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Awards

The City has recently received a number of prestigious environmental awards, several for its Surry Hills Community Centre:

  • Winner 2009 UDIA NSW Austral Bricks Award for Excellence in the category Environmental Excellence
  • Finalist 2009 Banksia Environmental awards (Built Environment)
  • Finalist 2009 United Nations Association of Australia World Environment Day awards

 

Sustainable Cities Award 2008

(Keep Australia Beautiful) sustainable cities

  • NSW overall winner
  • NSW Water Conservation Award 2008 - highly commended
  • Dame Phyllis Frost - group winner
  • Litter prevention - winner
  • Overall Sustainable Council - highly commended
  • Protection of the Environment - highly commended
  • Heritage and Culture - highly commended
  • Community action - highly commended
  • NSW overall runner-up (2007 & 2006)

sustainable cities

Chris Binns, Graham McCabe, Nik Midlam, Chris Derksema, Peter Prentice, Cara Peterie, Michael Harrison, Ben Pechey, Chris Chung

 

NSW Excellence in the Environment Award 2007/08

(Local Government and Shires Association)

Overall Winner - Environmental Education Award

Winner Division C - Environmental Education Award

excellence in environment award

Megan Bennett, Watershed (left), Bernard Carlon, DECC (middle), Helen Bradley, City of Sydney (right)

NSW Excellence in the Environment Award 2006/07

(Local Government and Shires Association)

  • Energy and water savings category winner

 

Banksia Environmental Awards

  • 2009 finalist - Built Environment
  • 2007 finalist - 3CBDs Greenhouse Initiative
  • 2006 finalist - Blackwattle Bay Stormwater Program

 

Environs Australia 2006

  • Silver award - Cycling in the City Program

 

Kellogg Heart Foundation Award 2006

  • Local government award - Cycling in the City Program

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