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Proof we can chew gum, share solar and cut costs at the same time
Sophie Vorrath20 Mar 20170 comments

A heritage listed former chewing gum factory turned apartment complex will use solar PV and behind the meter technology to supply residents with power up to 20% cheaper than retail market.

Energy Efficiency, Solar
The most sustainable town in America
Marlene Cimons14 Mar 20170 comments

It was love at first sight for Richard and Robin Kinley. But it took a sunset to seal the deal.

Energy Efficiency
Your home or business can cut power plant emissions
Mark Dyson8 Mar 20170 comments

Automated emissions reduction technology presents an opportunity for companies to address both green and smart customer desires.

Energy Efficiency, Other Renewables
CHP microgrid a prescription for sustainable energy
Peter Moloney1 Mar 20170 comments

A combined heat and power microgrid at a Texas hospital benefits the larger community, thanks to a utility/customer partnership.

Energy Efficiency, Software/Gadgets, Solar
Forget coal power – the path to grid stability begins at home
Murray Hogarth15 Feb 20170 comments

There’s a simple and achievable way to ensure electricity grid reliability on extreme heat days, and it's on and under our own roofs.

Energy Efficiency
We need a comprehensive housing approach to deal with heatwaves
Wendy Miller14 Feb 20170 comments

Heatwaves across much of the country this summer have revealed a serious problem with our national housing stock.

Energy Efficiency, Solar
Stockland completes 925kW solar array on Sydney shopping centre
Sophie Vorrath8 Feb 20170 comments

Australian property group completes its latest major commercial rooftop solar installation, a 925kW array at Wetherill Park Shopping Centre.

Energy Efficiency, Solar
Mildura Airport installs 100kW solar to cut grid costs, boost reliability
Sophie Vorrath20 Dec 20160 comments

Australia's "busiest regional airport" adds 100kW of rooftop solar to cut electricity costs, boost security of supply in North Western Victoria.

Energy Efficiency, Software/Gadgets
To seal or not to seal: The dangers of a draught-proof home
Dave Southgate20 Dec 20160 comments

At the moment it is de rigeur to try to seal off every last little crack in the envelope of one’s house in order to save energy. But there is another side to this issue: you also have to breathe!

Energy Efficiency, Other Renewables
Google plans to be 100 per cent renewable next year
Brian Kahn14 Dec 20160 comments

From next year Google will purchase 100 per cent of the energy it uses from renewable sources, mostly wind and solar. Because it is cheaper.

Energy Efficiency, Other Renewables, Solar
Canada’s first 100% renewable energy community project
Craig Morris9 Dec 20160 comments

Oxford County, Ontario, has just opened a wind farm as part of a project to go 100% renewables for electricity and heat.

Battery/Storage, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Other Renewables, Software/Gadgets, Solar
Households will power half the grid by 2050, networks admit
Giles Parkinson and Sophie Vorrath7 Dec 20160 comments

Report from Australia's main network lobby and CSIRO suggests that by 2050, nearly half of all future generation – and storage – will be on site in homes, business and communities.

Battery/Storage, Energy Efficiency, Software/Gadgets, Solar
CSIRO "internet of things" pilot aims to cut community housing power bills by 80%
Sophie Vorrath24 Nov 20160 comments

Solar + battery storage optimisation platform by CSIRO-backed start-up Evergen to be installed in 10 NSW low-income households in first of a kind pilot program.

Energy Efficiency, Solar
Solar PV and hot water, zero emissions: Stockland's new 8-star energy rated house
Sophie Vorrath18 Nov 20160 comments

Australian property group Stockland has unveiled its 8-star energy rated zero emissions house at the company’s Willowdale community development in Sydney’s west.

Energy Efficiency
People power: Citizens could drive Europe’s energy transition
Craig Morris9 Nov 20160 comments

New EU study finds that 83% of European households could eventually become “energy citizens.” Nearly two-thirds of them, so roughly half of all households, could make their own energy.

Energy Efficiency
Cleaner, healthier cookstoves may – at long last – be catching on
Marc Gunther2 Nov 20160 comments

Efforts to make a cleaner cookstove to combat indoor air pollution from open fires have long failed to live up to their promise, but that might be changing.

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