Tender Advertisement #969469

Hort Innovation is a not-for-profit, grower-owned Research and Development Corporation (RDC) for Australia’s $9 billion horticulture industry. Hort Innovation invests around $100 million in research and development (R&D) and marketing programs annually to provide benefit to industry and the wider community.

Hort Innovation is seeking a suitably qualified, experienced and capable delivery partner for the project: Understanding the energy saving impacts of tree canopy and other green infrastructure (GC17000).

The research project will build previous heat mitigation research projects to investigate the impact of shade trees, green walls and green roofs on buildings in relation to energy savings that could be derived with a specific focus on peak demand periods. The project must:

1. Investigate the potential derived benefits of planting trees from a financial and environmental perspective
2. Make recommendations on the potential solutions that could be implanted in a variety of urban environments from commercial to residential and industrial, taking into account a range of climatic zones around Australia.

The objectives of the services being sought are to:
• Drive demand for urban greening by demonstrating the financial and environmental benefits of urban greening solutions during peak energy demand periods
• Promote new industry opportunities for the nursery and garden and turf sectors.

Hort Innovation has prepared a Request for Proposal (RFP) document that provides background information, outlines the scope of services, the procurement process and the information required from interested parties. The RFP may be downloaded from www.tenders.net (you will need to be a member of tenders.net to access this information).

The closing date for responses is 5.00pm (AEDT), Friday 15 January 2018