{"id":3383,"date":"2014-09-24T02:33:07","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T02:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/c4ce.net.au\/nces\/?page_id=3383"},"modified":"2015-04-19T19:30:06","modified_gmt":"2015-04-19T19:30:06","slug":"about-the-authors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/c4ce.net.au\/nces\/about-the-authors\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Authors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='layer_slider_1'  class='avia-layerslider main_color avia-shadow  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  container_wrap sidebar_right'  style='height: 401px;'  ><div id=\"layerslider_7_ecpefqayp0m8\"  class=\"ls-wp-container fitvidsignore ls-selectable\" style=\"width:100%;height:400px;margin:0 auto;margin-bottom: 0px;\"><div class=\"ls-slide\" data-ls=\"duration:7000;transition2d:11,13,23;transition3d:all;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"353\" src=\"https:\/\/c4ce.net.au\/nces\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Intro.jpg\" class=\"ls-bg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id='after_layer_slider_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-3383'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-4c632662f201226ce166f3a0fa3f8393 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1>About the Authors<\/h1>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.isf.uts.edu.au\">The Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF)<\/a> <\/strong>was established by the University of Technology, Sydney in 1996 to work with industry, government and the community to develop sustainable futures through research and consultancy. Our mission is to create change toward sustainable futures that protect and enhance the environment, human well being and social equity.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.starfish-initiatives.org\">Starfish Initiatives<\/a> <\/strong>is a registered charity whose purpose is to create and support regional sustainability throughout Australia and beyond. Our work embodies the ability of real starfish, to self-replicate and self-heal as powerful principles for sustainability. Starfish has a long-standing involvement with community energy which began with Australia\u2019s largest community solar energy initiative to date, Farming the Sun. \u00a0Starfish is also leading work on New England Wind,North Coast Energy Forum and has been a founding member of C4CE.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cpagency.org.au\">Community Power Agency<\/a> <\/strong>was established in 2011 to support the growth of a vibrant community renewable energy sector in Australia. We work with communities to strengthen capacities to develop community owned renewable energy projects. We also collaborate with a range of organisations at a national level to address policy and systemic barriers facing the sector. Our vision is for a fair and sustainable energy sector that provides real benefit for more Australians and our environment.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emarbark.com.au\">Embark<\/a> <\/strong>is a non-profit organisation focused on accelerating the uptake of community renewable energy projects. Embark has developed a number of innovative community business models that address the major barriers holding back the growth of the community renewable energy sector, particularly in relation to funding and governance and coupled with our community engagement processes. Embark works to shift the community energy sector into the mainstream, as a proven and financially viable model capable of attracting large-scale investment and growing to meet its full potential.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ata.org.au\">Alternative Technology Association (ATA)<\/a> <\/strong>is a not-for-profit organisation that exists to connect, inspire and assist people to make sustainable choices in their homes and communities. Established in 1980, the ATA provides expert, independent advice on sustainable solutions to households, communities, government and industry. The ATA has more than 5000 members and has helped thousands of households save money and reduce their environmental footprint with information on energy efficiency, solar power, rainwater tanks, materials reuse and waste. The ATA also advocates in government and industry arenas to remove barriers to affordable, sustainable living for all Australians.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tec.org.au\">Total Environment Centre:<\/a> <\/strong>Established in 1972 by pioneers of the Australian environmental movement, TEC has committed nearly 40 years work toward protecting the natural and urban environment, flagging issues, driving debate, supporting community activism and pushing for better environmental policy and practice. TEC has been involved in National Electricity Market (NEM) advocacy for ten years, arguing above all for greater utilisation of demand side participation \u2014 energy conservation and efficiency, demand management and decentralised generation \u2014 to meet Australia\u2019s electricity needs.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sustainableregionalaustralia.com.au%20\">Sustainable Regional Australia (SRA)<\/a>,<\/strong> established by the Central Victorian Greenhouse Alliance in 2005, supports, services and leads communities in their transition towards more energy resilient futures. We partner with communities through research, through direct community engagement around energy efficiency, education and renewable energy development, and through the delivery of energy solutions for commercial customers.<\/p>\n<h2>Acknowledgement<\/h2>\n<p>The authors would like to acknowledge and thank <a href=\"http:\/\/arena.gov.au\">ARENA<\/a> for the funding provided for this Strategy and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.environment.nsw.gov.au\/communities\/clean-energy.htm\">NSW Regional Clean Energy Program<\/a> for their support and input. We would also like to thank those individuals and community groups who participated in the research that lead to this strategy as well as those who participated in the Strategy development as part of the inaugural Community Energy Congress.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Institute for Sustainable Futures<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>University of Technology, Sydney<\/p>\n<p>PO Box 123<\/p>\n<p>Broadway, NSW, 2007<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.isf.edu.au\">www.isf.edu.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 UTS September 2014<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3383","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c4ce.net.au\/nces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c4ce.net.au\/nces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c4ce.net.au\/nces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c4ce.net.au\/nces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c4ce.net.au\/nces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3383"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/c4ce.net.au\/nces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3505,"href":"https:\/\/c4ce.net.au\/nces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3383\/revisions\/3505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c4ce.net.au\/nces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}