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Predictive climate control for commercial buildings: Hal Systems

Born out of a love for architecture, being comfortable, and their mid-century home, Vicky and Julian Featherstone created HAL Systems, a predictive climate control solution for commercial buildings. The technology uses weather forecast data to generate predictions about how a building will react to changing conditions. It then takes control of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) in real time to minimise energy use while keeping occupants comfortable.    

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Where energy and transport collide for customers and climate: JET Charge

JET Charge is Australia’s largest EV charging infrastructure company. We deploy, operate and manage EV chargers, whether one in a garage or 100 at a bus depot. We believe that the EV transition is a once in several generation collision of 2 entrenched industries - energy and transport, and provides Australia with a once in several generation opportunity to create a new normal where both transport and energy costs can be minimised for consumers and businesses. 

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Carbon neutral fertiliser to feed the world: Jupiter Ionics

Jupiter Ionics, a Melbourne start-up evolved from Monash University research, has developed a technology to make green ammonia – the main ingredient in fertiliser – that has the potential to revolutionise global food production and the broader energy transition.  

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Decarbonising the world's diesel generators: Kapture

Deep tech climate startup Kapture is on a mission to decarbonise the world's diesel generators, which have the market share of backup power globally.  Kapture's novel carbon capture technology that can be retrofitted to the exhaust of diesel generators capturing the CO2 emissions before they're emitted into the atmosphere.  

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Nature data for urban areas: OPO

Office of Planetary Observations (OPO) is a Melbourne start-up that has developed a nature data platform powered by AI using real-time analytics to extract targeted insights about urban greening in a simple and affordable way. These insights can be used to make data-driven decisions to ensure long term community benefit and climate adaptation. 

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our acknowledgement

The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present.

We acknowledge and honor the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.

We accept the invitation in the Uluru Statement from the Heart and are committed to walking together to build a better future.