Energy Smart Homes - Community Seminars

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The Sustainable Energy Development Office has developed a kit of seminar presentations and resources for use by local government, community groups and other stakeholders, to promote understanding of energy efficiency and sustainable energy use in the community.

The community seminar kits have been designed around a series of community seminars hosted by the Sustainable Energy Development Office throughout 2004 and 2005, incorporating community and industry feedback.

The presentation kit is available at no cost to organisations who undertake a commitment to host the seminars, via a signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Sustainable Energy Development Office. A numbered seminar kit is provided in hard copy, including a disc for electronic PowerPoint presentations.

The seminar presentations cover one key sustainable energy topic per seminar, with speakers notes included for each presentation. Presentations are generally delivered in a 2-hour format including a break and question time. Sample templates of running sheets, promotional posters and a printed resources order form are included for each seminar topic.

The 5 energy topics included in the community seminar kit series are:

Seminar 1: Energy Challenge

What are the top tips for saving energy in the home? This seminar identifies the areas of high energy use in the home, and provides practical information to achieve savings on your home's energy running costs.

Seminar 2: House Energy Rating

Are you designing or building a new home, or renovating an existing home? Do you want to save money on heating and cooling costs? This seminar outlines home energy rating tools and examines the benefits of sustainable home design.

Seminar 3: Winter Warmth

Would you like to create a warm, cosy home this winter? This seminar presents practical advice on keeping warm while, at the same time, reducing your home's overall heating costs.

Seminar 4: Summer Cooling

Do you want to beat the summer heat and create a cool comfortable environment in your home? This seminar explains the basics of keeping cool while, at the same time, reducing your home's overall cooling costs.

Seminar 5: Greenhouse Gas and Renewable Energy

Learn more about renewable energy, GreenPower, sustainable transport and how integrating energy efficiency into your lifestyle reduces both your greenhouse gas emissions and your home's energy costs.

To order your sustainable energy seminar resource kit

The seminar kits are designed for used by organisations such as local governments and community groups, who wish to deliver seminars on a not-for-profit basis to the community. It is important that each organisation wishing to undertake the seminars understands and accepts the conditions of use. The MoU will allow the organisation to use the seminar kits for a period of 12 months and includes a commitment by the organisation to provide feedback to SEDO on seminars undertaken during this period. Organisations willing to meet these requirements should email: sedo@energy.wa.gov.au for further details.