s goal is to make the city of Adelaide 100%…
Read MoreBertram presents at EBM-Papst GreenDay
At the recent EBM-Papst GreenDay held at Sydney’s Ultimo College, Ecovantage Sales and Business Development consultant, Bertram Duerr gave a presentation on Ecovantage’s involvement in PIAM&V (The Project Impact Assessment with Measurement and Verification). EBM-Papst, a “global leading manufacturer and supplier of fans, blowers and air moving products”, together with Ultimo College, hosted GreenDay,…
Read MoreTime for businesses to have an energy strategy
Rising energy costs are on the minds of people across the country at present. The graph below shows the unprecedented rise in wholesale energy costs. Across the board, prices have doubled over the past five years. Now Origin, Energy Australia and AGL have all announced price increases for electricity and gas starting from July 1,…
Read MoreSenior managers strut their stuff at Merrijig
Our senior management team took some time out this month for a strategy session at Merrijig. The getaway mainly involved whiteboards and projectors, but on the Wednesday morning it also included an 8 km walk in the bush to a waterfall. Whilst we enjoyed rethinking the next ten years of Ecovantage it was also good to…
Read MoreNSW team hits half a million ESCs
A huge congratulations to our NSW team who have just hit an epic milestone of creating half a million Energy Savings Certificates (ESCs).
Read MoreBeyond Freebies for household energy efficiency
At the recent Energy Efficiency Council National Conference, Ecovantage CEO, Bruce Easton, described how rebates within the schemes have made products free to the householder and without them, we would never have successfully installed products in over 1.5 million households to date. Without a compelling driver (profit), the number of installed energy efficiency products, lights,…
Read MoreMassive showerhead exchange at BHP’s Olympic Dam site
Ecovantage is currently running a free showerhead exchange program in South Australia under the state government’s Retailer Energy Efficiency Scheme (REES). In what was the largest undertaking of its kind under REES, our South Australian team recently spent six days replacing a whopping 3521 showerheads at BHP’s Roxby Downs site. BHP’s Olympic Dam mine is located…
Read MoreBruce Easton appointed to the Energy Efficiency Council Board
We’d like to congratulate our CEO, Bruce Easton, who has recently been appointed to the Board of the Energy Efficiency Council (EEC). The EEC is Australia’s peak body for energy efficiency, cogeneration and demand management. The Council is a not-for-profit membership association which works on behalf of members to promote stable government policy, provide clear…
Read MoreIntegrated Technology Services halves their warehouse energy usage
We recently upgraded the lighting for Integrated Technology Services, an ATM service provider in Frenchs Forest, Sydney. Across the warehouse, metal halide lights were replaced with significantly lower wattage LED low bay lights and the fluorescent fittings were replaced with LED tubes. Since the upgrade, the company is saving substantial amounts on their energy bill.…
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