Water and Renewables on World Heritage Site. The Blue Mountains Sustainable Precinct project established sustainable solutions to water and energy use at three large-scale, high profile sites in Katoomba: Echo Point Visitors Centre; Blue Mountains Cultural Centre; and the adjacent Civic Centre. The three project sites showcase
Read more →The hybrid power system of solar and diesel for Bai Huong village in “Cu Lao Cham ” Biosphere Reserve. The village BaiHuong is located in a narrow stretch of the south-west coast side of Cu Lao Cham island, that belongs Tan Hiep commune in Cu Lao Cham
Read more →WWF-India helps far flung villages access grid quality power. Access to safe, clean energy is fundamental to poverty eradication, to stopping deforestation, and to stopping climate change. Most poor people and inhabitants of remote locations meet the majority of their energy needs by collecting biomass (fuel wood,
Read more →The case of Apolima Island (Samoa), included in World Heritage Tentative List. Solar photovoltaic (PV) powered mini-grid systems have been under consideration for use in the Pacific Island countries for some time. Until recently, however, such systems were deemed to have limited potential. With recent improvement in inverter
Read more →Solar Diesel Hybrid Power Station Out on the frontier of the Great Barrier Reef, World Heritage site, exists a coral cay island ‘Lady Elliot’ where the coral reef is alive and teaming with life, where hands-on adventure and exploration are keys to this Australian holiday experience in
Read more →Low Island in Great Barrier Reef World Heritage, the first island to be powered by renewable energies. The GBRMPA’s Commonwealth Islands Program helped the island deliver on the triple bottom line through: solar panels: the island moved from 100% fossil fuel supply to 97% renewable supply,through solar
Read more →Lord Howe World Heritage launches the Renewable energy roadmap. Lord Howe Island has developed a Sustainable Energy Strategy to reduce the islands reliance on fossil fuels for electricity generation. The Lord Howe Island Board has formed a Community Sustainable Energy Working Group (SEWG) to assist to guide
Read more →A collective initiative in Bundala biosphere reserve. The Bundala National Park, Sri Lanka’s first wetland to be declared a Ramsar site and a biosphere reserve under UNESCO is today facing tough times in the face of invasive plants encroaching the natural habitat of the wetland. The spread
Read more →Support local activities to conserve the 2,000 year-old Ifugao rice terraces World Heritage Site. In 1995, UNESCO registered the Ifugao Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras as a World Heritage Site. The World Heritage Committee described the rice terraces as “outstanding examples of living cultural landscapes. They
Read more →Solarizing Borobudur project. The Borobudur temple is the world’s largest Buddhist monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The surrounding park is set to showcase Indonesia’s renewable energy potential, with the installation of solar-powered park lights. The project, ‘Solarising Borobodur’ is initiated by Greenpeace, with the Borobudur
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