Unlocking New Sources of Productivity, Job
Creation and Economic Growth:
Dr Michael Smith,
ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society,
michaelh.smith@anu.edu.au
‘Since
the Brundtland Report we
have long awaited a book that
tackles the formidable analytic task
of developing a framework &
realistic strategy to simultaneously
achieve environmental sustainability,
economic and jobs growth, and
poverty reduction. Now with Cents
and Sustainability that wait is over. "‘
Professor Norman Myers, Oxford Uni
Our Common Future: 25 Year
Update. Achieving a Socially and
Environmentally Sustainable
Economic Growth.
http://www.environment.gov.au/water/policy-programs/weo/best-practice.html
Baseload and Peak Electricity Usage in Australia Easy to
Reduce
Australia’s overnight electricity used is surprisingly high – 70
per cent of the afternoon peak. UK – baseload overnight is 40
per cent of their peak.
Geoff Andrews, Director of Genesis Now, 20 years energy
efficiency consultant ‘our experiences have led us to conclude that
roughly 50 per cent of the base load electricity usage we find should not
be there. For instance, street lighting at night can easily be made 50
per cent more energy efficient’. ‘Hospitals run 24 hours, 7 days a week,
so it might be reasonable to expect a flat load profile,’5 says Andrews.
‘But then you ask about the areas in a hospital which aren’t 24 hours 7
days a week – consulting rooms, admin, laundry, kitchen, x-ray, central
sterilising, maintenance, pathology – and more often than not there is
still a flat load profile.’
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Unlocking New Sources of Productivity, Job
Creation and Economic Growth:
Dr Michael Smith,
ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society,
michaelh.smith@anu.edu.au
http://fennerschool.anu.edu.au/people/academics/smithmh.php