Case Studies

Use these case studies to develop project ideas, gain support from senior management and other staff or to model your own projects.

Planning for Climate Change

• Decision support for climate change adaptation: coastal councils, HCCREMS (PDF, 316KB)

• Distributed Energy Plan, Parkes Shire Council (PDF, 304KB)

• 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)

• Destratification system for Kyogle off-stream storage (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)

• 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)

• 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)

• Energy Efficient Carparks, Parramatta City Council (PDF 185KB)

• 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)