When You SHOULDN’T Get Solar Panels

Homeowners interested in saving on their electricity costs should install Solar Panels, right? Not necessarily! Impressively named ‘geothermal heating systems’ and ‘Solar PV Systems’ are a great way to save money on energy bills in the long...

What is the Building Verification Council?

The National House Energy Rating Scheme (NatHERS) is a National, unified framework for assessing the thermal energy of a house, either at design stage or end of build stage.  Read more about the organisation at www.nathers.gov.au. Currently there are two organisations...

Everyone’s Talking About Joost Bakker

The New York Times calls him “a poster boy for zero waste living”, but he is also a florist, a collaborater, an artist, an enthusiast, a thinker, a doer, and a designer.  And some of the things that he is thinking, designing, and constructing have very...