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May 2019
Logan Eco Action Festival (QLD)
Once a year our community comes together to celebrate World Environment Day and learn more about sustainable practices. LEAF offers attendees access to a wide range of eco businesses, demonstrations, workshops, children's activities and live music. This interactive and educational event is designed to, inspire and empower festival attendees to find new ways to decrease their environmental footprint. Visit the Renew Brisbane Stall at the festival, or if you would like to help out contact Trevor brisbane@renew.org.au
Find out more »Visit a Kur-ing-gai Home (NSW)
Visit a local Ku-ring-gai home that's been retrofitted for sustainability SUNDAY 26TH MAY Tours at 10am & 12pm See and hear about the following features: 100% energy self-sufficient and carbon positive Stormwater and rainwater capture New and retrofitted double glazing Energy efficient hot water and lighting Thermally comfortable Organic vegetable gardens Ask questions of technology specialists on site. It's a battle-ax block - so please park on the street :)
Find out more »Healthy Home Workshop (WA)
With certified building & passive house designer Izabela Katafoni "Healthy home for body and mind - design and build it right" Buildings can affect our health through physical, psychological and spiritual means Physical through materials and chemicals that we breath, and thermal stress, Psychological through the effect it has on our mood and spiritual through nature and space around us. We will describe the below points in depth to give you a better understanding and ignite your thinking of what…
Find out more »All things photovoltaic (ACT)
Presentation: In this month’s meeting Jose will give a presentation covering a number of different aspects of solar photovoltaics (PV) as well as his own specific areas of research. Topics to be covered will include; PV life-cycle analysis and recycling PV forecasting and thermal storage PV/thermal systems a vision of the future of PV. Speaker: Jose Bilbao is a lecturer in the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering at UNSW. Key areas of his research are: Recycling and life cycle assessment of…
Find out more »EnviroGroup Future Fest (VIC)
EnviroGroup is celebrating its 15th birthday – rather than looking back, we’re focused on the 15 to come. FutureFest will host industry experts, community leaders and the happy owners of cutting edge sustainable products, and dive into what the future holds for community energy & the grid, electric vehicles, home battery systems and the very latest in upgrades that you can make to your home. Future of the grid Uncover what the future of the electricity grid holds – how…
Find out more »June 2019
Sustainable design in WA: experts talk insulation and windows (WA)
Presentations: As Sustainable House Day in WA continues to grow, the Perth Renew Branch is keen to offer members and Non-members the opportunity to learn more about the design features and materials that interests us the most. Feedback from attendees to Sustainable house day 2018 indicated that 78% of visitors wanted to learn more about windows and window treatments. And 74% of attendees to the national event wanted to learn more about insulation. This event will focus on these two areas and more.…
Find out more »September 2019
Sustainable House Day (National Event)
For more than 19 years, Sustainable House Day has provided a great opportunity for hundreds of thousands of people to visit some of Australia’s leading green homes – ones that are not only environmentally friendly, but cheaper to run and more comfortable to live in. Sustainable House Day gives visitors a chance to inspect firsthand houses that have been designed, built or renovated with sustainability in mind as well as the opportunity to talk to owners and receive unbiased advice. Register…
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