3 Ravens energy efficient beer

3 Ravens is Melbourne's oldest independent brewery and their Thornbury site also contains a bar and co-working space. They take sustainability seriously and have made many major upgrades to their building, plant and equipment. 

In mid 2020 they installed a 74kW solar power system on their roof, but before starting they protected the roof with a heat-reflective coating. This not only reflects a significant part of the sun's heat, keeping the building cooler, it also helps preserve the roof sheets and increase their useable lifetime.

In 2023 they undertook a major reworking of the brewery, which involved removing the gas supply and installing a smart heat-transfer system. Brewing beer requires lots of heat in some parts and keeping things cool in others, which requires a lot of energy. But if you install efficient CO2 heat pumps and integrate the brewing process with storage systems and other parts of the building such as the cool-rooms and the office space, you can move energy around the system instead of constantly adding more.

You can watch a short video about some of their upgrades here.

Thinking of going all electric?

If you are a local Darebin business or organisation that wants to jump on board the all electric transition we can help you through our Energy$mart program. Energy$mart can help you upgrade to an efficient split system for heating and cooling and heat pump for hot water. Our program connects you to reputable installers and products, offers support and a rebate of up to $1,000 on top of other government subsidies. Find out more and register your interest online by completing our short sustainable business registration form below:

Sustainable business registration