City Partnership grant success

BREAZE Inc. is thrilled to announce that we are partnering with the City of Ballarat to support the implementation of the Ballarat Net Zero Emissions Plan. This will be through supporting and activating the community to work towards net zero 2030.

The partnership features three separate programs:-

• Ballarat ZNet Sustainability Awards Program to engage all community sectors in the Plan

• A Home Energy Efficiency Workshop Program targeted to groups on basis of need

• A Home Electrification Program to assist residents to get off gas.

Our project will provide a platform for raising awareness of the urgent need to respond to climate change and arm the local community with practical strategies to reduce their household energy consumption and costs, improve the thermal comfort of their homes and lessen their carbon footprint. We will do this by engaging local communities to reduce the impact of climate change – with the proposed Ballarat ZNet Sustainability Awards Program highlighting and enhancing community leadership – amplifying and rewarding community action. The Home Energy Efficiency and Home Electrification aspects of the project will contribute to significant reduction of households’ carbon footprints as well as supporting vulnerable residents’ adaptation to climate change.

This project will work in partnership with and support the City of Ballarat in the implementation of its Council Plan 2021-2025. BREAZE President, Campbell Mercer, said “the programs within our City Partnership Project are aimed at highlighting and implementing the actions of the Ballarat Net Zero Emissions Plan, will address key needs, both the cost of living crisis and the climate crisis”.

Funding from the City of Ballarat for nearly $250,000 is being leveraged by community volunteer efforts, bringing the total value of the project to just under $1 million.