Our programs

See how our programs deliver low emissions, increased biodiversity, restored natural environments and climate resilience in Brisbane.

Delivering for a sustainable future

Brisbane Carbon Challenge

Helping Brisbane residents measure and lower their household carbon emissions from home energy, transport and waste with an online calculator and useful tips and resources.

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Designed to help residents prepare for, live through and recover from overland flow flooding. Residents receive a free Home Service by flood-resilience experts, and in some cases funded resilience works.

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Oxley Creek Transformation

Revitalising the Oxley Creek corridor from the Brisbane River to Larapinta into a world class green, lifestyle and leisure destination.

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Resilient Clubs Support Program

Helping Brisbane clubs become more energy and water efficient to reduce operational costs, future-proofing them for the benefit of the Brisbane community.

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Oxley Creek Junior Ranger Program

Developed to give children of all ages the opportunity to participate in protecting and enhancing Oxley Creek and its surrounding green open spaces.

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Storm Check

Storm Check is a storm resilient homes trial in South-East Queensland, delivered by Brisbane Sustainability Agency in partnership with NRMA Insurance.

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WasteSMART Brisbane

An awards program that champions the achievements of residents, businesses and groups who work together for a clean and green city.

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Success stories

See how our programs deliver real outcomes for Brisbane.

One change that can halve your carbon footprint

BRISBANE CARBON CHALLENGE

How Brisbane residents and carbon challenge participants reduce their carbon footprint by 50% with one simple action.

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What residents say

FLOOD RESILIENT HOMES

Hear from Brisbane residents about their experiences with flooding on their properties, and what they have to say about the flood resilience works completed on their homes.

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Warril Parkland Outdoor Queensland award

OXLEY CREEK TRANSFORMATION

In 2020 the Oxley Creek Transformation Project won the Outdoor Queensland Award for their design and delivery of Warill Parkland nature playground.

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Helping Brisbane’s clubs improve their water and energy efficiency

RESILIENT CLUBS

To date, we’ve enabled 32 community clubs to install solar, saving a total of 800 megawatt hours of energy and an estimated $200,000 in energy costs annually.

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Building Flood Resilience
in Brisbane

INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT

We are working with Brisbane City Council to educate and support Brisbane residents and the building industry to build the resilience of our homes and reduce the impact of flooding events on properties.

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Can flood resilience protect more homes like Rusty’s in the future?

ABC NEWS, 18 MAY 2022

Rusty, a Flood Resilient Homes Participant, shares how the flood resilient building strategies used on his home made his post-flood clean-up much easier.

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Past Programs

We have been delivering programs for a sustainable future since 2009.

Reduce Your Juice

Reduce Your Juice is Brisbane Sustainability Agency’s Australian-first energy saving program helping younger, digitally connected adults to change their electricity consumption habits and reduce their bills.

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Energy Savvy Families

Brisbane Sustainability Agency worked with the Queensland Government to deliver the Energy Savvy Families program to targeted areas of regional Queensland. Vulnerable and regional households were a key focus for the program as these are often the most impacted by energy costs.

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