Sustainability Unit

The Sustainability Unit provides technical and policy advice and services, benchmarking and reporting tools, and oversees projects to promote environmentally sustainable Government infrastructure.

The Energy Smart Building Policy sets a 10% energy intensity and greenhouse gas reduction targets for all Northern Territory Government agencies to meet by 2010-11. This target is set against a baseline established in 2004-05. The key objective of the NT Government Energy Smart Buildings Policy is to achieve and maintain best practice energy management in NT Government operations to save operating expenditure and greenhouse gas emissions.

NT Government Energy Efficiency Program is a funding mechanism to support the NT Energy Smart Building Policy and represents significant investment to address climate change. The program enables increased prioritisation of energy efficiency projects for five NT Government agencies (which are responsible for 86.5% of the total building energy use). Under the program, $6 million (over 3 years) has been allocated to make government buildings more energy efficient.

The Sustainability Unit also provides general information and advice to encourage sustainable building practises. For more information on our programs or range of services please email sustainability@nt.gov.au or download the Sustainability Unit fact sheet.