TIPS, TRICKS & INTERESTING INFORMATION
Holey moley is your house holey?
With temperatures plummeting over the last month and records being set for coldest June temperatures across the country I’m sure many of you know only too well how clever the cold air can be at finding all the little holes, cracks and gaps in our houses to allow itself in. Unfortunately, because our climate is…
Are your windows naked?
As anyone who has sat next to a window on a cold winter’s night knows only too well, windows act as a heat highway between our cozy warm rooms and the freezing conditions outside. In fact, windows are usually the weakest point in our building envelopes. Compared to a typical insulated external wall, a standard…
Cocoon Your Home
The best way to stay warm this winter is to Cocoon Your Home in insulation. Just like wrapping a cozy quilt around yourself, insulation locks the warmth in to your whole home. To ensure that your house stays cozy warm, you need to make sure that there are no holes in your insulation. Gaps and…
How Good is This?
I’ve just been flicking through some pics from last year and this has to be one of my favourites. The Footprints Eco Festival is always a fun event, and the most recent edition was no exception. It was great to wave the Renew flag and meet so many members of the Inner West community. Catching up with Costa…
Shady Queenslanders!
On our recent trip north of the border we did meet a few ‘shady Queenslanders’ but also got the chance to see so many of these beautiful old Queenslander homes as well. Being from Sydney, what really stood out to us was the age of most of the houses in the small country towns with…
Everthing Electric Show
Come and join us from tomorrow for the 3-day Everything Electric Show at the Sydney Showground where you’ll see: We’re looking forward to a fun Show and hope to see you there!
Hempcrete: Info Session
INFO SESSION! – Hempcrete: Benefits & Challenges in the City – Learn from award winning building designer Tracy Graham on how to build with Hempcrete – a natural material with many benefits. Live AND Online the very latest Sydney branch of Renew session in Ashfield, Thursday 8th February [1 hour 15 minute workshop]. If you’re an Architect,…
Kel & Costa at the Living Futures Sustainability Festival
We had a great day out at the North Sydney Living Futures Sustainability Festival and met lots of interesting people including Costa, some pirates, a waste mermaid and plenty of people keen to learn more about home energy efficiency and sustainability. For more info on the festival check out the Festival Webpage here and keep…
Energy Efficient Retrofits
For those who might have missed our presentation for Renew Sydney Central Branch, here is the link to watch the recorded video on the Renew YouTube channel via this LINK Below are some highlights from the presentation…
Solar Challenge!
Got Solar? Need a Challenge? Come and join Sustainability Certified’s Solar Challenge!
Undercover Architect Podcast
To listen to Mel’s interview with the amazing Undercover Architect Amelia Lee check out this link https://undercoverarchitect.com/podcast-residential-efficiency-scorecard-melanie-lupis-sustainability-certified/ or search Melanie Lupis on Spotify
Check out these two!
“Apartment Energy Efficiency Pilot Project”
This is super exciting as it seems like NSW may just be heading in the right direction – mandatory disclosure at point of sale or lease would be a big step forward!
Winner, Winner!
Sustainability Certified announced NSW State Winners in the True Zero Carbon Challenge with our 10 Star home design.
Reach for the Stars
The Scorecard star rating is much like an Energy Star rating you would see on a fridge or washing machine – the star rating represents the cost to run the main fixed appliances in the home whilst ensuring the home is comfortable to live in (i.e. not too hot in summer and not too cold…
How Clotheslines can Help with La Nina
3rd Time Lucky? It’s official: the Bureau of Meteorology has declared Australia has entered our third La Nina in a row. So we thought we’d share a couple of tips on how to save money on electricity bills and do some good for the environment at the same time. This week we’re looking at clothes drying. From its humble beginnings…
R U Confused?
Explaining the meaning of R-Values & U-Values: Whether we are working on a NatHERS assessment with an architect, designing for PassivHaus or undertaking a Scorecard assessment for a homeowner, we are often asked about R-Values & U-Values. For those of us “in the game” they are commonly used ratings which are intrinsic to our assessments. But let’s…
