COOLmob Donates Energy Saving Prize to the Salvo’s

Greenhouse Gas reduction group COOLmob have donated their prize from the Power and Water Corporation Environmental Excellence Awards to the Salvation Army. The prize for the Community and Local Government category of the awards was an Energy Audit which is designed to help businesses to reduce their power costs.

COOLmob spokesperson Thea Bray said, “This is a great prize for businesses and large organisations because it will lower their running costs and also help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.”

Power and Water Corporation’s Environmental Excellence Awards are designed to recognise outstanding achievements in energy management, water efficiency and waste minimisation.

The Care Manager of the Salvation Army Nursing Home, Jane Poole, said, “We’re very pleased. We are an organisation that relies on donations to carry out our charitable work but this donation from COOLmob will allow us to put more of our resources into helping people in need by cutting our running costs.”

The Power and Water Energy Audit examines an organisation’s energy system to ensure that energy is being used as efficiently as possible. “We identify and quantify the areas in which energy is being used,” said Stephen Vlahovic. “Then we work with the client to pinpoint the major areas that will deliver cost reductions and improve energy efficiency,” s/he said.

COOLmob won the Environmental Excellence Award for their work in Darwin and Palmerston which encourages households to reduce energy use and cut down on greenhouse gas emissions. They have conducted over 150 Home Greenhouse Audits over the past two years saving an average of 1.9 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year for each house. “We have also received a community environment grant from PowerWater to subsidise another 50 Home Energy Audits,” said Ms Bray. “This means it will only cost the households $10 which is incredibly good value and end up saving people hundreds of dollars a year,” she said.

“People are becoming much more aware of climate change issues these days,” said Ms Bray. “I think everybody is interested in saving money and most people want to help the environment and this is a good way to do both,” she said.

You can find out more about COOLmob and sign up for a Home Energy Audit at www.coolmob.org or by ringing 8981 0256.

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