10. Parke Holme Community Child Care, SA

Quick Win project No. 10: Parke Holme Community Child Care, SA

Past projects have been either solar-only or a mix of solar PV and energy efficiency (EE) measures. This is our first EE-only project, replacing all the Parke Holme CCC fluoro tubes and halogen downlights with energy efficient LED lighting. Energy efficiency is an equally important part of the transition to 100% renewable energy as solar PV, and in some cases is an even more cost effective way of reducing carbon emissions.

Note: The payback time on a LED lighting upgrade depends greatly on the number of hours lighting is used. Parke Holme CCC lighting is in use during all opening hours, from 6.45am to 6.30pm Monday to Friday, so their lighting upgrade will pay for itself in around 2 years.

Due to recent changes in SA Power Networks regulations affecting new solar installations, it is likely any future Quick Win projects in SA will also be EE-only projects, but we’ll continue to fund solar-only and solar+EE projects in other parts of Australia.

See what has been achieved via the CORENA loan to Parkeholme Community Child Care so far

Note: The ‘At subsequent projects’ figures should be a bit higher than shown below. This is because we temporarily used some Big Win funds to help fund some of our early Quick Win projects, and when we later repaid that amount to the Big Win fund we used two loan repayments from Parke Holme ($800) to help pay that back. That money is now achieving reductions in carbon emissions via the Big Win landlord-tenant solar scheme, but that benefit is not reflected in the table shown below.

As of 15/08/18, the loan to Parkeholme Community Child Care has achieved:

Project 10	kW (solar &/or EE equivalent)	MWh to date generated/avoided	Approx* CO2 avoided to date	Dollar value of achievement
At Parkeholme Community Child Care	2.08 kW	15.08 MWh	15.08 t	$3,760
At subsequent projects	2.44 kW	3.51 MWh	3.51 t	$3,436
Total	4.52 kW	18.59 MWh	18.59 t	$7,196

Install date: 19/01/16.
Number of days in operation: 939.

* Since the amount of CO2 avoided is highly dependent on the fuel source used for local grid electricity, and since each CORENA project is in a different location, we have used 1MWh = 1 tonne as a rough approximation across all projects.

Project 10 is now fully funded. Thank You!

People contributing to Project 10

Date	Name	State	Amount
2016-01-05	6th Gawler loan repayment (part)		$1,266.27
2016-01-05	Christine Anderson		$500.00
2016-01-04	Jacinta Green	NSW	$5/month
2016-01-04	Tim Hartley	Vic	$50.00
2016-01-04	ww	Qld	$50.00
2016-01-04	Tom Halbert	NSW	$25.00
2016-01-04	2nd loan repayment from Nannup CRC		$900.00
2016-01-04	Laquorious Dee	SA	$10/week
2016-01-04	David Castleford	SA	$8/week
2015-12-31	NB	Vic	$300.00
2015-12-31	Wayne Stanford	SA	$25/fortnight
2015-12-31	Interest		$0.73
2015-12-30	Peter Wade	Qld	$11/week
2015-12-30	Hoadie	Vic	$25/week
2015-12-29	Dave & Denece Clarke	SA	$210.00
2015-12-29	Warwick Stone	Vic	$10.00
2015-12-29	Laquorious Dee	SA	$10/week
2015-12-29	David Castleford	SA	$8/week
2015-12-29	Anton Maurus	Vic	$35/month
2015-12-28	John Rolls	SA	$45/month
2015-12-26	Amie Blanden	SA	$10/month
2015-12-25	Peter Wade - Gift for Laura	Qld	$100.00
2015-12-25	Peter Wade - Gift for Emma, Phillip, Koopa and Oliver	Qld	$100.00
2015-12-24	Robert A	NSW	$20.00
2015-12-23	Hoadie	Vic	$25/week
2015-12-23	Peter Wade	Qld	$11/week

Loan amount: $3,760
Loan repayments: $400/quarter
Status: Funded project
Loan repayments received so far:

Work details	Cost	Expected savings
Totals:	$3,760	5,863kWh/year $1,934/year
- Replace 61x 36W fluorescent lamps with 18W LED lamps Note: A 36W fluoro plus ballast uses around 46W. - Replace 8x 50W halogen downlights with 9W LED fittings Note: A 50W halogen downlight actually uses around 55W.	$3,760	5,863kWh/year $1,934/year