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Adapting homes for liveability in a changing climate
By RUSSELL SULLY, ANN BRAIN and JOHN NAYLOR for ELECTRIFY WANGARATTA WANGARATTA has a challenging climate of high summer temperatures with days between 35 and 40 degrees Celsius, and minimum winter temperatures down to -5C. Heatwaves of over 35C to the high forties are beyond human comfort and pose a threat to health and wellbeing. Heatwaves are increasingly causing loss of life, particularly for o...
Welcome home to a zero cost footprint
By RUSSELL SULLY, JOHN NAYLOR and ANN BRAIN for ELECTRIFY WANGARATTA AUSTRALIAN households account for 20-23 per cent of national greenhouse gas emissions - known as the carbon footprint. This is the largest emissions sector in the Australia economy. These greenhouse gases are heating our planet and adding to the severity of weather events. The exhaust from our cars contributes to 12,000 premature ...
Energy efficiency in your rental for low-cost year-round comfort
By Ann Brain, John Naylor, Russell Sully for Electrify Wangaratta UP to 30 per cent of Victorian households are in private rentals, and 2.5 per cent of these are social housing. These older homes often have poor insulation, draughts, and outdated appliances. The properties are uncomfortably hot in summer, cold in winter and have high energy bills. Subsequently high energy bills fall disproportionat...
Emissions reduction and a big cost saver
By Russell Sully and Ann Brain for Electrify Wangaratta THE single biggest impact your household can make on reducing its carbon footprint is to electrify your vehicles. Electric vehicles (EVs) are three and a half times more energy efficient than petrol or diesel vehicles. The average Australian home with 1.8 cars spends up to $2500 every year fuelling them up. An EV can save $1500 per year on driv...
What are the benefits of household batteries? A personal experience.
By Russell Sully and Ann Brain for Electrify Wangaratta ARE you keen to reduce your electricity bill and emissions and improve household energy resilience by creating an all-electric home? Then a household battery is for you. Reducing the energy, you import from the grid by using a home battery, especially during the peak tariff periods (e.g., 5pm-9pm) when there is high demand on the grid, you coul...
Join the switch to clean, cheap electric cooking
By Ann Brain, John Naylor, Russell Sully for Electrify Wangaratta PROFESSIONAL chefs, including Australian Neil Perry from the Global Cooksafe Coalition (https://cooksafecoalition.org/) believe “the future of cooking is electric - it's more than just a cooking method, it's a game-changer for your kitchen”. Not only does electric powered induction cooking give the cook more control over temperatu...
Heating water with a heat pump
By John Naylor, Ann Brain, Russell Sully for Wangaratta Landcare & Sustainability WATER heating is one of the biggest household energy costs. Rewiring Australia shows how expensive - or inexpensive - heating water can be. Heating water with electricity from rooftop solar dramatically reduces costs regardless of which type of electric heating is used. Hot water systems (HWS) use an average 24 per ce...
pathways to electrification
By Russell Sully, John Naylor, Ann Brain AN all-electric home delivers savings over its gas and fossil fuel powered equivalents by using the most efficient electric machines for space and water heating, cooling, cooking, and transport. All-electric homes are healthier to live in and emissions free – Good for the pocket, people, and the planet. Electrification pathways Households can decide to swit...
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