SUSTAINABILITY

Over the second half of 2024 and into 2025 the Panthers has been working on the foundations and implementing a set of Sustainability Goals for the group, to help achieve these goals, a Sustainability Team will be established, which will lead our Organisation into the future, and set Panthers up as a leader in our industry.

We have already identified many areas of improvement, which will also include the recently introduced Carbon Reporting requirements. This will be major transition for Panthers and to reach our goals will take time and money and people power. Panthers will need to work through these plans over the next 4-5 years to ensure we implement a permanent change.

Panthers is committed to investing in the latest eco-friendly technology as part of our ongoing efforts to reduce our environmental impact and pave the way for a more sustainable future. Solar will also form a large part of our transition plans to reduce our carbon footprint.

We have changed most of the lights in all of our properties to LED fittings, saving significant energy usage. In our new WSCC carpark, we have gone a step further and installed the lights on motion sensors so they are only turned on as people or vehicles approach them.

Through the installation of isolation valves, and BMS programming, we have programmed our Air Conditioning plant to utilise more outside air to cool the Panthers Penrith club in the cooler months. This keeps the inside of the building conditioned without having to run our Chilled Water Plant. Essentially, whenever the outside air temperature is below 15 degrees, we filter that outside air and use it to cool down the club.

All of our main Fan Coil Units and Water Pumps throughout the Panthers Penrith building have now been fitted with Variable Speed Drives (VSD’s). This means instead of every fan or pump running at 100% capacity, the motor speeds will vary depending on the conditions inside the club. Lower fan and pump speed, means lower energy consumption.

We look forward to sharing our results over the coming years, as we journey down this path.