29 June 2022 | Clean energy, Sustainable homes
What is a Community Battery…and why would you want one? Most people are familiar with home batteries, such as those produced by Tesla. These privately owned batteries usually sit on an exterior wall of the house and are located behind the meter. This means they store...
27 February 2022 | Clean energy
What Banyule Clean Energy Group can do for local organisations Local support centre BANSIC, which provides emergency food relief and other services, has experienced much higher demand for assistance over the past year. As a result, they’ve had to install additional...
10 October 2021 | Clean energy, Sustainable homes
Net Zero Homes Looking around our area, it is surprising, for example, how few homes are oriented to capture winter sun and exclude hot summer sun, or how many homes are connected to gas, which is both a fossil fuel and increasingly expensive. The move to a net zero...
15 August 2021 | Clean energy, Sustainable homes
Solar – who’s got your back?Aug 15, 2021 | Clean energy | 0 comments Residential solar power is a great way of saving money and making a significant contribution to reducing the CO2 that Banyule produces. Banyule City Council declared a climate emergency...
13 June 2021 | Clean energy, Climate change, Waste & consumerism
World Environment Day: “Let’s get active, not anxious” June 5 was World Environment Day. This year’s theme is REIMAGINE. RECREATE. RESTORE. It also marked the start of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. ‘This is our moment. We cannot turn...
12 May 2021 | Clean energy, Climate change, Transport
Spending Green for Covid Recovery With governments worldwide spending significant money to assist their economies recover from economic downturn due to the onset of the pandemic, now is an excellent time for major investment in environmentally sound projects....