Gawler community centre solarinstallation and LED security lightsfunded by a CORENA Quick Win loan

Solar panels on Op Shop roof supply 3 Community House buldings

Gawler Community House Inc. is located in Gawler near the Barossa region of SA. We give training and support to over 60 volunteers as well as to the wider community. We provide computer, yoga, quilting, and literacy and numeracy courses. We run an op shop and provide free recycled computers. Our volunteers provide Christmas and community lunches, and we are developing a community garden. This project will achieve great savings and let us better support the greater community.

See what has been achieved via the CORENA loan to Gawler Community House 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 one loan repayment from Gawler ($1,192) 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 12/01/20, the loan to Gawler Community House has achieved:

Project 2	kW (solar &/or EE equivalent)	MWh to date generated/avoided	Approx* CO2 avoided to date	Dollar value of achievement
At Gawler Community House	9.03 kW	86.27 MWh	86.27 t	$17,560
At subsequent projects	11.12 kW	82.85 MWh	82.85 t	$27,617
Total	20.15 kW	169.12 MWh	169.12 t	$45,177

Switch on date: 25/07/14.
Number of days in operation: 1997.

* 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.

This solar project is now fully funded – Thank you!

You can monitor what your contribution is achieving at any time via this online monitor display. How cool is that!

People helping pay for Project 2 so far

Date	Name	State	Amount
2014-07-02	Riverdell Spiritual Centre	SA	$141.67
2014-07-02	A Fenton	SA	$10.00
2014-07-02	Gaby Jung	Vic	$20.00
2014-07-01	Climate Action Now Wingecarribee	NSW	$500.00 (1 panel)
2014-07-01	Jonathan Maddox	NSW	$277.00
2014-07-01	Julie Bain	Vic	$25.00
2014-07-01	Naomi Rea	SA	$40.00
2014-07-01	GCH donation jar	SA	$10.00
2014-07-01	JG	SA	$50.00
2014-06-30	Interest		$3.39
2014-06-26	Anton Maurus	Vic	$35.00 (monthly)
2014-06-25	Marty Booth	NSW	$20.00 (monthly)
2014-06-24	Original Green Co, Marty	SA	$500.00 (1 panel)
2014-06-24	Sophia Case		$23.12 (monthly)
2014-06-23	Mackenzie Davey		$10.00 (monthly)
2014-06-21	Karen Hamilton	SA	$20.00
2014-06-20	David Lloyd	SA	$25.00
2014-06-16	Sally Shaw	SA	$100.00
2014-06-16	Spurrier family	ACT	$20.00 (monthly)
2014-06-16	Jonathan Prendergast	NSW	$5.00 (monthly)
2014-06-05	A.J.	SA	$5.00
2014-06-04	Jacinta Green	NSW	$5.00 (monthly)
2014-06-02	Stewart Sheffield	Vic	$50.00
2014-06-01	Interest		$1.80
2014-05-31	D & D Clarke (adds up to 1 panel)	SA	$210.00
2014-05-30	Embark Australia (matching donation)	Vic	$5,000.00
2014-05-30	Evans		$5.00
2014-05-30	David Clark	SA	$4.58
2014-05-28	GCH donation jar	SA	$32.50
2014-05-27	R. F. Hawker	SA	$200.00
2014-05-27	Trudy Bray	NSW	$1.65
2014-05-26	Chris Simmons	SA	$100.00
2014-05-26	Anon		$1.00
2014-05-26	Anton Maurus	Vic	$35.00 (monthly)
2014-05-26	Marty Booth	NSW	$20.00 (monthly)
2014-05-25	Sophia Case		$23.12 (monthly)
2014-05-23	Mackenzie Davey		$10.00
2014-05-22	Loan repayment from Project #1	NSW	$1,000.00
2014-05-22	Peacock Media Group	SA	$48.50
2014-05-22	Kathryn Saxton	Vic	$10.00
2014-05-22	Melbourne donation jars ($1 challenge)	Vic	$175.00
2014-05-21	Community House donation jar ($1 challenge)	SA	$222.45
