Sustainability Annual Report

Year

Torquay College
Introduction

ResourceSmart Schools is a Victorian Government initiative that will help our school
benefit from embedding sustainability in everything we do. Our school will take action to
minimise waste, save energy and water, promote biodiversity and reduce our
greenhouse gas emissions.

Sustainability Victoria (and other funding bodies, such as council, Catholic Education
Office, etc.) have funded us to participate in ResourceSmart Schools and receive
facilitation support from CERES.

Write brief summary on what the goals of this year were, or what the focus was (i.e.
student involvement, curriculum, waste reduction etc).

There are five modules in ResourceSmart Schools: Core, Biodiversity, Energy, Waste,
Water. Along the way, there are also stars with the ultimate aim to become a 5Star
Leadership school.

We have achieved the following stars:

*Delete modules and stars which the school has not achieved yet.

Torquay College
Achievements

Waste:
 Extra charges on waste bill
 Reducing waste pick ups
 Visy being charged for 14 bins but we only have 11 (contract
changed)
Water:
 Discovering meters being wrong with Barwon water
 Encouraging investigation into tanks and getting these working
correctly
 Investigate into water consumption at Torquay College
Electricity:
 Conducting energy audit within the school
 Placing reduce electricity signs around the school
Other:
 Investigation into electric composter
 New bin labels
 Investigation into master switch off of electricity

Future Goals
- Continue to investigate water usage at Torquay College
- Continue to aim to reduce waste pick ups
- Increasing living habitats around the school in biodiversity
- Reduce Paper usage at Torquay College
- Sustainability practices embedded into units of work and improved student
knowledge

Table of savings

Description of saving Amount

Waste pick ups $9030.17
Investigation into over charges to $4296.68
water
Visy 11 bins not 14 $288
Extra Charges to waste bill $525

Total savings for last 12 months $14,139.85

Torquay College