{"id":31928,"date":"2019-07-12T07:28:26","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T20:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=31928"},"modified":"2019-07-12T07:28:26","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T20:58:26","slug":"cefc-seniors-solar-mb1131","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/cefc-seniors-solar-mb1131\/","title":{"rendered":"From Disused Office Complex To Seniors&#8217; Village With Solar Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_31929\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31929\" class=\"size-large wp-image-31929\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/solar-seniors-village-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"Image: solar for seniors village\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/solar-seniors-village-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/solar-seniors-village-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/solar-seniors-village-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/solar-seniors-village.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-31929\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Cromwell Property Group<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s Clean Energy Finance Corporation announced yesterday it is investing in a seniors\u2019 living project in Canberra with a focus on sustainability.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The LDK Greenway Seniors\u2019 Living Village project in Tuggeranong is turning a disused office park into a retirement facility boasting more than 380 one, two and three-bedroom apartments. Amenities at the facility will include community dining and alfresco areas, a 130-seat auditorium, corner store, caf\u00e9, chapel and activities, arts and craft room.<\/p>\n<p>An emphasis has been placed on energy efficiency, with the Village to feature:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More than 700kw of solar power capacity installed on rooftops and car parking areas.<\/li>\n<li>Energy efficient lighting and smart controls.<\/li>\n<li>A focus on high efficiency heating, ventilation and air conditioning, along with heat recovery systems.<\/li>\n<li>High performance wall, underfloor and roof insulation and window glazing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tuggeranong Office park was originally constructed in 1991 to provide office accommodation for the Commonwealth Government. The eight-hectare site incorporates five individual buildings.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAcross the property sector, we see the repurposing of commercial office space as an untapped opportunity,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cefc.com.au\/media\/files\/canberra-landmark-gets-second-life-as-state-of-the-art-seniors-living-village\/\"> said<\/a> CEFC Property Sector Lead Chris Wade. \u201cThe emissions savings for this retirement and aged care village are expected to reach almost 30,000 tonnes over the lifecycle of the development.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ldk.com.au\/village-locations\/act\/tuggeranong\/\">The development<\/a> is a joint venture between Brisbane-based LDK Healthcare and Cromwell Property Group.<\/p>\n<p>The CEFC\u2019s $60 million investment in the village is its first related to seniors&#8217; living and builds on the Corporation&#8217;s existing $470 million residential portfolio that includes student, community and build-to-rent housing.<\/p>\n<h2>About The Clean Energy Finance Corporation<\/h2>\n<p>While this investment has a solar power element, the CEFC has also invested heavily in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cefc.com.au\/where-we-invest\/renewable-energy\/solar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> solar-focused projects<\/a>. The Corporation had supported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/cefc-solar-1gw-mb0368\/\">more than 1GW of large-scale solar capacity<\/a> by the end of 2017.<\/p>\n<p>As well as solar energy and built environment, the CEFC also invests in wind, biomass and energy storage; agribusiness, manufacturing and green vehicles, plus a variety of financing solutions for small-scale renewables, early stage clean-tech companies and other projects.<\/p>\n<p>The CEFC doesn&#8217;t hand out &#8220;free money&#8221; (the Australian Renewable Energy Agency &#8211; ARENA &#8211; is a grants body), it expects a return on its investments. Looking at its most recently published quarterly report for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cefc.com.au\/media\/402062\/quarterly-investment-report-march-2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> quarter ending March 31<\/a>, projects supported during Q1 have varying expected rates of return; from 3.4% to &gt;10%. At 30 June 2018, its core portfolio return since it kicked off was 4.44 per cent, against a Portfolio Benchmark Return (PBR) target of 5.51-6.51 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>The CEFC was established by the Australian Government under the Clean Energy Finance Corporation Act 2012. 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