2014-05-21	Mavis (Gawler) ($1 challenge)	SA	$50.00
2014-05-21	Rachelle ($1 challenge)	SA	$25.00
2014-05-20	Bill's friends ($1 challenge x 2)	ACT	$2.00
2014-05-20	Andrew Gosling ($1 challenge)	ACT	$5.00
2014-05-19	Michelle Clode ($1 challenge)		$1.00
2014-05-19	Scott Webber ($1 challenge)	Vic	$9.46
2014-05-19	Andrew Phillips ($1 challenge x 4)	Vic	$50.00
2014-05-19	Fifteens Trees ($1 challenge x 2)	Vic	$14.34
2014-05-19	JMR ($1 challenge)	SA	$50.00
2014-05-18	Chris Tyerman ($1 challenge)	SA	$20.00
2014-05-18	M in May bucket #1 ($1 challenge x 39)	SA	$39.75
2014-05-18	M in May bucket #2 ($1 challenge x 102)	SA	$106.50
2014-05-18	Dayna Millsteed ($1 challenge)	SA	$4.58
2014-05-17	Glynn $ Liz ($1 challenge)	Vic	$100.00
2014-05-17	Jennifer Howlett ($1 challenge)	NSW	$9.46
2014-05-17	Hands across Sands ($1 challenge x 23)	SA	$31.75
2014-05-16	David D	SA	$500.00 (1 panel)
2014-05-16	Bianca P ($1 challenge)	Vic	$0.68
2014-05-16	Stuart Bruce ($1 challenge)	Vic	$4.58
2014-05-16	$1 bucket at film (24 people)	SA	$52.45
2014-05-15	Paul Boundy ($1 challenge)	NSW	$0.68
2014-05-15	M. N. Corbett ($1 challenge)	Vic	$24.10
2014-05-14	Spurrier family ($1 challenge)	ACT	$20.00 (monthly)
2014-05-14	Bel Moore ($1 challenge)	Qld	$4.58
2014-05-14	Jonathan Prendergast ($1 challenge)	NSW	$5.00 (monthly)
2014-05-14	Barbara Prendergast ($1 challenge)	Vic	$0.68
2014-05-14	Vicky Schreiber (19 x $1 challenge)	SA	$19.22
2014-05-14	Alex "MonsterChef" Neilson ($1 challenge)	Vic	$4.58
2014-05-13	Roma Guerin ($1 challenge)	Vic	$9.46
2014-05-13	Kate's friends (4 x $1 challenge)	NSW	$5.00
2014-05-12 23:	Robyn ($1 challenge)	SA	$20.00
2014-05-12 18:	CMH ($1 challenge)	SA	$50.00
2014-05-09	Stewart Sheff ($1 challenge x 2)		$50.00
2014-05-08	Abby ($1 challenge)	SA	$10.00
2014-05-08	Vanessa Henley ($1 challenge)	SA	$2.00
2014-05-08	($1 challenge)		$10.00
2014-05-08	Sebastian Meyer ($1 challenge)		$1.00
2014-05-08	Flik Schemmer ($1 challenge)	SA	$5.00
2014-05-08	Haydn Lowe ($1 challenge)	ACT	$20.00
2014-05-07	Jonathan Prendergast ($1 challenge)	NSW	$1.00
2014-05-07	($1 challenge)		$1.00
2014-05-07	Daniel Hughes ($1 challenge via PayPal)	Vic	$0.68
2014-05-06	Bill Gresham ($1 challenge)	ACT	$300.00 (adds up to 1 panel)
2014-05-06	Bills's friends 2 (11 x $1 challenge)	ACT	$13.00
2014-05-06	EV group, ACT (15 x $1 challenge)	ACT	$15.00
2014-05-06	Robin Brown ($1 challenge)	ACT	$5.00
2014-05-06	Ian Bailey ($1 challenge)	SA	$4.58
2014-05-05	Jean Keir ($1 challenge)		$0.68
2014-05-05	Jacinta Green	NSW	$5.00 (monthly)
2014-05-05	A J Cusack ($1 challenge)		$10.00
2014-05-04	John Baxter ($1 challenge)	NSW	$3.60
2014-05-03	SA May Day (76 x $1 challenge)	SA	$76.00
2014-05-03	Adel Activist Centre (10 x $1)	SA	$10.00
2014-05-02	Greens games night (23 x $1)	SA	$23.00
2014-05-01	Interest		$0.69
2014-04-30	Mary W ($1 challenge)	Vic	$20.00
2014-04-29	Tracey Lamb ($1 challenge)	Vic	$4.58
2014-04-29	Dave & Denece Clarke ($1 challenge)	SA	$210.00
2014-04-29	Gaby Jung (30 x $1 challenge)	Vic	$30.00
2014-04-29	Joshua Lamb ($1 challenge)	Vic	$4.58
2014-04-29	Shaun Branden ($1 challenge)	SA	$1.65
2014-04-28	Anton Maurus ($1 challenge)	Vic	$35.00 (monthly)
2014-04-28	Marty Booth ($1 challenge)	NSW	$50.00 (monthly)
2014-04-28	G M King ($1 challenge)		$1.00
2014-04-28	Liisa Rusanen ($1 challenge)		$1.00
2014-04-25	G M Caunce ($1 challenge)	SA	$0.68
