The Energy Area?

Did you know almost 50% of Australia's Greenhouse Gas Emissions result from the production of electricity?

Did you know more than 50% of household electricity use is associated with the heating and cooling of water and your home?

We can all do something to reduce our electricity consumption: install solar panels, switch to solar hot water, swap your old light globes for energy efficient ones.

Airconditioners are designed to provide optimum cooling at around 24°C and to provide optimum heating at around 18°C? Every degree above or below this will result in a 10% loss of efficiency costing you more electricity, more money and creating more emissions.

In the energy area there will be a range of private, community and public sector organisations promoting their ideas to tackle the environmental impacts of the electricity production and use.