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Shellharbour Solar Expo A Huge Success

October 19, 2010 by Darren

I spent most of Sunday helping to staff the Jamberoo FutureCare table at the Shellharbour Solar Expo, at Shellharbour Workers’ Club (who actually have 22 kW of solar panels installed themselves – see photo). The expo was organised by Jamberoo FutureCare, in conjunction with Shellharbour and Kiama Councils. There were a number of solar power … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity, Events, Illawarra Businesses, Illawarra Councils, Illawarra Organisations, Science and Technology Tagged: Electricity, government rebates, hot water system, Jamberoo FutureCare, Kiama, Shellharbour, solar hot water, solar panels, solar power, solar power system, solar rebate, wind generators

Kiama Show 2010

February 2, 2010 by Darren

I spent the day on Saturday manning a sustainability stall at the [Kiama Show](http://www.kiamashow.com.au/), and really enjoyed getting to talk to the many people that stopped by. I was wearing a few hats on the day – representing [Jamberoo Community Growers](http://sites.google.com/site/jamberoocommunitygrowers/), [Kiama FutureCare](http://kiamafuturecare.org/) and [Jamberoo FutureCare](http://jamberoofuturecare.org/). The three groups pooled our resources and had information … [Read more…]

Posted in: Events, Illawarra Organisations Tagged: electric motorbike, government rebates, Jamberoo Community Growers, Jamberoo FutureCare, Kiama, Kiama Council, Kiama FutureCare, sustainability, wind generators

Generating Electricity vs Saving Electricity

June 15, 2009 by Darren

While putting together notes for [my talks over the weekend](http://green-change.com/2009/06/14/welcome-super-challengers/), I noticed something interesting. The amount of electricity we saved each day by [converting 10 halogen downlights to CFLs](http://green-change.com/2009/05/25/converting-halogen-downlights-to-cfls/) (4 kWh) is about equal to the amount of electricity we are generating each day (on average) since [installing a 1 kW grid-connect solar power system](http://green-change.com/2009/05/18/we-now-have-solar-power/). … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity Tagged: chest fridge, government rebates, halogen downlights, power consumption, renewable energy, saving electricity, solar power, solar power system

Solar Power Information Nights – Jamberoo and Kiama

March 23, 2009 by Darren

Are you interested in learning more about getting grid-connected solar power for your home? You may be able to take advantage of the $8000 means-tested Government rebate which ends 30th June 2009, or the new non-means-tested solar credit scheme starting from 1st July 2009! Jamberoo FutureCare will be hosting two information sessions, in association with … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity, Events Tagged: government rebates, group purchase, information night, information session, jamberoo, Jamberoo FutureCare, Kiama, solar grid-connect, solar power

Green Retrofits For Free?

February 13, 2009 by Darren

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](http://green-change.com/australian-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…]

Posted in: Electricity, Transport, Waste, Water Tagged: australian government, fruit trees, government rebates, green energy, rebate program, solar rebates, stimulus package, water rebates

Know Your Government Rebates!

February 11, 2009 by Darren

You may have noticed that I’ve just added a new page to the menu bar above these posts, [Australian Rebates](http://green-change.com/australian-rebates/). I’ve tried to collect all the information I could find on Australian federal rebate programs, as well as all the different rebate schemes for the various states. There are a lot of good opportunities in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity, Waste, Water Tagged: Australia, government rebates, rebate program, retrofit, solar rebates

Cheap Grid-Connected Solar Power: $2500 for 1 kW System

December 11, 2008 by Darren

If you’re in Australia and have been thinking about getting a grid-connected solar power system, there’s a really good deal right now with Earth Utility. If you order before 15 December 2008, it’ll cost $2,500 installed (after rebates, RECs, etc and excluding utility connection costs). **WARNING:** Earth Utility appears to be in trouble (updated 28-04-2010) … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity, Illawarra Businesses, Illawarra Organisations Tagged: Australia, Earth Utility, government rebates, illawarra, pv, SHCP, solar array, solar power, solar power system, solar systems, Sustainable Illawarra

Solar Hot Water Research

November 23, 2008 by Darren

I attended the [Gerringong solar hot water information night](http://green-change.com/2008/11/19/solar-hot-water-information-night-gerringong/) on Friday. It was very well-run, and was a great opportunity to talk to lots of different suppliers all in one place. The presentation by [Jamberoo FutureCare](http://jamberoofuturecare.googlepages.com/) was excellent. They don’t have any particular axe to grind – they just want to present the facts and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity, Illawarra Organisations Tagged: electric hot water system, Gerringong, government rebates, hot water system, information night, Jamberoo FutureCare, retrofitting, solar hot water system

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