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- Lighting Knox With Green Energy
We’re transitioning to 100% renewable energy to power our street lights, in an effort to tackle climate change.
From 1 July 2021, our street lights which make up half of Council’s electricity use, will be powered by wind energy for the next 9 years.
In 2020, Knox Council along with 12 Victorian Councils and 1 State Government Authority signed a Power Purchasing Agreement (PPA) to purchase 100% renewable energy from a wind farm in Gippsland.
In addition to supporting renewable energy projects, the long-term Agreement provides price certainty and eliminates price volatility.
This green energy transition builds on the street light energy efficiency works we have undertaken to drastically reduce our impact on the planet.
Since 2016, we’ve replaced 10,600 street lights with energy-efficient LED globes to reduce energy use by over 75% to lower electricity and maintenance costs.
We are now investigating LED replacement for street lights on our major roads to explore further energy and greenhouse emissions savings.
Share your feedback on tackling climate change together
We are committed to taking urgent action on climate change and have outlined a Climate Response Plan to reach net zero emissions for Council and our community.
The Plan identifies a broad range of mitigation and adaptation actions for our community now, and in the future.
Initiatives include helping transitioning our community to electric vehicles, and further support renewable energy solutions such as investigating options for a landfill solar farm.
We are currently seeking your ideas and feedback on the Climate Response Plan by 27 June.
Tell us how we can support you in tackling climate change, and preserve what we know and love about Knox.
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Events, activities and festivals
- Knox Factor
- Festivals and civic events
- Business networking event: Why Australian-made matters now more than ever
- Business structures and succession planning workshop
- Community event info and registration
- Community training: 3Rs of family violence
- Community training: Building Aboriginal cultural competency
- Community training: Child safe standards for Community groups
- Community training: Cultural awareness training
- Community training: Managing challenging members and volunteer-related situations
- Community training: Safe food handling
- More than shelter - supports for people experiencing homelessness
- OELLEN Career Expo 2025
- Running a Successful Community Group/Sports Club
- Have Your Say
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News
- A revitalised route for Boronia
- Art Beyond Waste exhibition
- Business networking and Bodacious Coffee tour
- Check out our new Knox waste trucks
- Could your community group benefit from funding support?
- Cr Susan Laukens elected Knox Mayor
- Economic & demographic insights: What’s ahead for Knox?
- Electoral irregularities
- Free Community Training Workshops
- Free workshops for cleaner. greener living
- Get growing with Gardens for Harvest
- International Women's Day networking event
- Join our bike education courses
- Join the Environment Advisory Committee
- Join the Knox Multicultural Advisory Committee
- Keep leaving your rubbish bin out until 6pm
- Kindergarten community panel
- Knox recycling efforts a huge success
- Knox retailer networking session
- LED streetlight upgrades across Knox
- Learn how to compost at home
- Leave your rubbish bin out until 6 pm
- Make an 'empty your fridge' frittata
- Make the switch to reusable nappies
- Making Knox more Electric Vehicle ready
- Making Knox more Electric Vehicle ready
- More Than Shelter
- Move Your Way returns for 2025!
- New playground at Tim Neville Arboretum now open
- New wetland ready to explore
- Paving the way, sustainably
- Progress is building at Bayswater Library
- Protecting our green areas and significant spaces
- Race ready!
- Ready, set, play! 2025 local playground upgrades
- Removal of pine trees at Koolunga Native Reserve
- Revitalising Boronia
- Rubbish bin lids are changing
- Safer streets for Boronia
- School holiday activities for young people
- StageScape - community performing arts festival
- Take time out in nature with Biodiversity Month
- Together we are Knox
- Together, we've changed 86% of bin lids
- Transform your home with all-electric solutions
- We are sorry
- Winning government grants and tenders workshop
- Arts in Knox
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Major projects and initiatives
- Capital Works Projects at Sports Facilities
- Capital works
- Carrington Park Activity Centre redevelopment
- Chandler Road shared path and road renewal project
- Demolition of Knox Basketball Stadium (Boronia)
- Gilbert Park upgrades
- Kings Park masterplan
- Lewis Park Masterplan
- New Bayswater Library
- Park Ridge Reserve Upgrade
- Tormore Reserve pavilion upgrade
- Wally Tew upgrade
- Wantirna Reserve redevelopment
- Community groups and volunteering
- Explore Knox
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Event Calendar
- Bee Gees Revival
- Burt Bacharach (Featuring Michael Cormick)
- Diamond
- FRITZ (School Holiday Feature Show)
- Lady Be Good, The Songs of Ella Fitzgerald (Featuring Nina Ferro)
- Sunglasses at Night. The 80-‘s Apocalypse Sing-Along Cabaret
- Tenori
- The Beatlez
- Tis the Season – A Very Jazzy Christmas Spectacular
- Wish Upon A Star – The Disney Songbook (ft. Danielle Matthews)
- Women of Wit
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