Energy Efficiency Improvements
Australian Carbon Trust is seeking Expressions of Interest from businesses and other organisations to enter into Strategic Relationships to co-invest with it to delivery energy efficiency improvements in existing non-residential buildings across Australia.
Australian Carbon Trust has been established by the Australian Government as an independent public company with over $75 million initial funding to provide finance and advice to businesses and the wider Australian community under innovative programs to catalyse investment in, take-up and use of energy-efficient technologies.
Criteria for eligibility include projects which feature:
- a high demonstration value
- scalability; are replicable and adaptable
- knowledge uplift and capacity in the market
- deliver cost effective energy savings
- provide significant additional private sector finance
- be genuinely additional to business-as-usual activity
Australian Carbon Trust will provide financial support to energy efficiency projects by a variety of means including low-interest rate loans, revolving loan arrangements and/or the provision of subordinated capital to support the creation of dedicated investment funds. Support could be sought for co-investment in 'flagship' retrofit projects and projects which scale up existing Government initiatives.
Potential partner organisations may include: financial institutions; property owners and tenants; industry associations; technology suppliers and advice companies; energy providers and service companies; public institutions such as hospitals, schools and local councils across the office, retail, hotel, education, community and health sectors.
Please email to request an Expression of Interest information document or for more information.
Requests for grants should not be made as Australian Carbon Trust is not a grant-making body.
Closing date: 06-Aug-2010 05:00PM
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