Your guide to a $marter home
Why spend more money on your power bill than you need to? You can do simple things to save money on energy and have a warmer, healthier home at the same time. You'll also be helping sustain the planet.
You may live in your own home, be renting or looking to buy or build a new house. Everyone will find Your Guide to a Smarter Home useful. The booklet offers advice on topics including insulation, heating, lighting and appliances as well as home buying, building and maintenance. A range of no/low cost tips and recommended worthwhile investments shows how people can achieve better energy efficiency and cost savings in these areas.
From turning off lights which doesn't cost a cent to insulating your home which will pay for itself over time through lower power bills, there are things we can all do to reduce our power consumption. It's a triple win – more money in our pockets, better health for our households and less demand on the environment. Let's get started!
Pages in this section
- Introduction
- No-cost steps to save on power
- Low-moderate cost ways to save power
- Invest in energy and save Insulate and save
- More tips for saving energy and money
- How to heat and beat big energy bills Getting into hot water
- The cost of our health
- Environmental benefits
- Going solar pays off
- Home calcualators and checklists
- Eco buildings materials
- New homes to use 30% less energy
- Tips for building a new home
- Home purchase and maintenance
- Get good advice and buy right
- Home maintenance
- More information on smarter homes
