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An Australian family trying to go a little greener

solar hot water system

The CSIRO Home Energy Saving Handbook

September 1, 2010 by Darren

I was interviewed on Monday by a researcher from the University of Wollongong about my experiences with installing solar hot water at our old house. They’re looking into why people choose solar, how they choose the system and supplier, what their experience has been, etc. Sitting in on the interview was an interesting guy from … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity, Science and Technology Tagged: chest fridge, climate change, CSIRO, Electricity, electricity meter, home energy, hot water system, solar hot water, solar hot water system, university of wollongong

Our House Is For Sale!

September 15, 2009 by Darren

We’ll be putting our house here in Kiama on the market very soon Our house is now on the market! If you know someone looking for a house in Kiama, please let them know! We’ll be listing with [Dougmal Kiama](http://www.dougmal.com.au/search/profileagent.aspx?agtid=4183). Our house has 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 living areas, double garage, rear entertaining area … [Read more…]

Posted in: Permaculture Tagged: fruit trees, Kiama, Kiama real estate, sale, solar hot water system, sustainability

We Now Have Solar Power!

May 18, 2009 by Darren

OK, our solar power system actually got installed a week ago, but I wanted some photos so I had to wait until the weekend. Anyway, we now have solar power! We got a 1 kW grid-connected solar power system from Earth Utility. Once again (we previously got solar hot water from them), their service was … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity Tagged: power inverters, pv, solar grid-connect, solar hot water system, solar panels, solar power, solar rebate

Solar Hot Water Installed!

March 20, 2009 by Darren

We had our solar hot water system installed about 4 weeks ago now. I wanted to wait a little while for it to settle in before writing up our experiences. We got a Chromagen system – they’ve been around for a long time, and seem pretty well-made and reliable. We bought through Earth Utility, one … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity Tagged: Chromagen, Earth Utility, energy consumption, evacuated tubes, hot water system, off peak electricity, solar hot water system

Jamberoo FutureCare – My First Meeting

February 10, 2009 by Darren

Last night I attended my first meeting of the [Jamberoo FutureCare](http://jamberoofuturecare.googlepages.com/) group. What a great meeting! The members are all very switched-on people, with a wide variety of knowledge and experience in different aspects of sustainability. It was reallly encouraging and motivating for me to meet people like that so close to home. We discussed … [Read more…]

Posted in: Illawarra Organisations Tagged: illawarra, jamberoo, Jamberoo FutureCare, Kiama, solar grid-connect, solar hot water system, sustainability

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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