Premier's Sustainability Awards – 2015 winners and finalists
Premier's Recognition Award winner: St Kilda Mums, Geelong Mums and Eureka Mums – Recycle, Reuse, Rehome The full list of the 2015 Premier's Sustainability Awards category winners and finalists.
Built Environment
Winner: Goulburn Broken Greenhouse Alliance
Project: Watts Working Better
The Watts Working Better street lighting replacement project will see 12,661 street lights upgraded to more energy efficient lighting, slashing greenhouse gas emissions by more than 90,000 tonnes over the project’s 20 years life.
Finalist
- University of Melbourne – Melbourne School of Design
Community
Winner: St Kilda Mums, Geelong Mums and Eureka Mums
Project: Recycle, Reuse, Rehome
St Kilda Mums, Geelong Mums and Eureka Mums are voluntary networks of parents who collect and sort donations of baby and young children’s nursery equipment, clothing, prams and strollers, car restraints, highchairs, toys and books, and re-distribute to families in need.
Finalists
- Garage Sale Trail Foundation – Garage Sale Trail
- Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority – Fruit Industry Employment Program
Education
Winner: The University of Melbourne
Project: The Growing Green Guide for Melbourne
The University of Melbourne, Inner Melbourne Action Plan and the State Government partnered to develop The Growing Green Guide for Melbourne, a free, comprehensive and practical guide to the construction of green walls, roofs and facades.
Finalists
- Lalor Primary School – Kids Building Computers Using Electronic Waste
- Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne – Sustainability Business Clinic
Environmental Justice
Winner: Darebin City Council
Project: Darebin Solar Saver
Darebin City Council has made solar power more accessible to low income residents through the Solar Saver program – the first of its kind in Australia enabling households to install solar PV systems and pay them off through Council rates, interest free over 10 years.
Finalists
- The Australian Youth Climate Coalition – Seed Indigenous Youth Climate Network
- Voices of the Valley – Revealing the Community Cost of the Hazelwood Mine Fire
Environmental Protection
Winner: Robert Bosch Australia
Project: Reclamation of Copper from Prescribed Industrial Wastewater
The reclamation of copper project is an in-house treatment process which enables Bosch in Victoria to reclaim dissolved copper from manufacturing wastewater – the copper is then recycled and the treated wastewater used onsite.
Finalists
- Barwon Health – Barwon Health Food Services Central Production Unit Recycling Initiatives
- Statewide River and Stream Management – Environmental Management Training for the Construction Industry
Government
Winner: Goulburn Valley Waste and Resource Recovery Group and Moira Shire Council
Project: Overcoming Barriers to Effective Household Kerbside Garden and Food Organics Recovery
Goulburn Valley Waste and Resource Recovery Group and its 6 councils have worked together for over 6 years to develop a business case to introduce household food and garden collections across the region. Moira Shire Council was the first to introduce the service.
Finalists
- Darebin City Council – Darebin Solar Saver
- The Inner Melbourne Action Plan; City of Melbourne, City of Yarra, City of Stonnington, City of Port Phillip – The Growing Green Guide for Melbourne Project
Health
Winner: Monash Health
Project: Cleaning Without Chemicals in Healthcare
Monash Health has transformed their environmental cleaning procedure by embracing cleaning without chemicals across the entire health service.
Finalists
- Austin Health – Healthy Environment, Healthy People
- Melbourne Health – Melbourne Health Thinks Green
Innovative Products or Services
Winner: Living Fundraisers
Project: Closet Cleanout
Living Fundraisers is an eco-friendly initiative that offers alternative fundraising through a clothing recycling service called Closet Cleanout.
Finalists
- Daylesford & Hepburn Mineral Springs Co. – The Mineral Water Eco-Keg
- ECO2Sys Australia and Geelong Manufacturing Council – GreenLight Collaborative Industry Network Program
Small and Medium Enterprises
Winner: Yarra Valley Estate
Project: Yarra Valley Estate
Yarra Valley Estate has formalised policies and procedures to offset the business to carbon neutral and they also contribute 11 per cent of net revenue to community programs.
Finalists
- Dennison Foods Manufacturing – Dennison Foods Manufacturing
- Roses Gap Recreation Centre – Roses Gap Recreation Centre
Premier's Recognition Award
Winner: St Kilda Mums, Geelong Mums and Eureka Mums
Project: Recycle, Reuse, Rehome
St Kilda Mums, Geelong Mums and Eureka Mums are voluntary networks of parents who collect and sort donations of baby and young children’s nursery equipment, clothing, prams and strollers, car restraints, highchairs, toys and books, and re-distribute to families in need.
Premier's Regional Recognition Award
Winner: Barwon Health Food Services Central Production Unit
Project: Recycling Initiatives
The Central Production Unit is the first Victorian health service to successfully implement the Closed Loop Organics System CLO300, an onsite composting machine for food waste.