2014-04-24	Rachel B ($1 challenge x 8)	SA	$10.00
2014-04-24	Fraser Argue ($1 challenge)		$100.00
2014-04-24	Andrew Allen ($1 challenge)	Vic	$9.46
2014-04-24	Sophia Case ($1 challenge)		$23.12 (monthly)
2014-04-23	Garry Hughes ($1 challenge)	UK	$3.56
2014-04-23	Yizhen Zhu ($1 challenge)	NSW	$1.65
2014-04-23	Thomas Champine ($1 challenge)	NSW	$0.68
2014-04-22	Robyn Wood (10 x $1 challenge)	SA	$10.00
2014-04-18 19:	L.A.C.K.R.I.O.T (8 x $1 challenge)	SA	$8.00
2014-04-18 18:	The Hamiltons ($1 challenge)	SA	$5.00
2014-04-17	Engage Digital ($1 challenge)	NSW	$19.22
2014-04-17	AD ($1 challenge)	NSW	$20.00
2014-04-17	TM ($1 challenge)	NSW	$20.00
2014-04-16	HJ Panoch ($1 challenge)		$13.00
2014-04-16	David Clark ($1 challenge)	SA	$7.02 (PayPal)
2014-04-16	Ariki Hita ($1 challenge)	NSW	$9.46 (PayPal)
2014-04-15	Dean O'Callaghan ($1 challenge)	Vic	$4. 58 (PayPal)
2014-04-15	James Saunders	NSW	$0.68 (PayPal)
2014-04-14	Marie Vonow ($1 challenge)	SA	$5.00
2014-04-14	Spurrier family ($1 challenge)	ACT	$20.00 (monthly)
2014-04-11	Matthew Moate ($1 challenge)	SA	$19.22 (PayPal)
2014-04-11	Matthew L ($1 challenge)		$1.00
2014-04-11	Melissa Versteeg ($1 challenge)	SA	$1.16 (PayPal)
2014-04-10	Robert Hart ($1 challenge)	SA	$48.50 (PayPal)
2014-04-09	Charles Eaton ($1 challenge)	NSW	$0.68 (PayPal)
2014-04-09 19:	Vanessa Henley ($1 challenge)	SA	$10.00
2014-04-09 15:	Gawler Community House ($1 challenge) Approx 150 people	SA	$228.45
2014-04-09 10:	Chris Anderson	SA	$500.00 (1 panel)
2014-04-09 10:	Karen Buxron ($1 challenge)	NSW	$50.00
2014-04-08	$1 challenge from 40 people	SA	$50.00
2014-04-04	Jacinta Green	NSW	$5.00 (monthly)
2014-04-02	Pip ($1 challenge)	SA	$50.00
2014-04-02	Duncan Reilly ($1 challenge)	SA	$1.16 (via PayPal)
2014-04-01	Paul Harris ($1 challenge)	SA	$1.16 (via PayPal)
2014-04-01	PID Tuning ($1 challenge)	SA	0.68 (via PayPal)
2014-04-01	Nadia McLaren ($1 challenge)	SA	19.22 (via PayPal)
2014-03-31	Wanderers 4WD Club (9 x $1 challenge)	SA	$20.00
2014-03-31	Gawler Garden and Produce Share (8 x $1 challenge)	SA	$13.00
2014-03-31	Fred Horvath ($1 challenge)	SA	$20.00
2014-03-31	Telford ($1 challenge)		$10.00
2014-03-31	Interest		0.12
2014-03-30	Lisa Nicholls ($1 challenge)	Qld	$2.63
2014-03-29	Lari Dimitrios ($1 challenge)		$1.00
2014-03-29	Earth's Animals ($1.50 via PayPal)	NSW	$1.16
2014-03-29	Michelle's party (26 x $1 challenge)	SA	$88.00
2014-03-29 14:	Alison ($1 challenge)	Vic	$50.00
2014-03-28	Yarrow Andrew ($1 challenge)		$200.00
2014-03-28	20 x $1 challenge	Vic	$20.00
2014-03-27	Anton Maurus	Vic	$35.00 (monthly)
2014-03-27	pix ($1 challenge)	SA	$10.00
2014-03-27	Beth Spencer ($1 challenge)	NSW	$3.60
2014-03-27	Sebastian Geers	SA	$33.86
2014-03-27	Anon ($1 challenge)		$1.00
2014-03-26	Andrew	NSW	$10.00
2014-03-26	Anon ($1 challenge)		$5.00
2014-03-26	Jenny M ($1 challenge)	Vic	$5.00
2014-03-25	Willison ($1 challenge)		$5.00
2014-03-25	2 x $1 challenge		$2.00
2014-03-25	Bill's friends 21 x $1 challenge		$21.00
2014-03-25	Marty Booth	NSW	$20.00 (monthly)
2014-03-25	12 x $1 challenge (Gawler)	SA	$15.00
2014-03-24	10 x $1 challenge		$10.00
2014-03-24	Gaby Jung ($1 challenge)	Vic	$10.00
2014-03-24	Matthew Curnow ($1 challenge)	SA	$50.00
2014-03-24 11:	Gary Rowbottom ($1 challenge)	SA	$20.00
2014-03-21	anonymous ($1 challenge)	Qld	$20.00
