FIND OUT HOW TO HAVE A CLEANER, GREENER AND CHEAPER HOME
On hand to provide advice, our HOME ENERGY ADVICE TEAM can assist with the following topics:
- Heating and Cooling
- Insulation
- Batteries
- Smart meters
- Home EV Charging
- Solar PV
- Solar Thermal
- Energy bills
Appointments are extremely popular, make sure you don't miss out and book your energy expert advice session on arrival to the show.
All appointments are booked on a first-come-first-served basis.
2024 PROGRAMME
| Friday 9th February | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | The Pathway to Net Zero Are you looking to reduce your bills? Want to know the best ways to reduce costs and reduce your carbon footprint? Lorenzo will discuss all the different steps you can take to electrify your home. This talk will cover the following topics:
Speaker: Lorenzo Tassone, Director, Good Earth Group |
| 13:00 - 13:30 |
Energy efficient retrofits - how to refurbish for thermal comfort Is your home freezing in winter or boiling hot in summer or both? Do your energy bills keep going up and up? Are you keen to live in a thermally comfortable and energy efficient home but don’t know where to start? Come along to learn about Energy Efficiency Retrofits with Home Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Consultant Kel Lupis who will be discussing:
Speaker: Mel Lupis, Director – Sustainability Certified Pty Ltd |
| 14:00 - 15:00 |
What next for rooftop solar households? What to look out for when retrofitting a battery in 2024 You’ve got a rooftop solar system but the value of your Feed In Tariff (FIT) credits has been heading south, while your evening grid power rates have been skyrocketing. Well guess what, it’s going to get a lot worse in 2024! Energy Cost Saving consultant, Norman Koslowski, is here to show you the best ways to fight back by capturing your unused solar and making the most of it.
Speaker: Norman Koslowski, Principal Consultant, Sky High Energy Control |
| Saturday 10th February | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
The Importance of Baseline Data Want to get to net zero but don’t know where to start? Understanding your current electrical consumption is the key to starting your net zero Journey. Chris will discuss monitoring and auditing tools which help clients understand their current power usage to decide where to start on their journey to net zero. Speaker: Chris Cavenagh, Director of Net Zero Carbon and Energy, Good Earth Group |
| 13:00 - 13:30 |
Energy efficient retrofits - how to refurbish for thermal comfort Is your home freezing in winter or boiling hot in summer or both? Do your energy bills keep going up and up? Are you keen to live in a thermally comfortable and energy efficient home but don’t know where to start? Come along to learn about Energy Efficiency Retrofits with Home Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Consultant Kel Lupis who will be discussing:
Speaker: Kel Lupis, Director – Sustainability Certified Pty Ltd |
| 14:00 - 15:00 |
What next for rooftop solar households? What to look out for when retrofitting a battery in 2024 You’ve got a rooftop solar system but the value of your Feed In Tariff (FIT) credits has been heading south, while your evening grid power rates have been skyrocketing. Well guess what, it’s going to get a lot worse in 2024! Energy Cost Saving consultant, Norman Koslowski, is here to show you the best ways to fight back by capturing your unused solar and making the most of it.
Speaker: Norman Koslowski, Principal Consultant, Sky High Energy Control |
| Sunday 11th February | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
All Electric Homes - exploring ‘Getting off Gas’ toolkit RENEW’s research team have demonstrated that making your home all electric will not only save you money in the long term but will also ensure your home is more resilient into the future. Renew Australia launched it’s Getting Off Gas Toolkit https://gettingoffgastoolkit.com/ last year Renew Sydney Central Branch co-convenor Graham Hunt will lead you through it and the advantages of having an All-Electric Home. The Getting of Gas Toolkit provides practical information to help households work through the steps of ‘Getting Off Gas’ and replacing it with energy efficient electric appliances powered by renewables. He will be discussing:
Speaker: Graham Hunt, co-convenor – Renew Sydney Central Branch |
| 13:00 - 13:30 | Green Home Loans – A Comparison
Speaker: David Johnson, Mortgage & Debt Planner, Home Loan Partners |
2024 HEAT EXPERTS:
SUSTAINABILITY CERTIFIED
Kel and Mel Lupis
- Home Energy Assessments
- Architectural & Building Designer liaison
- New home design for thermal comfort & energy efficiency
- Building to 7 starts and beyond
- Insulation incl ceiling, wall & floor
- Hot water delivery
- Shower flow rates
- Windows incl types, orientation & dressings
- Behavioural tips
- NatHERS [incl Hero, BERS Pro & FirstRate5]
- What to include in a renovation
- Energy bill explanation & Tips
RENEW
Graham Hunt
- Sustainable and energy-efficient building design
- Thermal comfort ratings and advice – how to keep your home cool in summer and warm in winter
- Advice on the selection of heating and cooling systems
- Advice on the selection of hot water systems
- Energy efficient retrofits
- Materials selection covering environmental and health impacts
- Low embodied carbon construction
- Advice on integration of solar systems into building design
- Ventilation, condensation and moisture control
ENVIROTECTURE
Dick Clarke
- Sustainable and energy efficient building design
- Passive solar design
- Passive house generalist
- Thermal comfort in summer and warm in winter
- Advice on selection of heating and cooling systems
- Advice on selection of hot water systems
- Energy efficient retrofits
- Materials selection covering environmental and health impacts
- Low embodied carbon construction
- Advice on integration of solar systems into building design
- Ventilation, condensation and moisture control
- Dispelling myths about eco building
ECOFOOTPRINT SOLUTIONS
Jeff Knowles
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Building Fabric: Help selecting building materials. Thorough understanding of Double Glazing/Insulation/Air circulation/Lighting etc
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Fixed Appliances (including all appliances such as Stoves/induction cooktops/RCAC/Heat Pumps/ HVAC/PV solar, storage solutions & batteries/ EV's and connected usage factors)
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Discretionary Appliances (everything you plug in..esp. Fans, heaters, and cooking devices.
REPOSIT POWER
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Home and Community Batteries
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Residential Virtual Power Plants
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Heat Pumps
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Electric Vehicle chargers and their selection, installation and control
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Electricity retail plan selection and optimisation
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The future of residential solar (taxes, turn-off, pricing, regulation, connection)
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Current and emerging subsidies and govt. support for new technology
