My thoughts on Australia's first mass-produced all-electric car. Is this the start of something big?
Effective midnight tonight, the NSW Government has announced a revamping of the Solar Bonus Scheme - the gross feed-in tariff for solar electricity has been reduced from 60c per kWh to 20c per kW...
http://green-change.com/2010/10/27/nsw-government-revamps-solar-feed-in-tariff-scheme/
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...
http://green-change.com/2010/10/19/shellharbour-solar-expo-a-huge-success/
Australia, and many other countries around the world, are legislating to phase out the sale of incandescent light bulbs. It is estimated that this initiative will reduce Australia’s annual gree...
Not long ago I dropped and broke a compact fluorescent lightbulb (CFL) in the garage. D’oh! I had a vague recollection that there’s a procedure you should follow to safely clean up broken CFL...
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...
http://green-change.com/2010/09/01/the-csiro-home-energy-saving-handbook/
I’ve had an old second fridge in the garage for a long time now, and I’ve been meaning to try out the Fridge BuyBack scheme to get rid of it. It’s extremely energy-inefficient. If your frid...
There has been a bit of a storm in a teacup lately in the Australian press, claiming that all those people who “bought into the hype” and installed solar panels on their homes will now have t...
http://green-change.com/2010/05/14/residential-solar-power-is-the-income-taxable/
I’ve long had the feeling that more and more people are getting into things like growing their own food, keeping chickens, and living sustainably. But then my own interest in these areas has be...
http://green-change.com/2010/03/18/backyard-chickens-soar-in-popularity/
While putting together notes for (http://green-change.com/2009/06/14/welcome-super-challengers/), I noticed something interesting. The amount of electricity we saved each day by (http://green-cha...
http://green-change.com/2009/06/15/generating-electricity-vs-saving-electricity/
My experience with changing halogen downlights over to compact fluorescent lights (CFLs), and the electricity savings I measured.
http://green-change.com/2009/05/25/converting-halogen-downlights-to-cfls/
I finally got the chance to set up my chest freezer as a fridge a couple of weeks ago, and I’ve been testing it out so I could write up this post. You may recall I mentioned that we had an old ...
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 powe...
My (http://mashmaster.com.au/p/365439/fridgemate-mkii-digital-temperature-controller-kit.html) digital temperature controller arrived in the post today. If you are thinking of a similar project, ...
http://green-change.com/2009/04/23/progress-on-the-chest-fridge/
One of the big energy hogs in our house is our clunky old second fridge in the garage. I measured its energy consumption with the (http://green-change.com/2008/11/27/ms6115-mains-power-meter-revi...
http://green-change.com/2009/04/21/the-great-chest-fridge-conversion-project-begins/