{"id":49453,"date":"2013-11-01T12:31:30","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T02:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=49453"},"modified":"2020-08-21T18:52:07","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T08:52:07","slug":"5000-grants-available-from-ergon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/11\/01\/5000-grants-available-from-ergon\/","title":{"rendered":"$5000 Grants Available From Ergon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>November 1, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Community groups can apply for grants up to $5000 to deliver electrical safety or energy efficiency projects in regional Queensland.<\/p>\n<p>Applications are now open for the second year of Ergon Energy\u2019s Community Fund with grants between $200 and $5000 available for individual organisations and $50,000 in total to be shared.<\/p>\n<p>Community Partnerships Manager Simone Sakzewski encouraged local not-for-profit groups to develop innovative ideas that could benefit them and inspire their local community to adopt energy efficient and electrically safe behaviours.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Examples of the sort of projects that could attract funding include those that:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reduce energy consumption, particularly during the peak period between 4:00pm and 8:00pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Upgrade equipment to more energy efficient models<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Educate and encourage people to change the way they use energy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Use or promote renewable energy alternatives (solar, wind, hydro and biomass)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Keep the community safe around electricity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Last year, 12 organisations across regional Queensland received grants, including:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Barambah Environmental Education Centre\u2019s project to educate students, staff, parents and the community on how to develop and implement energy saving strategies and behaviours<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>An electrical power upgrade for the Gladstone Men\u2019s Shed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The \u201cBe Cool at School\u201d project, under which schools in the Mackay region have a committed to reducing their total energy consumption by 30 per cent over three to five years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Installing Solartube skylights in the Atherton Gymnastics Hall to reduce energy consumption<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Upgrading equipment in the showgrounds kitchen to improve electrical safety for the Cunnamulla and District Show Society.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Applications for the next funding round will close at 5:00pm on January 29, 2014.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>For more details visit the Ergon Energy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ergon.com.au\/about-us\/community-partnerships\/community-fund\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community groups can apply for grants up to $5000 to deliver electrical safety or energy efficiency projects in regional Queensland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":214892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,3],"tags":[32],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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