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6 March - Google Earth Workshop
1 - 4pm, Sat 6 March
294 Montague Rd, West End
RSVP Nikki, ph 0419 751 152
Email Nikki [at] blueterrace.com
 
Designed for conservation groups and activists. $20 / head approx depending on number of participants.
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Low Carbon Diet Workshops 2010
Households and community groups can receive 2 x 1.5 hr workshops by our trained facilitators to shed carbon emissions by up to 25%.

It's easy to cut 2 - 5 tonnes of carbon emissions per household and this program shows that the little things really matter.
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Free Energy Savers Forum
2 – 4pm, Wed 24 Feb, & repeated 1 – 3pm, Sat 27 Feb, 2010
Mt Ommaney Library Meeting Room, Dandenong Road

Learn all about:
  • Greenpower at home and work – it’s easy!
  • Latest government incentives / initiatives
  • A solar hot water update
  • Free Home Sustainability Assessments / Green Loans
  • Useful info to cut your energy costs and kWh / day

Don't miss speakers which include energy gurus such as:
  • Peter Casey (Principal Engineer Energy Efficiency) from the Brisbane City Council;
  • the Carbon Doctors (Home Sustainability Assessors);
  • representatives of not-for-profit organisation, the Alternative Technology Association.

There'll be free magazines, rebate info and help with your eco purchases. Discover why anyone can wipe out your emissions from electricity by subscribing to greenpower through your energy provider for a small additional cost. Get the run down on government incentive programs too. This series is funded by the Brisbane City Council through a Lord Mayor’s Sustainability Grant.
 
Solar and electricity calculations
Thinking about how much energy you use in kWh / day? The average kWh / day for Australian households is around 22 kWh / day but a number of Sustainable Jamboree participants have got their's down under 10 kWh / day.
 
Not sure whether to get solar hot water before getting grid connected solar PV panels (photovoltaic panels)? Did you know that solar hot water (or a heat pump) by far beats solar PV panels on energy saved per dollar?
 
Hoping you'll earn money on your energy bill when you get PV? As a general guide a 1 kilowatt system should generate roughly 4 kWh / day.
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Our events and meetings for 2010
The first event for 2010 is the Energy Savers Scheme Series Forum on 24th Feb (2-4pm) and repeated 27th Feb (1 - 3pm) at the Mt Ommaney Library. Click here to find out what else is happening in 2010...
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