As climate change/climate collapse becomes a more pressing issue in our day to day lives, I wanted to do everything I could to minimise my impact on the planet and help other people reduce their impact. So I decided to research, learn and share everything I could about sustainability, reducing your carbon footprint and understanding…
by Sebastian Crangle For those of us who don’t live in homes designed from the outset for energy efficiency There are actions we can take to prevent them from: a) becoming uncomfortably hot in summer, and/or b) needing large amounts of energy to keep them cool. Creating an energy-efficient home calls for measures beyond typical…
In July the Northern Rivers Community Foundation (NRCF) announced its partnership with Community Owned Renewable Energy Mullumbimby (COREM) to grow and support their Revolving Energy Fund. By being able to access a zero-interest loan for solar, community organisations in our region can transition to renewable energy sooner rather than later and put more of their…
Since Zero Emissions Byron began in 2015, the size and number of solar PV installations in the Byron Shire has increased four-fold. This graph has been compiled from data on the APVI Solar Map[1] for the four Byron postcodes covering Bangalow, Byron Bay, Mullumbimby and Ocean Shores (2479, 2481, 2482, 2483). “Over 3.5MW were installed…
Sustainable House Day is on Sun 17 Oct 2021, 10 am – 6 pm AEDT Online, details here BUT this invaluable offering is now a month long experience of unprecedented access to experts and home owners who have built or retrofitted their own sustainable homes. This week is Week 3 in the 4 week program. …
Sebastian is a local expert passionate about supporting Northern Rivers residents. He began his working life as an archaeologist, with an Honours degree in Anthropology, before deviating into Disability Services with over 10 years’ experience as a Quality Assurance Manager. His deep underlying passion for sustainability and renewable energy then compelled him to channel his…
Sebastian Crangle is a Byron local, on the Zero Emissions Byron Buildings team and Lead Energy Coach at Enova. He made significant energy savings on the granny flat he rents out – between 19 to 76% – as shown in the table below. We applaud his commitment and encourage all local landlords to follow suit. …
Mowing the lawn with an electric mower – charged by the sun I recently joined the fabulous Library of STUFF Mullumbimby, motivated by being able to share useful equipment without us all needing to own it all separately. Of particular interest to me was the electric lawn mower because I wanted to “mow electric”?, rather…
We came to this house in June 2017. It is located in Piora, near Casino. We spent the first two weeks shivering with two electric oil heaters running flat out since there was no heating and no insulation. The first job I did was to open up the roof space and lay rock wool all…
Hi everyone, In order to minimise our greenhouse gas emissions, we have a 10kW above ground solar array and two LG 9kW batteries. We use the power generated by the solar system to power the house, our home-based business (distributing vegetarian health foods) and our EV, and there’s leftover energy which we on-sell to Enova…