New WAGA Chairperson
WAGA has a new Chairperson – Peter McKinnon, Manager of Environment and Sustainability at Wyndham City Council. Peter is a longstanding valued member of the WAGA Executive Committee. He has already played a key role in guiding WAGA through development of the regional Climate Change Adaptation Strategy and Low Carbon West and more recently in implementing these major plans. While Wyndham was WAGA’s host council for three years until handing on to Brimbank in July 2015, Peter managed administration for WAGA, helping to ensure good governance, happy staff and budgets in the black.
At the same time, WAGA says goodbye to Adrian Murphy, WAGA’s Chairperson for 2015, as Adrian left his position as Manager of Economic Development and City Sustainability at Moonee Valley City Council. Adrian also played an important role in WAGA over many years, first as Melton City Council’s representative on the WAGA Operational Committee and lately, following his move to Moonee Valley, as an Executive Committee member then Chairperson.
ebm-papst’s GreenDay event: 26 February
ebm-papst, Wyndham’s 2015 Business of the Year, will be holding an event to share sustainability information (GreenDay) with businesses across Melbourne, focusing on technical developments and plans for sustainable and energy efficient HVAC and refrigeration solutions.
Specialist speakers from industry and government will provide the latest news on energy efficiency for HVAC and refrigeration systems, upcoming changes in legislation, government programs and energy reduction solutions. The morning will be split into sessions on legislation and policy as well as hands-on business cases to explore the challenges and strategies employed when completing energy saving projects.
Speakers include:
- Evalin Ling, Sustainability Leader at AG Coombs
- Dave Redden, Principal at Refrigeration Innovations
- Sumit Oberoi, Executive Director at AMCA
- Fran Macdonald, Coordinator of WAGA
The event will take place at the ultra-modern $41M Integrated Technology Hub (ITH) at Box Hill Institute. Designed in collaboration with the AMCA, the ITH is home to the Refrigeration and Climate Control Centre of Excellence (RCCC).
Date: Friday 26 February 2016, 8:00am – 1:00pm
Venue: Integrated Technology Hub at Box Hill Institute, Elgar Campus, 465 Elgar Road Box Hill, VIC 3128
Registration: Free, via http://greenday2016.eventbrite.com
(Posted by the Western Alliance for Greenhouse Action)
