The Sustainability Incentives Scheme offers rebates to residents, businesses, and groups for the installation of sustainable technologies in their home or building.

Summary of Available Rebates: 

Smart and Green Energy

Appliance Electrification – all commercial properties

• 50% up to $10,000 for commercial replacement of gas appliance with electric or solar powered (eg hot water).

Switchboard upgrades – all commercial properties

• Pre-commitment required
• 50% up to $5,000 for switchboard upgrade to support electrification, solar and/or battery installation, or EV charging.

Energy Storage – all commercial properties

• 50% up to $2,000 for energy storage systems.

Electric Vehicle Charging Stations – all commercial properties

• 50% up to $250 for electric bicycle charging station.
• 50% up to $1,000 for electric vehicle one way charging station (7 kW to less than 50kW)
• 25% up to $2,000 for electric vehicle 'smart' charging station (7kW to less than 50kW)

Solar PV – all commercial properties

• 20% up to $2,500 for solar systems based on size.

Active Transport 

E-bikes* – all commercial properties

• 25% up to $800 for the purchase of an e-bike for commuting purposes.

Cargo bikes *– all commercial properties

• 25% up to $1,000 for the purchase of a Cargo Bike.

Bike Parking Racks – all commercial properties

• 25% up to $200 for the purchase of bike parking racks for strata residents/staff and visitor use.

Resource Recovery 

Commercial Green Waste Diversion – all commercial properties

• Pre-commitment required
• 50% up to $5,000 for the purchase or hire of commercial rapid composters, commercial dehydrators or similar systems to divert green waste from landfill.

Food Organics Collection – all commercial properties

• 6 months expenses up to $4,000 for contracting a food organics collection service.

Initial Purchase of Reusable Delivery Transport Containers – all commercial properties

• Pre-commitment required
• 50% up to $10,000 for initial purchase of reusable transport containers between supplier and business.

Suppliers of Reusable Delivery Transport Containers – all commercial properties

• Pre-commitment required
• 50% up to $500 for services that deliver back-of-house supplies in reusable containers to your business.

Indoor sorting bins and hard waste collection – all commercial properties

• Pre-commitment required
• 50% up to $5,000 for purchase of indoor sorting bin (eg recycling, organics) and educational signage and a one-off hard waste collection to remove unwanted items and increase storage space for resource recovery systems

Climate Ready 

Thermal Efficient Window or Door – all commercial properties

• Pre-commitment required.
• 50% up to $3,500 for the replacement of external single glazed windows or doors with thermally efficient windows or doors.

Shading Devices – all commercial properties

• Pre-commitment required.
• 50% up to $2,000 for the purchase and installation of fixed outdoor shading devices for shading glazing.

Insulation – all commercial properties

• Pre-commitment required.
• 50% up to $2,000 for the purchase and installation of insulation in an uninsulated ceiling space, under floor space or wall.

Rainwater Tanks – all commercial properties

• 50% up to $500 for a rainwater tank larger than 2,000L, plumbed to an appliance or fixture for private use.
• 50% up to $5,000 for a rainwater tank larger than 10,000L plumbed into common areas or multiple premises.

Greening 

Living Buildings – all commercial properties

• Pre-commitment required
• 50% up to $5,000 for consultant service fees related to the design and installation of green wall or green roof features on the property.
• Maintenance plan must be provided.

Trees and native plants – all commercial properties

• Up to $100 for the purchase of selected* established mature trees or up to 10 tube stock to be planted on private property from a dedicated native nursery such as Provenance Indigenous Plants (Salisbury Park) or State Flora Nursery (Belair). *see Council’s approved plant list.

Climate Smart Buildings 

Multi-storey residential and commercial strata/ community/body corporation properties

• Pre-commitment required.

Climate Smart Buildings Business Case Development

• 75% up to $10,000 for Professional Advice and Documentation to build a business case for innovative, whole-building approaches that include two or more of the following:
  • Meter Board Upgrades for electrification
  • Whole-of-building electrification 
  • Shared Solar (sharing of solar electricity between tenants (>20 kW)). • Min 25% shared to individual tenants, not common areas.
  • Whole-of-building resource recovery systems
  • Whole-of-building active transport and EV Charging 
  • Whole-of-building water saving devices 
  • Whole-of-property greening

Climate Smart Buildings Implementation

• 50% up to $40,000 for project management and implementation of innovative, whole-building approaches that include two or more of the above categories.
• Must have completed Climate Smart Business Case incentive OR have detailed quote or business case in place for project implementation that demonstrates environmental benefits.

Eligibility

• The property must be located within the City of Adelaide municipal area (postcodes 5000 and 5006).
• Applications must be submitted within 12 months of project completion

For further information, please view page 5 of the guidelines document.

• Phone: 08 8203 7203
• Email: incentives@cityofadelaide.com.au