Environment & Resource Efficiency Plans (EREP)
The Victorian Government has initiated an innovative regulatory program, EREP, to help businesses to reduce water, energy and waste generation. This program is designed to support business efforts to improve the way resources are used and, importantly, save business money.
Commencing on 1 January 2008, all commercial and industrial sites in Victoria that use more than 120 million litres of water and/or 100 terajoules of energy in a financial year need to prepare a plan that identifies action to reduce energy and water use and waste generation. These businesses must then implement those actions that pay for themselves within three years.
More than 250 sites across Victoria have answered the call to reduce energy, water and waste generation by developing plans to cut resource use. The participating sites represent approximately 300 billion litres of water consumption which compares with the annual water consumption of around 1.5 million average Victorian households.
The EPA and DSE are working together to avoid any duplication of effort by customers involved in both waterMAP and EREP.
Further information on the EREP program is available from the EPA.