The Prince’s Foundation for Building Community has partnered with Defence Housing Australia (DHA) to build a dozen solar-powered, ultra- energy efficient homes in an inner-city suburb of Adelaide.
Construction of the demonstration project at Bowden, called The Prince’s Terrace, Adelaide, will start before the end of this year. The project will see eight terrace homes and four mews apartments built, all of which will achieving a six-star Green Star rating, the first development of its kind in Australia to do so.
Local residents in the seat of Dawson are disappointed that local member George Christensen refused to take the Stand Up For Solar pledge in a meeting on Friday.
Rooftops in central Melbourne have the potential to house up to 637 hectares of solar panels, a new study conducted by the City of Melbourne has found.
The study mapped every rooftop in the municipality to understand the potential for increasing the uptake of solar PV in the inner city.
A 100% solar powered music festival in Melbourne in December will raise funds for a renewable energy project in the city – and the tune-driven solar goodness doesn’t stop there.
The organisers say all of the profits from the OFF. the. GRID event will go directly to a renewable power station in the city of Melbourne. Revenue generated by the facility will fund the next party – and so on.