Whole Energy Smarts Homes Program
With one click you can automatically be registered to all 5 Energy Smarty Homes workshops, we recommend attending all so you understand what best suits your household.
Reduce your household energy, save money and act on climate change!
Join us for the Energy Smart Homes program over April and May 2021. We’ll be running workshops and providing information on the latest government grants and incentives to support households in reducing their energy use and saving money.
Why be part of the Energy Smart Homes program?
No matter what your budget is, you can make changes in your home (owners and renters) to improve your energy management to save money and act on climate change. During this program we’ll take you through;
- Understanding your energy bills and monitoring your energy use
- Latest government rebates and incentives to access funding to upgrade your home
- Using clean green energy options
- How to reduce your home energy without spending a cent
- LOW-MED cost upgrades to your home to save energy and money
- Solar and battery for your home
- How our little changes at home can make big action on climate change
And to kick off this program we have special guest Craig Reucassel whose Fight For Planet A: Our Climate Challenge TV Series on ABC inspired this Energy Smart Homes program here in Wyndham.
How can I be part of the Energy Smart Homes program?
The table below lists all the workshops part of the Energy Smart Homes program. You can sign up once and be enrolled to the all the 5 workshops in the program or choose the workshops that interest you only. All workshops will be recorded, and we’ll pop them up on this page with any relevant resources.
Fight For Planet A: Our Climate Challenge
Craig Reucassel launches the Energy Smart Homes program to motivate Wyndham to act on Climate Change starting from their own homes!
Understanding your energy bills, rebates and monitoring
In this session you’ll learn all about how to understand your energy bills, costs and usage, and what government programs there are to help you make upgrades to your home to reduce your energy usage.
Reducing your energy use without spending a cent
Join Jo Taranto of Good From The Hood as she unpacks simple steps to reduce your household energy use without spending a cent!
Low to Medium costs upgrades to reduce your energy and save money
In this session you’ll learn about what you can do to improve the efficiency of your home to improve its comfort all year round without having to spend a lot of money
Solar & Battery for your home
Learn how solar & battery enables you to cut the cost of your bills by generating your own electricity.
Optional
Wyndham City is a participating Council of My Smart Garden a free sustainable gardening program that helps you get started growing food and transforming your outdoor space (yards, balconies or pots) into a functional garden. It helps you become more resilient and lower your bills by producing food, shading your home from summer heat and turning waste into valuable resources.
During the Energy Smart Homes program My Smart Garden will be running the following workshop which we highly recommend helping reduce your energy bills:
Cool your home with trees and vines
As our city gets hotter, trees and vines offer one of the simplest and most effective ways to stay comfortable and cut cooling costs.
We can all be part of the solution on climate change!
Our climate is changing and with this change comes a whole raft of challenges for our natural environment and current way of life. A large contributor to this is the energy demands of our modern society. We all make up the demand and it is up to us to reduce it, starting at our homes where we spend a lot of time and have the most control.
Together we can fight climate change and improve the world for everyone.
Visit the Climate Council to understand what climate change is and how you can make a difference.
More information
- Watch ABC’s Fight For Planet A: Our Climate Challenge
- Watch 2040 (available on Netflix)
- Australian Energy Foundation for home and business energy advice.
- Your Home is your guide to creating a comfortable home with low impact on the environment – economical to run, healthier to live in and adaptable to your changing needs.
- Sustainability Victoria for solar and home sustainability advice.
- Be a Sustainable Business – information for businesses and employees to take sustainable action.
- Supply Chain Sustainability School – Free online sustainability training for Wyndham City Council suppliers and local businesses.
- Greenhouse Actions Plan and Environment & sustainability Strategy – read more about Councils plan to meet our actions, targets and strategic objectives.
- State of Environment Report Council and Community actions undertaken to protect. and enhance the natural environment and improve sustainability in Wyndham.
- NASA for global warming trends.
- BOM for the latest climate trends.
- Climate Council for climate change communications and advice about climate change.
- ABCs pocket guide to climate change - The first step to being able to speak about climate change is to understand it.
- CSIRO for national climate science and research.
- Australian Psychological Society for information on how to talk to children about climate change.