Utilize Local Geographical Features
Implement an Energy Efficiency Fund that Sustains Itself
Capture Waste Heat from Energy Production and Use for Heating
Cities that Set a Great Example
Cut Vessel Emissions at Port by Plugging them In To the City Grid
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Radio Interview: Electric cars to power cities
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/stories/2010/2850922.htm
Emil Prelgauskas works with electric cars and buildings that have the ability to take charge from cars and deliver charge to cars. He sees electric cars as playing a key role in the way we power cities in the future. The idea is that idle electric cars with excess charge hook up to the grid via building charge points and en mass be a major power source. In reverse, charge points are being planned for car parks, caravan parks, airports, and restaurants, wherever cars are left.
Town Hall to become a new seat of power
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/energy-smart/town-hall-to-become-a-new-seat-of-power-20100322-qra8.html
An electricity generation project for the City of Sydney will have the Town Hall, Town Hall House and Queen Victoria Building all powered by one low-carbon, small-scale plant, probably located in the basement of the Town Hall.
Solar scheme powers on as batts bow out
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/energy-smart/solar-scheme-powers-on-as-batts-bow-out-20100321-qo6w.html
The scheme, in which households who install panels can earn average electricity credits of about $1500 a year, was running well ahead of expectations, the Energy Minister, John Robertson, said.