NOOSA POSTCODE 4567 - NOOSA HEADS, SUNSHINE, SUNRISE & CASTAWAYS BEACH
Catching the Sunshine
MEDIA RELEASE 10 MAY 2021
Noosa Heads and the beach suburbs of Sunshine, Sunrise and Castaways Beach make up postcode 4567, and is the feature in Zero Emission Noosa’s tracking of how different postcode localities are moving towards the goal of zero community emissions for Noosa by 2026.
“although the postcode has lower uptake of solar than other areas, it’s really pleasing to see that the amount of solar has increased by almost 70% over the last 2 years, and it’s great to see growing installations in the commercial and tourism sectors”
Postcode 4567 is home to just over 20% of people in the Noosa Council area, with total solar installed at 10.2 MW - more than 35,000 panels.
Almost one in three residential dwellings have solar, and almost a quarter of businesses have made the solar investment. Only about 8% of potential roof space is being used, so there’s plenty of space for more solar.
“My husband is the commercial manager of Page Furnishers at Pomona that houses 850 solar panels. The benefits of solar do not need to be sold to us! We are currently investigating installing solar panels for home”
The solar on roofs and other renewable generation saves about 18,000 tonnes of CO2 per year, but clean electricity at 20% is lower compared to other areas.
Details can be found at zeroemissionsnoosa.com.au/4567
Next time we’ll look at postcode 4568 which takes in Federal, Pinbarren and Pomona.
Basis of calculations
References
Please refer to Reference section for Postcode 4563.