ecoBiz Partner Biography
Nursery Traders' Tim Bunker receiving their ecoBiz Partner certificate from Minister Darling
Nursery Traders, a plant nursery based in Capalaba, have implemented various energy and water saving technology since 1992. They currently possess a 750kL water storage and recycling system, which significantly reduces their reliance on council sources, to the point where in 3 months of 2010 no water was drawn from council sources at all. Recently they installed a sophisticated weather monitoring system, which adjusts the irrigation system to suit the needs of each individual plant, to minimise water use. To reduce Greenhouse gas emissions, they installed a solar power system capable of generating 208 kwhr per day.
Savings:
- Energy 123% (5 Queensland homes or 297,561 MJ)*
- Greenhouse Gas 123% (22 Cars or 87.48 t CO2-e)*
- Potable water reduction 95% (9 Olympic swimming pools or 23,542 kL) compared to their year 2000 levels
- Waste disposal reduction 24% (170 wheelie bins or 40 m3)
- Efficiency savings $150,582
* Feeding electricity into the grid through solar power.
Savings as at January 2011
Tim Bunker from Nursery Traders presented at the June 2011 QWESTNet forum. Listen to Tim's presentation (SWF video file, 4.3M)†.
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Last updated 16 December 2011