The Wattly Sydney team move into new quarters

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Publication date: October 22, 2018.

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What this article reported

We have moved! Now only 30 seconds from Central Railway Station, the Sydney team has settled into their new humble abode. The Wattly team continue to assist businesses access funding for energy and carbon projects from government schemes nationwide, and in this new office space are much more accessible to our partners and clients. The company aims to continue making things easier and more suitable as we grow with the ever-changing industry.

Now located in the Aeona building, a co-working space on Buckingham Street. Come in and visit the team for all your upgrade needs.

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Why is the Wattly Sydney team's new location significant for businesses seeking energy funding?

The Wattly Sydney team's new office location, positioned 30 seconds from Central Railway Station, improves accessibility for businesses seeking assistance with energy and carbon project funding. Proximity to major transport infrastructure reduces travel barriers for client meetings and consultations. The team continues to help businesses navigate government schemes nationwide, including the NSW Energy Savings Scheme, Victorian Energy Upgrades, and ACCU opportunities. Better accessibility supports face-to-face engagement when businesses need to discuss project eligibility, funding pathways, and measurement requirements with funding specialists.

What funding assistance does the Wattly team provide to businesses?

The Wattly team assists businesses in accessing government funding for energy and carbon projects across multiple schemes nationwide. This includes support for NSW Energy Savings Scheme projects, Victorian Energy Upgrades, renewable energy initiatives, and carbon credit opportunities. The team helps identify eligible activities, assess scheme requirements, and navigate application processes. Our broader service scope includes funding-pathway assessment, investment-case development, and commercial evaluation of grants, certificates, and financing options to support project viability.

How does Northmore Gordon support businesses in understanding energy funding options?

We provide comprehensive funding assessment by treating grants, certificates, and finance routes as separate pathways with distinct eligibility requirements and conditions. Businesses should establish exact programme details, eligibility assumptions, and commercial terms before relying on contributions. We help clients develop investment cases that compare alternatives, identify unresolved assumptions, and distinguish conditional support from project merit. This approach allows businesses to make resilient decisions where funding may be delayed, reduced, or unavailable.

What types of energy and carbon projects can the Wattly team help fund?

The Wattly team assists with diverse project types across industrial facilities, commercial buildings, and utilities. These include energy efficiency upgrades, renewable energy installations, electrification feasibility studies, process heat improvements, measurement and verification projects, and carbon management initiatives. Government schemes support different activities: NSW ESS covers energy-saving measures, Victorian Energy Upgrades addresses building improvements, and ACCU projects cover emissions-reduction activities. Each scheme has specific eligibility criteria, so the team helps businesses identify which funding pathways suit their proposed improvements and actual project stage.

Why is early funding pathway assessment important before starting an energy project?

Early funding assessment preserves evidence and prevents projects from losing eligibility due to timing constraints. Some schemes require registration before implementation begins, while others have specific measurement or baseline requirements that must be established while original conditions remain. We emphasize raising funding questions during project scoping rather than after equipment is ordered or installed. This approach allows businesses to understand scheme-specific prerequisites, gather required evidence, and avoid situations where a technically sound project becomes ineligible because critical decisions were made in the wrong sequence.

How can businesses in Sydney access the Wattly team's funding support services?

The Wattly Sydney team is now located within 30 seconds of Central Railway Station, improving accessibility for Sydney-based businesses. To request funding assessment, businesses should prepare a project brief describing their business problem, site details, current project stage, and available evidence. We recommend identifying the decision needed—whether audit scope, feasibility, measurement planning, or funding-pathway assessment—before initial engagement. Early communication allows the team to scope appropriate work and identify missing information needed for funding eligibility assessment across government schemes.

What should businesses prepare before consulting the Wattly team about project funding?

Businesses should prepare a project brief including the business problem, site location, proposed equipment or intervention, current project stage, available energy data, and decision timeline. Our guidance emphasizes that incomplete briefs can still support initial conversations if gaps are visible. Attach available energy history, bills, or equipment summaries rather than waiting for perfect datasets. Clearly distinguish estimates from measured information and disclose any previous incentives or certificate arrangements. This preparation allows the Wattly team to assess funding suitability, identify evidence gaps, and propose proportionate next steps.

How does Northmore Gordon help businesses avoid funding-related project delays?

We help businesses maintain resilient project timelines by establishing funding status separately from project merit. Present investment cases both with and without conditional contributions, allowing management to understand when to revisit decisions if support is delayed or unavailable. The team helps track funding programme status—distinguishing discovered, assessed, applied, conditionally approved, and paid stages—rather than labelling potential contributions as secured. This disciplined approach prevents projects from stalling while awaiting grant approval or certificate price confirmation, and allows businesses to proceed with confidence about their actual funding situation.

What is the relationship between energy audits and funding pathway assessment?

Energy audits identify and assess opportunities, while funding-pathway assessment determines which government schemes can support those opportunities. An audit generates an opportunity register showing potential improvements, but funding viability depends on scheme-specific eligibility, timing requirements, and measurement standards. Our six-stage delivery approach connects these activities: the Assess stage includes audits and benchmarking; the Build the Case stage develops feasibility studies and investment cases; and the Capture Value stage identifies grants, certificates, and financing pathways. The Wattly team helps businesses align audit findings with actual funding options available through government schemes.

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