Energy Efficiency Professional – Sebastian Crangle
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...
Energy Saving Makeover – Step by Step
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. ...
Jean Osanz – Piora
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...
Chris Sanderson – Bangalow
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...
Sustainable House Day 2021
Sustainable House Day provides the opportunity to explore some of Australia’s most unique and inspiring homes, and learn from the people who designed them, built them, and live in them.
What on Earth can I do about climate change?
Sasha and Sebastian out on the street helping people understand the actions they can take to reduce emissions.
FFPA Winner: Living in an off-grid cabin
“During COVID we lived in an offish-grid cabin, surrounded by excess eucalyptus wood our landlady deemed a fire hazard. To be active managers of our woodlands inspired our cob-rocket-stove-thermosiphon-bathtub-water-heater design! "
