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  • “Kidults” boost power bills

    September 28, 2012 - no Comments

    Young people are often blamed for some of the problems of the world such as escalating crime and increased binge drinking. But now they can add increased electricity bills to

  • Victorian hospitals struggling to reduce energy costs

    September 14, 2012 - no Comments

    Victorian public hospitals are ill-equipped to tackle ways of reducing their $70 million energy costs. According to a report from the Auditor-General, the Victorian Department of Health took three years

  • Network review an opportunity for savings

    June 27, 2012 - no Comments

    Business users have an opportunity to save on energy costs when five states review their network tariffs in July, according to energy management company Energy Action. With the July implementation

  • Victoria committed to six star ratings

    April 18, 2012 - no Comments

    Victoria is committed to its six-star energy rating regulations for new homes, with Premier Ted Baillieu denying newspaper reports the standard was set to be scrapped. The six star standard

  • Energy retrofit for historic NSW buildings

    March 20, 2012 - no Comments

    Historic public buildings in the NSW town of Maitland will be the first to be retrofitted with more efficient energy and water systems as part of a $6.4 billion state

  • New regs for green buildings in force this week

    October 31, 2011 - no Comments

    New national commercial building regulations to be enacted this week require buildings greater than 2000 square metres to be energy-efficiency rated before they can be sold, leased or sub-leased. Under

  • Green lights saves Council

    September 30, 2011 - no Comments

    Tweed Shire Council claims it will save $270,000 a year from changing the globes on almost 4000 streetlights. Sustainabiity officer Dan Walton says globes have been replaced with more energy-efficient

  • Sydney corporates combine on emissions

    July 1, 2011 - no Comments

    Major businesses resident in Sydney’s CBD have joined forces in a bid to cut carbon emissions from their properties. An alliance of 13 major organisations, controlling 58 percent of Sydney’s

  • Major water recycling plan for Sydney

    June 7, 2011 - no Comments

    The City of Sydney is considering a public private partnership joint venture to take water recovered from airconditioning cooling towers and sewage for use in laundries, flush toilets and to

  • NSW households waste A$500 million a year

    May 10, 2011 - no Comments

    2.8 million NSW households waste more than A$500 million a year on standby power, according to a survey from Origin Energy. The survey found that more than 50 percent of