Totally Renewable Yackandandah to use highly successful crowd funding model to install 90kW solar at local not-for-profit health care centre.
energy efficiency
Cutting back on wasted electricity is cleanest power source of all – as our household shows
Scaling back our collective overuse of electricity would create a huge resource that can be tapped for future power needs.
Council installs co-gen units at public pools to cut costs, emissions
Darebin Council chooses natural gas cogen – instead of solar – as part of major energy retrofit at its two community pools that will save it $100k a year.
How to slash household energy bills – even without solar PV
No coal. No gas. No petrol. No greenhouse gases. And a lower electricity bill. All from the comfort of our own homes. It’s a great future worth investing in.
Landmark Sydney building taps green loan to slash energy costs
A City of Sydney-backed $1.2m Environmental Upgrade Agreement will allow owners of 1967 Reader’s Digest building to fund energy efficiency upgrade that will slash its energy use by 60%.
BuildingIQ in deal to boost corporate Australia's energy smarts
CSIRO spin-off in deal to deploy its energy management software in major Australian shopping centers, office buildings, hospitals.
How your local McDonalds could become zero net energy store
Not many people associate fast food with clean energy. But that’s exactly what one of the largest quick-service restaurants in the world is exploring. RMI recently completed a net-zero-energy study for McDonald’s, which explores how to offset the energy consumption of an entire restaurant with renewable energy. Working alongside the net-zero-energy visionaries at New Buildings Institute (NBI) and […]