DCM Solar reports it is two months ahead of schedule in finishing the installation of the 7,000 ILUs with solar systems before the Governments 7 July deadline. Despite cyclones and flooding across two states, DCM is completing up to 500 homes each week. DCM Solar successfully lobbied the Federal Government to accept village residents as notional owners to win grants under the Solar Homes & Communities Plan. The value of the solar assets DCM is bringing to the sector at no cost to operators or residents is $60 million.
Opinion
Retirement villages have Canberra’s attention – now the sector must prove its value
Three years after Daniel Gannon took the reins of the Retirement Living Council (RLC), the sector has achieved something his predecessor Ben Myers was never able to: national recognition in Canberra. This is just the fist step. Retirement villages now need to capitalise on this moment. Here’s how.
