The challenge

With a multitude of complex information spanning over vast zones of New South Wales, EnergyCo needed a clear and visually pleasing space to showcase this in a coherent easy to navigate manner that could also be continually updated as projects evolve.

Our solution

Upfront land-use planning and coordinated community consultation are central to Renewable Energy Zones and will help ensure a strategic approach to electricity infrastructure development. EnergyCo work on the ground with communities and collaborate with a range of NSW Government entities and other parties to get the most up-to-date data layers and undertake strategic land-use planning when preparing to declare a REZ.

The collaboration between Spatial Media and EnergyCo resulted in a highly impactful outcome as an interactive map with toggleable data layers to allow users to easily find what is of relevance to them. This innovative tool allows the community to actively engage with the different EnergyCo initiatives and provides them with a clear geospatial representation of projects alongside their status, developer and associated information. As REZs are declared, this map is updated to reflect the final geographical areas and as projects evolve the data is updated to reflect changes.

The positive feedback received from the community further validated the effectiveness of the interactive map in facilitating dialogue, enhancing understanding, and building trust between EnergyCo and the community during the planning process for the renewable energy zones.

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from our clients

Spatial are my go-to for solutions

Spatial are my go-to for solutions nobody has dreamt up yet! They have an incredible knack for combining tomorrows tech solutions with creativity, intuitive UX and analytics. The results are engaging interfaces that are impactful and ultimately bridge the gap between project and stakeholders.

Kate kernaghan, company director, factotum communications

Show you mean business when it comes it engagement

Spatial Media are a perfect project partner. Their innovation and quality of their work is exceptional. The digital engagement assets they create are not only visually stunning but also highly effective in communicating our vision to our stakeholders. The attention to detail and dedication to excellence is consistent across every project. Embedding them in our projects has brought numerous benefits and we constantly look at ways we can integrate them and their work across all project teams. Their expertise in creating interactive engagement portals, 3D renders, animations, and modelling has greatly enhanced our ability to engage with our stakeholders. Their innovative approach and tools have added significant value to the engagement offering that John Holland have. Including the Spatial Media team shows you mean business when it comes it engagement. The professionalism and responsiveness are unmatched and the quality of work prove time and time again why they are the best in the business.

Vesna Newman

They delivered a masterpiece that exceeded our expectations

Undertaking a complete city build is not an easy task but Spatial Media were keen to push the boundaries and see what could be achieved. They delivered a masterpiece that exceeded our expectations and added nice touches that brought the digital twin to life. The team were enthusiastic and professional through the entire process and we look forward to collaborating (working) together again!

James (Director of gettREAL) – Oran Park Digital Twin

They are our go to tech-savvy experts with huge amounts of creative flair!

COVID19 social distancing restrictions made having our large scale community event nearly impossible, so we decided to take our face-to-face event online. Spatial worked really closely with us to develop the concept, design and platform that would host our virtual community event. The Spatial team are exceptionally creative, with a fantastic ability to bring your idea to fruition in a way you never thought possible. They made our pen on paper scribble into something that over 45k stakeholders visited online, more than what we could have reached in person. Thank you

Emily Divitaris, Senior Communications Advisor, WestConnex

Their product offering is a game changer

I have been working with the Spatial media team for many years now on a number of different projects. Their product offering is a game changer that enables us to create tools and systems that enhance and simplify engagement with communities. No request or task is ever too difficult or a problem for the Spatial team. They have worked with me late a night and on weekends to ensure delivery on time. I would recommend Spatial and invest in their exciting future!

James Mckenzie

Their responsiveness and flexibility was very well received.

Spatial Media delivered visualisation services brought the concept design to life. Their work was instrumental in communicating the complex design elements to stakeholders and ultimately the broader community. From the outset, Spatial Media demonstrated a deep understanding of infrastructure visualisation requirements, proactively engaging with our engineers and project managers to refine inputs and ensure accuracy. The teams ability to incorporate feedback quickly and collaborative approach made the process seamless and efficient.

Ross Hall, Project Manager, Aurecon

They were committed to accuracy and no ask was too hard

Spatial Media understood our brief to a tee and delivered a high quality animation and renders to bring our project to life for the community. Despite a short timeframe, we were given multiple opportunities to provide feedback and suggest changes, all of which were easily understood and promptly actioned. Isaac and the team were flexible, responsive and hit every deadline. They were committed to accuracy and no ask was too hard. The end product will be a centrepiece for communicating our project to the public.

Emily Hou and Juliana Yu, Landcom

our solution for

EnergyCo REZ

EnergyCo’s interactive engagement map becomes vital central source of truth for communicating projects and planned developments in the New South Wales Renewable Energy Zones (REZ).