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Low Carbon Australia helps organisations to develop and deliver strategies, policies and projects that drive sustainable solutions, addressing climate change and other environmental and social priorities.

Low Carbon Australia works in partnership with a range of organisations and individuals. Our approach is focused on collaboration to identify innovative solutions, leveraging relationships and insights developed over decades of strategy, policy and project design and delivery.

Tristy Fairfield, Director

Tristy’s career has focused on delivery of transformational climate change, renewable energy and carbon farming projects; she has worked on climate change and related issues since 2000. Her experience ranges from political advocacy and grassroots activism to senior roles in a large mining company, a small-cap ASX renewable energy company, electricity utilities and the Western Australian State government.

Tristy holds a BComm (Accounting and Finance), a MSc (Renewable Energy) and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Corporate Governance. She is a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia and the Australian Institute of Energy.

Tristy has a long track record of Not-for-Profit governance with a focus on environmental and climate change organisations and is currently on the boards of the Bibbulmun Track Foundation and WA Loves Nature.

Tristy believes Australia has a unique opportunity to be a world leader in the transition to a low carbon, environmentally sustainable community, while maintaining its prosperity and opportunities. She is committed to maintaining alignment between her values and work and enabling others to do the same.

Tristy Fairfield, Director

Tristy’s career has focused on delivery of transformational climate change, renewable energy and carbon farming projects; she has worked on climate change and related issues since 2000. Her experience ranges from political advocacy and grassroots activism to senior roles in a large mining company, a small-cap ASX renewable energy company, electricity utilities and the Western Australian State government.

Tristy holds a BComm (Accounting and Finance), a MSc (Renewable Energy) and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Corporate Governance. She is a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia and the Australian Institute of Energy.

Tristy has a long track record of Not-for-Profit governance with a focus on environmental and climate change organisations and is currently on the boards of the Bibbulmun Track Foundation and WA Loves Nature.

Tristy believes Australia has a unique opportunity to be a world leader in the transition to a low carbon, environmentally sustainable community, while maintaining its prosperity and opportunities. She is committed to maintaining alignment between her values and work and enabling others to do the same.

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Antonia Cornwell, Project Director and Manager - Energy & Power Economics and Finance

Antonia has a long-held interest in energy and environmental issues and began her career as an economist with the Productivity Commission producing a range of reports on the impacts of reducing carbon dioxide emissions and instruments to value and trade carbon. Across her career Antonia has applied an economic lens to all parts of the energy supply chain, including: transitioning to renewable generation; new energy technologies such as storage, hydrogen, and electric vehicles; network infrastructure investment; wholesale market rules and design; cross subsidies and tariff reform; stand-alone power systems and virtual power plants (VPPs); distributed energy resources and demand side management; emissions inventories and trajectories; and developing decarbonisation pathways.

Antonia Cornwell, Project Director and Manager - Energy & Power Economics and Finance

Antonia has a long-held interest in energy and environmental issues and began her career as an economist with the Productivity Commission producing a range of reports on the impacts of reducing carbon dioxide emissions and instruments to value and trade carbon. Across her career Antonia has applied an economic lens to all parts of the energy supply chain, including: transitioning to renewable generation; new energy technologies such as storage, hydrogen, and electric vehicles; network infrastructure investment; wholesale market rules and design; cross subsidies and tariff reform; stand-alone power systems and virtual power plants (VPPs); distributed energy resources and demand side management; emissions inventories and trajectories; and developing decarbonisation pathways.

Rob Crawford, Project Director and Manager - Mechanical and Chemical Engineering

Rob is a chemical and mechanical engineer and project manager, located in Perth, with 40 years of professional experience. His career has included 10 years with Alcoa as a project engineer and project manager and 10 years as a Principal of HBH Consultants. HBH merged with SKM in July 2006, and SKM was acquired by Jacobs in 2013.

After leaving Jacobs in 2014, Rob established Abraxas Consulting Pty Ltd and has consulted in various strategic and project management roles, mostly in the nickel laterite, solar salt and gold sectors.

Rob has accumulated deep experience directing studies and projects in minerals processing, material handling and infrastructure. He has also held many leadership roles in line management and business development, and has extensive industry relationships, primarily in Western Australia.

Rob Crawford, Project Director and Manager - Mechanical and Chemical Engineering

Rob is a chemical and mechanical engineer and project manager, located in Perth, with 40 years of professional experience. His career has included 10 years with Alcoa as a project engineer and project manager and 10 years as a Principal of HBH Consultants. HBH merged with SKM in July 2006, and SKM was acquired by Jacobs in 2013.

After leaving Jacobs in 2014, Rob established Abraxas Consulting Pty Ltd and has consulted in various strategic and project management roles, mostly in the nickel laterite, solar salt and gold sectors.

Rob has accumulated deep experience directing studies and projects in minerals processing, material handling and infrastructure. He has also held many leadership roles in line management and business development, and has extensive industry relationships, primarily in Western Australia.

Vision

Low Carbon Australia’s vision is that Australia embraces its natural assets of renewable energy, land and clever, creative people to create vibrant, sustainable and prosperous communities with zero net carbon pollution.

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