WE'VE MADE THE SWITCH!

Lane Cove Council has a long-standing commitment to sustainability and is determined to be at the forefront of community expectations by adopting best practices in sustainability within Councils operations and services. Since July 2022 all of Councils facilities, including The Canopy, have been powered by 100% renewable energy with power coming via three solar farms in NSW. 

This means that if you are using one of the six electric vehicle chargers (level P3) or one of the two fast charging stations (level P2) your zero emissions vehicle is being powered by renewable energy.

The Canopy's car park lighting and associated services have been off-grid since The Canopy opened in 2020, with power delivered on-site by 79Kw of solar and four Tesla Powerwall batteries.

Using renewable energy, combined with Council's other energy savings and own solar power generation projects, has decreased Council's energy emissions from 2% of the LGA to 0.5%. 

Council has progressed well in reducing our own emissions, with data from 2022/2023 showing that we had reduced our emissions by 79%, a significant advance on our 80% reduction target set for 2036.