Through expert energy assistance and hands-on project support, the Community Power Hub project helps organisations across Geelong and surrounds with capacity building to address climate change while also reducing their overheads.

Energy costs are growing for all organisations. The Community Power Hub provides free advice to local not-for-profits, to help them cut their bills, and ensure funds are directed into their programs.

To tackle climate change, many not-for-profit organisations have set renewable energy and emissions reduction goals. The Community Power Hub provides much-needed assistance to not-for-profit organisations to help them achieve their own targets, turning local ideas and goodwill into real, on-the-ground renewable energy projects.

Not-for-profit organisations are often limited in their ability to evaluate, fund and implement renewable energy options. The Community Power Hub builds capacity within local not-for-profit organisations and provides the focus, understanding and support they need to succeed. The hub is the key to ensuring that in the future, community projects reach fruition and don’t lay dormant.
Geelong Sustainability's Community Energy Officer has so far assisted 55 local organisations to cut energy and save on bills through energy audits, energy upgrades, rooftop solar feasibility assessments, electrification planning, emissions inventories, net-zero roadmaps and tariff savings on energy bills. The cumulative savings of projects that have been implemented is over $105,000 per year, with the savings enabling the groups to focus their funds into other areas, such as improving their facilities, implementing new community activities, or hiring staff.