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Sustainable government case studies

Case studies are powerful communication tools that demonstrate the benefits of action and provide inspiration to act.  The stories below show the significant benefits that accrue from sustainability initiatives.  They highlight the good work being carried out by the NSW public sector, as well as the programs and tools available to start sustainability projects in your workplace.

We encourage you to use the following case studies in your workplace to start a conversation with colleagues about the benefits of sustainability in your organisation.

• Ageing, Disability and Home Care (ADHC): Simple retrofits free up over $145,000 for frontline services (120824achretro.pdf, 160KB)
• Roads and Maritime Services: A simple upgrade saves the Roads and Maritime Services $2.8 million annually (120826rmsupgrd.pdf, 155KB)
• John Hunter Hospital: Taking the risk out of energy efficiency upgrades (120827jhhupgrd.pdf, 380KB)
• RailCorp: A simple lighting upgrade saves RailCorp more than $50,000 a year (120907raillight.pdf, 496KB)
• NSW Police Force: Energy efficiency comes into force (120908polengeff.pdf, 421KB)
• Liverpool Hospital: setting up a successful Sustainability Committee (110253LivHospSC.pdf, 1019KB)
• The Children's Hospital at Westmead: reducing clinical waste (110252RedClnWst.pdf, 597KB)
• Office of Environment and Heritage: upgrading indoor lighting (110254LghtUpgrd.pdf, 634KB)

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