2014-03-21	Wade ($1 challenge)	Qld	$10.00
2014-03-21	Charlene Grainger ($1 challenge)	Vic	$11.00
2014-03-21	P. Koppel (3 x $1 challenge)	Vic	$3.00
2014-03-21	L.S. ($1 challenge)	Qld	$1.00
2014-03-21	4 x $1 challenge		$4.00
2014-03-21	Sonja ($1 challenge)		$5.00
2014-03-20	Dan Spencer ($1 challenge)	SA	$50.00
2014-03-20	Terrence Mc B ($1 challenge)	NSW	$100.00
2014-03-20	Michael D ($1 challenge)	SA	$10.00
2014-03-20	4 x $1 challenge		$4.00
2014-03-20	MJ ($1 challenge)	Vic	$10.00
2014-03-20	Anon ($1 challenge)		$5.00
2014-03-19 18:	$1 challenge		$1.00
2014-03-19 18:	David G Lloyd ($1 challenge)	SA	$50.00
2014-03-19 18:	Janet Rice ($1 challenge)	Vic	$10.00
2014-03-19 10:	Bill Gresham ($1 challenge)	ACT	$200.00
2014-03-19 10:	Bob Douglas ($1 challenge)	ACT	$5.00
2014-03-19 10:	Rosemary Blemings ($1 challenge)	ACT	$11.00
2014-03-18	4 x $1 challenge		$4.00
2014-03-17 20:	V. R. Henley ($1 challenge)	SA	$6.60
2014-03-17 20:	Mike Meldrum ($1 challenge)	NSW	$100.00
2014-03-17 20:	L E Fox ($1 challenge)		$20.00
2014-03-17 19:	Heather Brown ($1 challenge)	SA	$40.00
2014-03-17 18:	Pete and Wendy ($1 challenge)	NSW	$5.00
2014-03-17 10:	13 x $1 challenge		$14.55
2014-03-17 10:	Colin Lambie ($1 challenge)		$5.00
2014-03-17 10:	C. Stanyon ($1 challenge)		$20.00
2014-03-17 09:	Michael Kubler	SA	$50.00 (monthly)
2014-03-16	$1 Challenge March in March Adelaide	SA	$103.20 (91 donors)
2014-03-14	Spurrier Family	ACT	$20.00 (monthly)
2014-03-13	Transition Town Guildford, WA	WA	$50.00
2014-03-10	Womad - Anon		$1.85
2014-03-05	Jacinta Green	NSW	$5.00 (monthly)
2014-03-01 12:	Karen Buxton	NSW	$50.00
2014-02-28	Interest		$0.06
2014-02-27 21:	Glenn Christie & Family	SA	$20.00
2014-02-26	Dave Clarke	SA	$210.00
2014-02-26	Anton Maurus	Vic	$35.00 (monthly)
2014-02-25	Marty Booth	NSW	$20.00 (monthly)
2014-02-25 10:	Sally Marsland	Vic	$100.00
2014-02-21	Loan repayment from Project 1	NSW	$1,000.00
2014-02-18 16:	Vanessa Henley	SA	$25.00
2014-02-18 13:	E Hatcher	SA	$80.00
2014-02-15	Spurrier family	ACT	$20.00 (monthly)
2014-02-14	Michael Kubler	SA	$50.00 (monthly)
2014-02-12	TT Guildford	WA	$50.00
2014-02-04	Jacinta Green	NSW	$5.00 (monthly)
2014-02-04 09:	Dalwood/Warhurst family	SA	$25.00 (monthly)
2014-02-01	Interest		$0.04
2014-02-01 18:	Jacinta Green	NSW	$10.00
2014-01-29	Anton Maurus	Vic	$35.00 (monthly)
2014-01-28	Marty Booth	NSW	$20.00 (monthly)
2014-01-19	DBW (via PayPal)	SA	$585.30 (one panel)
2014-01-16	Michael Kubler	SA	$50.00 (monthly)
2014-01-07 16:	N.B.	Vic	$100.00
2014-01-05 22:	Spurrier family	Vic	$20.00 (monthly)
2014-01-04	PayPal test	SA	$4.58
2013-12-31	Interest		$0.02
2013-12-27	Anton Maurus	Vic	$35.00 (monthly)
2013-12-24 11:	Chrstmas gift for Kerryn Dragicevich	NSW	$100.00
2013-12-19 07:	Xmas gift for Donna	ACT	$50.00
2013-12-15 16:	Xmas gift Emma & Phil Walsh & Koopa	Qld	$25.00
2013-12-15 16:	Xmas gift Laura WADE love DAD	Qld	$25.00
2013-12-15 16:	Michael Kubler	SA	$50.00 (monthly)
2013-12-03	raffle	SA	$45.00
2013-12-02	Raffle	Vic	$80.00
2013-12-02	PayPal verify		$0.18
2013-12-01	Interest minus cheque fee		$1.50
2013-11-26	Anton Maurus (monthly)	Vic	$35.00
2013-11-26 15:	Anon	QLD	$10.00
2013-11-25	Simon Eastman	Vic	$60.00
2013-11-18	Michael Kubler (monthly)	SA	$50.00
2013-11-18	raffle		$385.00
2013-11-18 11:	John Rolls	SA	$47.74

