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South Australia introduces building upgrade finance bill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... spokesperson said. Meanwhile, the state government in Victoria is considering whether it should adopt legislation to bring EUA to the entire state of Victoria via Plan Melbourne. This would entail reproducing the provisions within the City of Melbourne ...

Expanded EUAs could generate $4.5bn investment in Victoria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
If environmental upgrade agreements (EUAs) are expanded to encompass commercial properties across Victoria, the EUA financing vehicle could generate AU$4.5 billion of commercially attractive investment and create over 18,000 jobs, according to new research. ...

City of Melbourne looks to commercial solar installation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... in commercial-scale solar rooftop installations and how financing agreements such as the environmental upgrade agreement (EUA) structure can make solar installation cost-effective and financially attractive, said Scott Bocskay, chief executive of the ...

City of Melbourne, NAB, Eureka Funds Management sign EUA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Eureka Funds Management and National Australia Bank (NAB) have financed a AU$7 million environmental upgrade agreement (EUA) that will retrofit a Melbourne office tower to reduce carbon emissions by more than 600 tonnes a year. Signing of the AU$7 million ...

Beyond Zero Emissions proposes model for retrofitting houses

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... the financier. Because the charge is tied to the building, and not the building's owner, it is considered less risky. The EUA structure could be adapted to fit residential projects, said Scott Bocskay, CEO Sustainable Melbourne Fund, which oversees and ...

Government drafts legislation to bring forward ETS timeline

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
The Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIICCSRTE) has released two draft bills to implement the changes required to bring forward the move to the flexible emissions trading scheme (ETS) carbon ...

City of Sydney signs first environmental upgrade agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Eureka Funds Management and Frasers Property have signed the City of Sydney's first environmental upgrade agreement (EUA) - a $26.5 million financing deal that will fund the construction of a gas-powered trigeneration plant to provide energy to an upcoming ...

bankmecu to offer environmental upgrade agreement finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Sustainable Melbourne Fund (SMF) and bankmecu have announced that the customer-owned bank will become a provider of finance for environmental upgrade agreements (EUAs). graphic courtesy SMF bankmecu said that it would consider lending on terms as far ...

Ernst & Young: go beyond carbon price implementation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
Companies should be assessing the full range of strategic options of response to the carbon pricing mechanism, and not doing so is as risky as doing nothing at all, according to a new Ernst & Young report. Many businesses have implemented the processes ...

NAB funds second Environmental Upgrade Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... National Australia Bank, Eureka Funds Management and Low Carbon Australia have signed an environmental upgrade agreement (EUA) with the Suleman property development group to fund the retrofit of a Melbourne office block. 470 Collins St Photo courtesy ...