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Great News! Greensynergy Consulting is now eligible to provide energy audit services under the above NSW Government Programs. Through an arrangement with David Howard of Partners Energy at Alstonville, we can service clients throughout NSW, but will focus on the Mid-North Coast and New England regions.nFor information on the programs:nDownload the Energy Efficiency for Small […]

From Today’s Australian 2nd November, 2009 IF you don’t reduce your carbon footprint, then puppies will drown and bunny rabbits will die. And a terrifying, jagged-toothed monster with crazy hooked hands will descend from the clouds to eat you up.nBelieve it or not, that is the message being delivered by the British government to children,

While fully supportive of the idea to get as many older houses fitted with ceiling insulation, I believe the the Federal Government’s Home Insulation Scheme is seriously dodgy; and now the Feds are downgrading the amount of the subsidy from a maximum of $1600 to $1200. While the argument is based on a winding back

Some images from my bushwalk yesterday in Bongil Bongil National Park: Bundageree Creek track from Tucker’s Rocks to Bundagen headland via littoral rainforest on sand (very rare) then back to Tucker’s Rocks via beach. Fantastic display of staghorns and elkhorns.nJust a question: why are 4 wheel drives still allowed on a National Park beach? Image:

Just thinking about some issues to do with improvements to the energy efficiency parts of the Building Code of Australia in terms of the recent ABC TV series “The World’s Greenest Homes”. The one common thread running through the program was the sheer size of the houses – very much demonstrative of thinking that going

Bernard Keane describes a very interesting take on the rather curious industry view of the Fed Governments Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. This is is the kind self-serving view that is regularly voiced by various climate change deniers in industry (and politics). It sadly demonstrates that their critique of the CPRS is not based on a

Received confirmation yesterday for Greensynergy to carry out a Level 2 energy audit for the Bellingen Golf Club at Bellingen, NSW. This is the first project in the Bellingen Sustainable Business Network sustainability audit scheme (hopefully the first of many!). Greensynergy is working with the Bellingen Chamber of Commerce to promote a low-cost scheme of

A colleague from Sydney alerted me to this new domestic fuel cell technology Blue Gen from Ceramic Fuel Cells P/L. Ceramic Fuel Cells claim they are capable of generating electricity from reticulated natural gas and providing energy for hot water and waste heat for home heating.nGo to www.cfcl.com.au/Assets/Files/BlueGen_Launch_Information_(Web)_May-2009.pdfnThe opportunities for carbon reduction from distributed generators

On this evenings 7.30 report, there was a story about the impact of the sudden killing of the remote area renewable energy scheme. It focussed on the Bushlight program at my old place of employment, the Centre for Appropriate Technology in Alice Springs.nThe Bushlight program is probably the best scheme in the country offering technical

I’ve just looked through the ABCB’s document outlining their energy efficiency regulations for 2010 and beyond. Its mostly all good, with some lost opportunities. I have a few comments and observations for what its worth – you be the judge. I’m not sure I’ll bother to send to ABCB and ABSA yet – small consulting