The next meeting of the Sydney Central Branch will be a Very Special Event with guest speaker Allan Jones MBE, Chief Development Officer, Energy and Climate Change, City of Sydney.

This presentation summarises a practical strategy for a sustainable energy society deriving its initial energy needs from low carbon energy resources whilst at the same time establishing a decentralised energy infrastructure to enable future energy needs to be derived from wholly renewable energy resources within the Sustainable Sydney 2030 timescale to reduce CO2 emissions by 70% by 2030. These concepts can be applied to any community in the Australia or indeed in the world.

At Woking and in London Allan Jones with his unique experience and expertise in decentralised energy systems was able to tease out the real issues and barriers to a sustainable energy future through the actual implementation of such systems, including decentralised energy – cogeneration and trigeneration, renewable energy, fuel cell technology, microgeneration, alternative fuels from waste, water recovery and low carbon transport systems. This model is now being adapted in Sydney to help to deliver the targets in Sustainable Sydney 2030.

The presentation will cover the following:

• Energy Services – background to decentralised energy in Woking and in London.
• Sustainable Sydney 2030 – Vision and action plan.
• Island Sydney – Decentralised Energy Master Plans.
• Showing by Doing – Implementing the City’s own trigeneration and renewable energy projects.

PLEASE NOTE, this event will be available only to members plus one guest per member, with a total attendance of 60 only and RSVP is essential. So if you would like to come, please send an RSVP email to mary@gobizgreen.com with your name and the name of your guest. Please make contact by email, however, if it is urgent, call Mary Hendriks on 0414 484848 or Tony Muscio on 0407 558847. Due to the large numbers, we do ask that you come at 6pm and entry may not be available for those arriving after 6.30pm.

Time: 6 pm to 8 pm on Tuesday July 13.

Location: Wallaby Room, Telstra Building,11th floor, 320 Pitt St, Sydney

Meeting Report

More than fifty members and guests heard Allan describe his achivements in introducing decentralised power generation in Woking and  London and outline some of the plans for Sydney.

The plans for Sydney are described at http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/2030/makingithappen/AllanJones.asp and at
http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/2030/thedirections/projects/EnviroPerfProj.asp.
Part of a similar presentation by Allan Jones can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/user/LGSAUSSA#p/u/0/Kg4_7wp15Ro

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