Most of us have experienced the desire to block out the harsh summer sun entering our homes and offices through a window. Internal blinds can certainly keep a home cooler, but is there more that can be done by homeowners to make their home more comfortable and reduce...

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 run, but if homeowners are...

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...

A recent report by the Australian Energy Market Operator has led Australia's Industry Minister, Ian Macfarlane, to warn that Household Electricity prices could rise by more than 10% by 2016.   In an article in The Australian Newspaper of 22nd December, 2014,...

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 interesting...