Green Loans - Helpful Energy Saving Links
Your Home has lots of practical ideas for making your own home more sustainable.
Here are a few link to help you do just that.
Renovators Guide - Renovating your home is an exciting process, but it can be daunting too. There's so much to consider, sometimes it's hard to know where to start.
Energy Usage - The average household’s energy use is responsible for over seven tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions. These emissions can be significantly reduced through use of renewable energy, more efficient appliances and energy conservation measures.
Glazing & Thermal Performance - Glazing has a major impact on the energy efficiency of the building envelope. Poorly designed windows, skylights and glazed surfaces can make your home too hot or too cold. If designed correctly, they’ll help maintain year-round comfort, reducing or eliminating the need for artificial heating and cooling.
Choosing Insulation - Insulation acts as a barrier to heat flow and is essential to keep your home warm in winter and cool in summer. A well insulated and well designed home will provide year-round comfort, cutting cooling and heating bills by up to half. This, in turn, will reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Passive Cooling - Passive cooling maximises the efficiency of the building envelope by minimising heat gain from the external environment and facilitating heat loss.
Solar Heating - On average, 38 per cent of energy consumed in Australian homes is for space heating and cooling. Using passive solar design dramatically reduces this figure.
Shading - Shading of the building and outdoor spaces reduces summer temperatures, improves comfort and saves energy. Direct sun can generate the same heat as a single bar radiator over each square metre of a surface. Shading can block up to 90 percent of this heat.
Here are a few link to help you do just that.
Renovators Guide - Renovating your home is an exciting process, but it can be daunting too. There's so much to consider, sometimes it's hard to know where to start.
Energy Usage - The average household’s energy use is responsible for over seven tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions. These emissions can be significantly reduced through use of renewable energy, more efficient appliances and energy conservation measures.
Glazing & Thermal Performance - Glazing has a major impact on the energy efficiency of the building envelope. Poorly designed windows, skylights and glazed surfaces can make your home too hot or too cold. If designed correctly, they’ll help maintain year-round comfort, reducing or eliminating the need for artificial heating and cooling.
Choosing Insulation - Insulation acts as a barrier to heat flow and is essential to keep your home warm in winter and cool in summer. A well insulated and well designed home will provide year-round comfort, cutting cooling and heating bills by up to half. This, in turn, will reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Passive Cooling - Passive cooling maximises the efficiency of the building envelope by minimising heat gain from the external environment and facilitating heat loss.
Solar Heating - On average, 38 per cent of energy consumed in Australian homes is for space heating and cooling. Using passive solar design dramatically reduces this figure.
Shading - Shading of the building and outdoor spaces reduces summer temperatures, improves comfort and saves energy. Direct sun can generate the same heat as a single bar radiator over each square metre of a surface. Shading can block up to 90 percent of this heat.
