Public Facilities Program
The Public Facilities Program funds water and energy savings in public and community facilities in NSW. As well as delivering water, energy and greenhouse gas savings, the program aims to showcase technologies in action to encourage uptake by the wider community.
Under the Public Facilities Program, $17 million is being provided for 71 Demonstration projects and $10.2 million to 442 Community Savers projects. Together, this is estimated to save 5.8 billion litres of water, 265,000 megawatt hours of electricity and 257,900 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in the first ten years. This will save an estimated $5.8 million a year in water and energy bills. The following projects are being funded:
Demonstration projects demonstrate how water and energy savings work in practice in public or educational facilities which are open to, and frequently accessed, by the public.
View Demonstration projects
The Demonstration stream will not continue. This follows a recommendation made by the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of NSW (IPART) within their 2009 review of NSW climate change mitigation measures.
Community Savers projects - funding of up to $40,000 for not-for-profit community organisations to undertake simple, low-cost water and energy saving upgrades in the facilities they use.
A total of 442 community organisations have received $10.2 million to make their facilities more water and energy efficient, saving an estimated 2.2 billion litres of water and 85,000 tonnes of carbon pollution in the first ten years alone.
Not-for-profit organisations undertaking an upgrade will also save an average of $4,394 a year on bills.
View Community Savers projects:
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Eligibility criteria
The eligibility and funding criteria is outlined below.
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| How much is available? | Up to $40,000 |
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| Who can apply? | Not for profit organisations. Must be legally constituted entities. Including: |
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| What will be funded? | Specific measures as detailed in the Guide for Applicants, including: installing water efficient toilets, fixtures and fittings - lighting and hot water system upgrades
insulation and other measures to improve heating and cooling efficiency rainwater tanks
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| Special conditions | Conditions apply for different measures, detailed in the Guide for Applicants i.e rainwater tanks must be connected to toilets or new irrigation systems |
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| What do applicants need to do? | Applicants are required to provide the following information. The Guide for Applicants details full requirements - at least two competitive itemised quotes for work from qualified tradespeople or a proposal from a design specialist
- completed electronic application form, submitted before 5.00pm on Monday 25 October 2010
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| Guides for Applicants | Community Savers Guide for Applicants (10779CommunitySaversGuide1.pdf, 1.0MB) Want to know how to get started and where to go for help? Download the guide notes for Community Savers projects (10882ComSaverGuide.pdf, 1.5MB) |
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| Application forms | Community Savers Application Form
(zipped .xls file, 10814CSAppForm.zip, 946KB) Please ensure you save the zip file to your computer and then unzip it before filling in the application form. DECCW currently only supports Microsoft Excel 2003 running on a Windows operating system. However for Microsoft Excel 2007 (or later) users, open the application form, enable macros (click the 'Options…' button on the 'Security Warning' bar, select 'Enable this content' and then click 'Ok' and then select the 'Add-Ins' tab on the right-hand side of the menu bar to view and use the navigation toolbar. When saving your application, please save it in Microsoft Office 97-2003 format (.xls format and not the new .xlsx or .xlsm format). Community Savers Application Form Instructions
(10812CommunitySaverInstructions.pdf, 63KB)
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Funding agreement
Funding conditions for allocations under the Community Savers stream are detailed in a Letter of Agreement.
Frequently asked questions
View the Community Savers frequently asked questions.
Contact us
For more information about the Public Facilities Program call the Environment Line on 1300 361 967 or email ccf@environment.nsw.gov.au.
To be notified when the next funding round opens, email your contact details to ccf@environment.nsw.gov.au and subscribe to our mailing list.
Page last updated: 29 December 2011
