Residents who meet and use Kingswood Neighbourhood Centre may be unknowingly doing their bit to conserve our environment through Council’s Centres for Sustainability program.Kingswood Neighbourhood Centre is one of the community’s newest centres and was designed using sustainable design principles including the choice of building materials and its placement to maximise solar efficiency.
On 23 July 2008, Council and community members celebrated the addition of solar panels and rainwater tanks, which make the centres even more friendly to the environment and cost effective.
Council’s Sustainability Champion Councillor Karen McKeown said: “Early indications are that the solar panels are actually producing more electricity than the centre uses.
The centre is important in that it makes for vibrant, healthy local communities through the activities that take place each week from a wide range of groups including playgroups, sporting groups, religious groups and training groups, as well as attracting many private functions.
This project is just one step towards realising Council’s vision of a sustainable City. Solar panels and water tanks have also been installed at Floribunda Community Centre in Glenmore Park. Council is taking a range of practical steps to make our own facilities and operations as sustainable as possible.
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