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As 2024 comes to a close, we want to say a big THANK YOU to all our Channel Partners, customers, industry mates and staff – past and present – for helping us achieve an incredible milestone: our first decade in business! Throughout the year we've celebrated our 10,000 projects in 10 years milestone, and we’re thrilled to announce that we’ve now surpassed 11,500 projects!🎉 Here’s to many more years of enabling businesses and organisations to digitise their operations and begin their decarbonisation journey by adopting cleaner, greener energy🌱 #SmartEase #10kProjectsIn10Years #CommercialDecarbonisation

🌡️It’s official: 2024 is set to be the hottest year on record😱 This year marks a sobering milestone: average global temperatures are projected to exceed 1.5℃ above the 1850–1900 pre-industrial levels for the first time. This threshold was a key limit that countries aimed to avoid under the landmark Paris Agreement of 2015. While this news is undeniably concerning, we choose to focus on optimism and progress. Here’s why: ☀️ Clean energy investments have overtaken fossil fuels. The International Energy Agency reports that in 2023, for every $1 spent on fossil fuels, $1.70 was spent on clean energy. Global energy investment is expected to surpass $3 trillion in 2024, with $2 trillion allocated to clean energy technologies and infrastructure. 💰 A major boost in climate finance. At last month’s COP29 summit, nations committed to providing $300 billion annually in climate finance to developing countries by 2035. 🌏 We’ve slowed the pace of warming. A decade ago, the world was on track for nearly 4℃ of warming by 2100. Today, with current global policies in place , that projection has dropped to around 2.7℃. While this is still dangerously high, it demonstrates that collective action can drive meaningful progress. If you're a business-owner that would like to be part of the solution, let Smart Ease help you make 2025 the year you begin decarbonising your operations. ✅ #ClimateChange #NetZero #GlobalWarming #CommercialDecarbonisation https://lnkd.in/guvf-UsR

We're taking a break! ...and we hope you are, too 🎅🎄 Smart Ease offices are closing from 5pm, 20 December 2024, and will reopen on 6 January 2025. 📣Note to our Channel Partners 📣 To ensure your deals are settled before the break, please submit complete and accurate documents by Friday, 13 December, and let your customers know to expect a settlement call from us. And remember, you can still submit deals over the Christmas break, you'll just need to allow for longer processing times. Thank you in advance for your patience!✌️

📣Attention NSW installers! Are you accredited to offer the NSW battery incentive? By providing this subsidy, you can lower the overall cost of battery installations, making your services more competitive and appealing to commercial clients. Want to take it even further? Pair the incentive with a $0 upfront Smart Ease Payment Plan to really make your solar + storage proposal stand out from the rest 😎 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gzWd_3ES #CommercialDecarbonisation #SolarandStorage #SolarBattery #SolarInstaller #CommercialSolar

Every year each Smart Ease team member is given two days paid volunteering leave to contribute to a cause close to their heart. It's our small way of giving back🤗 Here's a little end of year recap of some of the teams' efforts supporting FareShare, Brotherhood of St Laurence, Rosies - Friends on the Street and local schools in Cebu, Philippines. #loveyourwork, team! #SmartEase #Volunteering #GivingBack

⚠️If your business or organisation is one of the many UK entities set to come off fixed-price energy contacts in 2025, you need to hear this! The latest research from Cornwall Insights predicts that an average annual electricity bill for a small business is forecast to hit £13,264 from next April. That's a staggering 70% increase on the £7,811 paid before the 2021 energy crisis!📈 The message is clear: annual electricity price hikes aren't going anywhere. Is it time to start generating your own electricity? Smart Ease Payment Plans allow businesses and organisations to invest in energy-efficiency equipment like solar with £0 upfront, which makes it easier than ever to begin your energy transition and start saving some serious £££. Curious to learn more? Get in touch! https://lnkd.in/gUMRt7xr #EnergyCrisis #CommercialDecarbonisation #SmallBusiness #Electricity #Solar #EnergyEfficiency

Think you can't own an electric vehicle because you live in the country? Think again! While EV uptake has been slower in regional areas, those who have made the switch to greener, more affordable transport seem to be pretty thrilled with the results🌟🌟🌟 Still not convinced? Read our latest article that takes a closer look at a few of the most common concerns about EVs: https://lnkd.in/g23qGJWB #ElectricVehicles #EVUptake 

It may be in the land of the long white cloud, but there's sunshine ahead for Aotearoa's Kaitaia College 😎 With a 900-student community and deep ties to local Māori culture, the school installed the largest solar power system of any school in New Zealand. This ambitious project, supported by @SuperPower Technologies and Smart Ease Payment Plans, covers up to 60% of the school's energy needs, significantly shrinking an annual $10,000 electricity expense. With an integrated curriculum on renewable energy, the school's students (ākonga) will take their college's transition to solar as a springboard to lead community projects around developing solutions to local challenges. This project delivered in so many areas – as a cost-saving measure, an educational initiative, and as as a contribution to a cleaner, greener future🌱 #CommercialSolar #FundingCleanEnergy #SolarforSchools #SolarPower Link: https://lnkd.in/g2E6V87J

Love stories about clever businesses doing good things? Here's one for you➡️ Victorian-based ElecSome has built the world's first solar panel upcycling plant, extracting glass and other valuable resources from old solar panels. The extracted glass is turned into artificial sand which is used in place of river sand to make pre-mixed concrete♻️ Since 2015, ElecSome has conserved 1,800 tonnes of river sand, reducing the environmental impact of sand mining. With solar panels waste expected to reach critical levels in coming years, trailblazers like ElecSome are crucial for a sustainable, thriving solar future😎 Kudos, team Elecsome Pty Ltd. 👏 #SolarIndustry #SolarNews #SolarRecycling Read more: https://lnkd.in/gCq9V6PM

We're on a roll! 🚀 Australia's world-leading rooftop solar industry is breaking new ground every day, and we're thrilled to be part of the momentum!🌞 Here are some of the standout milestones from the past month alone. If you're an installer or have solar powering your home or business, you’re helping to build a brighter, greener future – one panel at a time. #AustraliaSolarIndustry #RooftopSolar #RenewableSector