Make Your Home Energy Efficient
By using a few inexpensive energy efficiency measures you can reduce your energy bills by up to 50%. The more energy efficient your home is the less heat you will need to generate using wood or other fuel sources.
Useful References
Some useful references include:
- Hobart City Council - Energy Efficiency Design Guidelines
Prepared by the Hobart City Council for prospective home builders and designers, and available on the Hobart City Council web site. - Your Home - Design for Lifestyle and the Future
Guidelines prepared for prospective home builders and designers on a web site which is a joint initiative of the Commonwealth Government and the design and construction industries. In particular, there is a chapter on minimising indoor air pollution. - Alternative Forms of Heating For Your Home
Find out more about different options for space heating in your home.
Cool Communities Guide - Home Energy
A Cool Communities Guide to making your home more energy efficient.
Includes information on how to do an energy audit of your home, how your home uses up energy, and advice on the building shells - ceilings, walls, floors, windows - plus lighting, appliances, heating and cooling, hot water, fridges, freezers, and household habits room by room.
This a Portable Document Format (PDF) file and requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader. The Reader is easy to download and is free of charge.
Further Information
For further information, please contact:
Air Specialist
134 Macquarie Street
GPO Box 1751
Hobart TAS 7001
Phone: 03 6233 3373
Fax: 03 6233 3800
Email: EnvironmentEnquiries@environment.tas.gov.au
See also
- Useful Links - Air Quality - links relating to air quality, air pollution and atmospheric science
