If you live in Australia, did you know that you can now access green retrofits for your house for free? Check out all the sustainable retrofit rebates available here in Australia. Make sure you scroll to the bottom and find your state ones, too. You could get a rainwater tank, a solar hot water system, … [Read more…]
The Australian government is waffling on the issue of a nationalised renewable energy feed-in tariff for homes. Recent announcements seem to indicate that they’ll favour a net tariff, which is very much inferior to the gross feed-in tariff the solar industry is calling for. A gross feed-in tariff (where the energy-producing household is paid for … [Read more…]
When shopping for whitegoods and appliances, the energy star ratings can be a useful guide to judge the relative energy efficiency of different makes and models. Be careful, though, because the stars can be misleading if you’re not comparing like-for-like. For example, this week we were looking at chest freezers (we want to be able … [Read more…]