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....
11 April 2021 | Clean energy |
A community battery for Macleod? Sustainable Macleod and Banyule Clean Energy Group are actively looking at the feasibility of community batteries in Banyule. The building of a large battery storage by Tesla in Hornsdale, SA, brought large-scale battery storage to...
15 February 2021 | Clean energy |
Macleod Community Bus Community buses are not a new idea, with municipalities and towns offering some form of local community bus service. Many of these services are designed specifically for people who have no other ready means of transport, such as the elderly and...
