Use these case studies to develop project ideas, gain support from senior management and other staff or to model your own projects. For more information on each case study, click on the links below, watch the video case studies or listen to the climate resilience podcast series.

Planning for Climate Change

• Distributed Energy Plan, Parkes Shire Council (PDF, 304KB)
• Decision support for climate change adaptation: coastal councils, HCCREMS (PDF, 316KB)
• Greenhouse Action Plan, Eurobodalla Council (PDF, 308KB)
• Regional Climate Change Planning, Wellington, Blayney and Cabonne Alliance (PDF, 408KB)
• South Coast Regional Sea Level Rise - Planning and Policy Response Framework, Shoalhaven City and Eurobodalla Shire Councils (PDF, 109KB)
• Adaptation action plans for infrastructure, Wagga Wagga City Council (PDF, 136KB)

Adapting to Climate Change

• Safeguarding communication infrastructure against extreme heat, Albury City Council (PDF, 256KB)
• Cool Streets, Blacktown City Council (PDF, 219KB)
• Planning for a climate resilient airport, Cobar Shire Council (PDF, 111KB)
• Dubbo CBD Heat Island Amelioration, Dubbo Regional Council (PDF, 108KB)
• Simtable Modelling Tool, Ku-ring-gai Council (PDF, 161KB)
• Destratification system for Kyogle off-stream storage, Kyogle Council (PDF, 105KB)
• Citizen Science and Foreshore Inundation – Tidal Valves, Lake Macquarie City Council (PDF, 146KB)
• Adapting roads to climate change, Manly Council (PDF, 276KB)
• Guiding asset resilience in a changing climate, Northern Beaches Council (PDF, 191KB)
• Cooling the City Masterclass, Penrith City Council (PDF, 134KB)
• Adapting to urban heat events: by mapping vulnerability hot spots, Penrith City and Leichhardt Council (PDF, 190KB)
• Gross Pollutant Trap Effectiveness, Queanbeyan Palerang Regional Council (PDF, 136KB)
• Sussex Inlet and district strategic action plan: building community resilience, Shoalhaven City Council (PDF, 122KB)
• Adapting the Nowra CBD for cooling and amenity, Shoalhaven City Council (PDF, 312KB)
• Adapting to the increasing risk of mosquito-borne disease, Tweed Shire Council (PDF, 182KB)
• Adaptation action plans for infrastructure, Wagga Wagga City Council (PDF, 136KB)
• Mapping Sydney’s foodsheds, Wollondilly Shire Council (PDF, 247KB)

Community Engagement

• Building Climate Wise Communities, Ku-ring-gai Council (PDF, 111KB)
• The Climate Consensus Project, Uralla Shire Council (PDF, 256KB)
• Marks Point and Belmont South Adaptation Planning, Lake Macquarie City Council (PDF, 251KB)
• Sustainable Futures Day, Parkes Shire Council (PDF, 184KB)

Reducing Carbon Emissions

• Bankstown Library and Knowledge Centre, Bankstown City Council (PDF, 242 KB)
• Victoria Park Precinct Renewable Energy Project, Dubbo City Council (PDF, 109KB)
• Embracing energy efficiency, Lismore City Council (PDF, 230KB)
• Achieving 2020 Climate Action, City of Newcastle (PDF)
• Energy Efficient Car Parks, Parramatta City Council (PDF 185KB)
• Sustainable Energy for a Sustainable Future, Shoalhaven City Council (PDF, 176KB)
• Sustainable Fleet Management, City of Sydney (PDF, 142KB)
• RHBEEP...ing the rewards, Tumut Shire Council (PDF, 121KB)
• Building Futures Program, Waverley Council (PDF, 151KB)
• Light Years Ahead, Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (PDF, 88KB)

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