Public Record Office Victoria has an ongoing focus on energy efficiency and the reduction of waste, water and paper use. Broadly our aims are to:
• Maintain a reduced carbon footprint at the VAC.
• Maintain a reduced ecological footprint around our office based activities.
• Continue to support the sustainable management and use of government records.
During the year we progressed several major facility projects that delivered immediate energy efficiencies to the Victorian Archives Centre:
• We installed our fourth new chiller unit as part of our multi-year chiller replacement program. These new chiller units are extremely energy efficient.
• We upgraded our entire external lighting system to use energy efficient LED lights.
• We installed a new second boiler. We have three boilers in total, with the final unit scheduled to be replaced during 2016-17. These boilers use gas and we have already seen a reduction in gas consumption with the introduction of the first two new boilers.
We will investigate the possibility of installing solar panels in 2016-17 as part of our ongoing commitment to reducing our carbon footprint and further increasing our energy efficiency at the Victorian Archives Centre.