Environment
Working smarter to improve energy efficiency
Our sustainability program in numbers
Absolute emissions
We aim to reduce our absolute scope 1+2 emissions by at least 70% by 2030 (from a FY19 baseline)* (*Excl Digicel Pacific)
Energy reduction
Telstra InfraCo's network sites, including fixed network sites and data centres are our largest consumers of electricity. We continue to invest in energy reduction projects.
Energy and emissions management
The amount of energy consumed by our assets is a major influencer of the size of our carbon footprint and our teams work hard to plan, design, build, operate, maintain and remove these assets in the most energy efficient way.
We’re exploring more energy-efficient operations
Reducing our energy use involves improving the efficiency of our fixed network sites, data centres and infrastructure.
Operating our infrastructure requires a lot of electricity. In an interconnected energy grid, investments in renewable energy generation help to decarbonise the grid for everyone.
Read about our energy-saving initiatives in Doing better for the future: Telstra's Sustainability Hub.
Energy reduction initiatives
We’re investing in energy efficiency, exploring new technologies and building climate change considerations into business planning.
Fixed network sites
LED lighting
We are currently undertaking a large multi-year program to replace more than 150,000 fluorescent lights across hundreds of sites with LED units that include motion sensors and automated shut-off features.
HVAC optimisation
Physical inspections of our network sites identify faults affecting power consumption, while equipment performance reviews reveal optimisation opportunities.
Energy efficiency upgrades
Our capital works program includes the installation of fresh air-cooling systems, high efficiency air-conditioners, cooling control, chilled water optimisation systems and retrofitting electronically commutated fans.
Upgrading rectifiers
Rectifiers convert electricity from AC to DC power, required to run our telecommunications equipment. We continue to upgrade older units to more modern, high efficiency rectifiers, which are now achieving efficiency levels of 96–98%.
Aura Dark Fibre
Initiative 1
High-performance fibre, which is ~50% lighter.
Initiative 2
Using a 2.4x (240%) longer drum length (~5km to up to 12km) than previous cable drums.
Initiative 3
Implementing two fibre cables to be dual ploughed.
Network recycling initiatives
We are committed to minimising resource usage and waste to landfill.
For most of Telstra’s 140-year history, we have used copper to deliver our landlines and connect people across our telecommunications network. We’re currently looking at ways to recycle copper from our network that is no longer required.
The metals extracted included aluminium, copper and lead, avoiding emissions and waste from mining new metals.
Industry-recognised operations
Telstra InfraCo’s Energy Reduction Program received the 2022 Leading Energy User award at the National Energy Efficiency Conference. This award recognises the innovation, leadership and energy reduction work that happens across Telstra InfraCo.
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