NBN expands to Smart Places
NBN Co has announced its Smart Places initiative, which aims to extend the nbn network to eligible non-premises locations such as parks, traffic lights, digital billboards and public Wi-Fi.
There are currently approximately 40 nbn Smart Places trial sites up and running across Australia, including real estate development company PEET’s Brabham Estate, located 20 km north-east of Perth. Here, PEET is trialling nbn Smart Places through its chosen provider to create a smart park for its community, complete with public Wi-Fi, smart bins and smart benches — as well as a smart weather station to enable its energy-efficient display home.
As part of its commitment to sustainability, NBN said it is setting science-based emission reduction targets and working to achieve greenhouse gas emissions reductions consistent with meeting or exceeding the government’s commitment to net-zero emissions by 2050.
This commitment includes the NBN-contracted solar farm under construction in West Wyalong, NSW. Once complete, the solar farm will deliver 19% of NBN’s power demand — the equivalent of 27,000 homes. The company aims to run on 100% renewable energy by December 2025.
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