Loan amount: $17,560
Loan repayments: Agreed amount was $1,000/qtr, but they decided to repay the entire amount they saved on their electricity bills each quarter rather than the set amount.
Status: Funded project

THIS LOAN HAS NOW BEEN FULLY REPAID!

Loan repayments received:
1. 04/09/14, $1,086.30
2. 17/11/14, $2,232.80
3. 20/02/15, $2,119.45
4. 19/05/15, $2,142.35
5. 12/08/15, $1,295.85
6. 05/01/16, $1,750.00
7. 24/02/16, $2,200.00
8. 17/05/16, $2040.80
9. 02/10,16, $1,500.00
10. 10/11/16, $1,192.45

Work details	Cost	Expected savings
	Total: $21,380 ($17,560 from CORENA and $3,820 from GCH)	Total: 18,800kWh/year and approx $4,500/year.
10kW solar PV: - 1 x SolarEdge SE10k-AUS - 40 x SolarEdge Power Optimizers - 40 x Yingli YGE YL250P-29P panels - Clenergy framing - Siemens PV1-F cable - Kraus & Naimer DC Isolators	$15,600	Expected output 15,200kWh/yr. (Will displace 10,900kWh from grid and export 4,300kWh on weekends.) Will save approx $3500/year. Actual output over first full year of operation: 15,598kWh
Council approval fee	$200 - to be paid by GCH
Input-output meter	$680 - to be paid by GCH
Replacement of 5 halogen security lights with LEDs and light sensors	LED lights + installation = $980 each The CORENA loan will pay for 2 of them ($1,960), and GCH and Gawler Lions will pay for the other 3. Light sensors donated by Down to Earth Sustainable Solutions.	The 5 halogen security lights use around 20kWh/night. The LEDs will use about 10kWh per night, saving around 3600kWh/year ($1,000 per year).

Special thanks to Embark Australia for their $5,000 matching donation for this project.

Thanks to Tom and Rachel of Down to Earth Sustainable Solutions. They provide environmental and energy efficiency services in SA, and generously volunteered their time to assess requirements, seek quotes, and organise work details for this solar and energy efficiency project.