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The Adelaide Park Lands have cultural, environmental and social significance for the people of South Australia and need to be managed in a way that enhances and protects them for future generations.

Environmental Sustainability Strategy 2009-12

The Environmental Sustainability Strategy 2009-2012 will guide how Council will work to achieve an Environmentally Sustainable City through creating 'a climate responsive City', 'a water wise City', 'an ecologically sustainable City and 'a zero waste City'.

Council will prepare an annual action plan which will outline the projects and services to deliver against the Strategy.

» Environmental Sustainability Strategy 2009-2012 (PDF, 2Mb)
» 2009-10 Action Plan (PDF, 55Kb)

Carbon Neutral Council Action Plan

Adelaide City Council’s Carbon Neutral Council Action Plan (PDF, 245Kb) has initiated projects that will reduce carbon emissions (CO2e) from Council’s own operations by over 6,000 each year. This is equivalent to carbon emissions produced by 750 SA households, or 1.300 SA cars in one year.

Projects include:

  • Installation of a major solar panel array, in partnership with the Australian Government Solar Cities Program, on Rundle UPark to offset the power needs of the Rundle Lantern.
  • Energy efficient lighting and airconditioning systems installed at the UPark Central Market and Rundle.
  • Energy efficient retrofits of traffic and public lighting.
  • Feasibility investigations for the installation of a cogeneration plant at the Adelaide Aquatic Centre.
  • Rollout of energy saving initiatives across the Corporation’s computer network.
  • Identification of priority energy saving works for the UPark portfolio for 2009/10 and beyond.
  • Selecting an Energy Management System to enable monitoring of Council’s energy use and support production of the annual emissions register.

The State of the Environment Report 2005

The report describes trends using the Condition, Pressure, Response model to describe Council’s and the community’s interactions with the environment. This model analyses environmental indicators to determine identifiable trends since Council’s last State of the Environment Report in 1998.

» State of the Environment Report 2005 (PDF, 2Mb)