With growing concern over the plight of the planet and the threat of climate change, many people are interested in finding more sustainable ways to live their lives, but what is sustainability? The term sustainability has come to mean an ability to "meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
So how do you become sustainable? Living more sustainably is easy and can be achieved in a variety of ways. You can reduce your water and energy use to conserve our natural resources, install solar panels to produce renewable energy for your home, save rainwater for use in the garden with a rainwater, tank or even carbon offset your greenhouse gas emissions by planting trees!
But it can be hard to know where to begin when it comes to sustainability. A great way to begin making your home and lifestyle more sustainable is to have a Home Sustainability Assessment. The Australian Government’s Green Loans Program makes FREE home sustainability assessments available to many Australian households. The Sustainability Assessment is also the first step in qualifying for an interest-free Green Loan to help finance your sustainability initiatives.
A qualified home sustainability assessor will visit your house and provide you with a report which will identify what you are doing well in terms of energy and water use, and what could be improved. An assessment can recommend specific energy and water savings options for your home, including simple actions like switching to energy efficient lights and replacing shower heads, to larger scale changes such as installing water or energy saving products like rainwater tanks or solar panels. This is a great place to start and can help you to see how you can enjoy a more comfortable home with reduced running costs while minimising your environmental impact!
Book a free Home Sustainability Assessment today and start noticing a reduction in your home's running costs, while helping to reduce global environmental problems.
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Wow. That's a big question. The problem is, you can't decide one way or the other across your whole house, as there are different things to consider.
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Businesses are really just a collection of people, and so many of the changes experienced as individuals will be experienced by trades businesses, especially with the extension of the Energy Saver Incentive scheme to small and medium businesses (previously only for households). But there is also a further effect to businesses who work in trades related to the actual delivery of the goals outlined in the white paper.
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