Low Impact

As I’ve mentioned previously, my household subscribes to green energy - consequently, my electricity provider sources the equivalent of my power consumption from wind power sources. This means that, disregarding the greenhouse gasses emitted during the wind turbines’ construction, there is no CO2 emitted for my day-to-day power consumption.

This is in stark contrast to most Australian households whose power is sourced from coal power plants. Not only is there a great deal of greenhouse gasses emitted during the construction of the power plant, but each kilowatt-hour generated results in almost 1 kg of CO2 being emitted.

But despite being on green power, it still makes sense to reduce our electricity consumption. One simple reason is cost - the less power you use, the lower your electricity bill!… Continue reading

Today was, as I mentioned in a recent post, Sustainable House Day where a number of houses designed with sustainability in mind were opened to the public across Australia. Seven houses were on show in Canberra, for a bargain price of $5 entry, and I went to see one in North Watson (pictured).

I’d actually seen this house once before - it was one of a few that were commissioned by the local electricity company (ActewAGL) with a number of different architects to demonstrate the possibilities in designing a house that minimises its impact on the environment. This particular house was designed by Strine Design