Free Home Sustainability Assessments
Book an obligation-free detailed home assessment of your house, and receive a personalised report of the ways you can save energy, water - and your household budget!
Note: On Feb 19, Minister Garrett announced the suspension of the interest-free loans as of March 22. To date, there has been no further clarification of this (the program is now the responsibility of Minister Penny Wong) Home Assessments are still available and FREE and form a vital step towards planning and prioritizing your household actions, to be ready for future Government announcements and incentives.
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Note: On Feb 19, Minister Garrett announced the suspension of the interest-free loans as of March 22. To date, there has been no further clarification of this (the program is now the responsibility of Minister Penny Wong) Home Assessments are still available and FREE and form a vital step towards planning and prioritizing your household actions, to be ready for future Government announcements and incentives.
find out more>
casual admin position available>
Design for Climate Workshops
Image courtesy of www.yourhome.gov.au
If you are building or renovating, these fun, informal workshops will give you all the basics of creating spaces to work with our beautiful SE Queensland climate. At a workshop last year, a participant offered a new name for this process - "design counselling for couples"!
Cost: $30 pp (or $50/couple) *
Topics include:
Cost: $30 pp (or $50/couple) *
Topics include:
- sun paths (and how to work them out without being a maths genius!)
- climate data and reading average weather patterns for your area (and what this means to your actual site)
- orientation, room layout and gardening to create a microclimate around your house
- thermal mass and where it's needed
- eaves, verandah and window design for optimal natural comfort