Go Electric Newcastle: Cut Business Energy Costs

Are you a small business in Newcastle looking to cut energy costs, improve comfort, or reduce your environmental impact? Join us for a practical, business‑focused sustainability webinar designed to help you understand your options and take confident steps toward a cleaner, more energy‑efficient future, facilitated by experts from ZapCat (https://www.zapcat.com.au/)

In this session, the experts will walk you through key opportunities for small businesses to reduce emissions and operating costs, including:

• Understanding Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions and what they mean for small business operations
• Solar and battery options suitable for business premises
• Electric vehicles and EV charging considerations for fleets and staff
• Electrification opportunities including hot water heat pumps, induction cooking and reverse‑cycle air conditioning
• Improving thermal comfort through insulation, draught proofing and other simple upgrades
• Energy plans and tariffs – how to find a better deal and when GreenPower makes sense
• Available government rebates and incentives to help reduce upfront costs

As an added benefit for attendees, the City of Newcastle is funding 30 free energy consultations, delivered by ZapCat.

There will also be time for audience questions, with general queries welcomed. Please note: detailed or enterprise‑specific advice will be handled separately through one‑on‑one consultations.

The webinar will be held online. The link will be shared via email closer to the event.

Whether you're just starting your sustainability journey or looking to build on what you're already doing, this webinar will give you clear, actionable guidance tailored to small business needs.

The following are testimonials from attendees at previous ZapCat webinars:

"Thorough and succinct explanations of the many aspects needed to be considered."

"Information presented simply. Made the process understandable. Managed expectations."

"Excellent presentation. Informative and done with simple, basic abbreviated language so that I can pass this information"

Please email CityEconomy@ncc.nsw.gov.au for further information.