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The Climate For Change, Sustainability And Building Green: What Is Required To Develop A Green Building? Part 2

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1.4 Commonwealth Legislation

(a) Energy Efficiency Opportunities Act:

The Commonwealth Energy Efficiency Opportunities program (EEO program) was introduced in April 2006 to encourage companies to improve their energy efficiency.

It does this by requiring large energy users to assess their energy use and identify and report publically on energy saving opportunities. The EEO program is implemented by the Energy Efficiency Opportunities Act 2005 (Cth) (EEO Act) and the Energy Efficiency Opportunities Regulations 2006 (EEO Regulations).

The EEO Act applies to corporate groups that use more than 0.5 Petajoules (PJ) of energy per year. If the total energy used by the members of a corporate group exceeds this threshold in a financial year it is mandatory for the "controlling corporation" to apply to register under the EEO program

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