{"id":38103,"key":"Centre_for_Appropriate_Technology_(Australia)","title":"Centre for Appropriate Technology (Australia)","latest":{"id":1206329,"timestamp":"2025-11-27T19:56:33Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"{{Organization data\n| website = http://www.icat.org.au/\n| location = Alice Springs, Australia\n}}\n\nThe '''Centre for Appropriate Technology Inc''' is an [[Australian]] organisation based in Alice Springs (Central Australia), which aims to improve the lives of indigenous Australians, using [[appropriate technology]] to improve their access to a range services. It is controlled by indigenous Australians, potentially an interesting example of [[community participation]].\n\nIts headquarters is near Alice Springs in Central Australia.\n\n'''Bushlight''' is a division of CAT that builds and maintains renewable energy systems in remote communities. These are generally standalone [[solar]] (or solar diesel hybrid) electricity systems. They have a complex but user-friendly interface to help demand management and enable efficient use of available power. As of 2011, 120 systems have been installed across northern Australia, and a version is being tested in [[India]].\n\n== External links ==\n\n* [http://www.icat.org.au/ Official website]\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| keywords = Australian organizations, Appropriate technology organizations, indigenous Australians, appropriate technology\n| sdg = SDG10 Reduced inequalities\n}}\n\n[[Category:Australian organizations]]\n[[Category:Appropriate technology organizations]]\n[[Category:Appropriate technology]]"}