Sydney Theatre Company Goes Green
Move over Sydney Opera House, the city’s major drama company is all set to go green.
Two months ago, the Sydney Theatre Company (STC) embarked on a major program to transform The Wharf, its much-loved home on Sydney Harbour, into a unique demonstration of how buildings, even heritage-listed ones, can be made more sustainable. A whopping $1.2m (Australian dollars) was committed through the Australian government’s Green Precincts Fund, to assist the Company’s Greening The Wharf project.
A few days ago, the company announced that it will install a large capacity photo voltaic array as a key initiative of the program. The installation of the 2,000 solar panels will be erected on the roof of The Wharf of the Sydney Harbour-based company, along with energy saving measures, and will reduce STC’s power drawn from the grid by up to 70 per cent. It is the first renewable energy project of its kind by any major theater company.
