Matthew Warren farewells Clean Energy Council

Chief Executive Officer of the Clean Energy Council (CEC), Matthew Warren, has announced that he is retiring from this position at the end of 2011.

Mr Warren will commence a new role as Chief Executive Officer of the Energy Supply Association of Australia, replacing Brad Page, effective as of January 2012.

Mr Warren’s replacement at the CEC will be decided by the CEC Board, currently chaired by Michael Fraser, the Managing Director of AGL Energy.

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Sustainable Energy Association Board changes

Greg Denton has been welcomed as Chair of the Sustainable Energy Association (SEA) after being elected at the Annual General Meeting.

Mr Denton thanked the outgoing Chair, Bob Blakiston, for his three years of service, as well as for his leadership and support of the growth of the Association.

Sean Webb – Business Manager and Board member of the Western Australian Geothermal Centre of Excellence – was elected as the Vice-Chair of the SEA Board. Additionally, Durmus Yildiz, Managing Director of SolarMatrix, was also elected to the Board.

Re-elected members of the 2011-12 SEA Board include:

  • Kelli Friar, Manager, Strategy Implementation and Integration at Horizon Power
  • Peter Ferguson, Oceania Sustainability Tax and Incentives Leader and Regional Cleantech Leader at Ernst & Young
  • Glen Head, Director of HAC Consulting
  • The Hon. Alannah MacTiernan, former Western Australia Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, and Shadow Minister for Climate Change
  • Harry Porrins, Principal at Red Cat Marketing.

AGIC develops new rating tool

The Australian Green Infrastructure Council (AGIC) is spearheading the development of a national sustainability rating scheme to promote innovative, social, economic and environmental performance in the design, construction and operation of new and upgraded infrastructure assets.

The AGIC Rating Tool will provide a national metrics framework for sustainability assessment of projects in the Australian infrastructure market.

AGIC has commenced Round 2 of 14 Pilot Trials, following the successful completion of Round 1. Round 2 Trials will be held in most states and territories, and its assessment team has undertaken workshops with project teams to test the tool on real ventures.

Round 2 Pilot Trials began in October 2011, and will be completed before the end of the year. A panel of AGIC assessors and verifiers will assist with the review of self-assessments in Round 2.

AGIC recently engaged GHD to assist in developing a weighting methodology for the Rating Tool (to be finalised by the end of 2011), for which AGIC will be seeking stakeholder input.

A draft version of the rating tool was released in October 2011 following the AGIC National Conference, Our Brave New World: Where Metrics Drive Sustainability. This marked the start of the stakeholder comment period, and AGIC is currently inviting feedback on the draft version of the tool.

The feedback will be taken on board, along with the results of the Pilot Trials, in finalising the scheme, ready for its launch on 21 February 2012 at Parliament House in Canberra.