What an exciting week it has been! As if a visit to the Tesla showroom in Sydney wasn’t enough, there have been a number of articles in the mainstream media that signal a fundamental shift in the global (and Australian) energy future.

Saudi Arabia to go Renewable

When the world’s largest oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, […]

A while ago my sister, Cate, told me that she was getting quotes for a Solar Air Heater to add on to her house in Canberra. The basic idea is to use a flat-plate solar collector to heat air which is then pumped into the house during sunny winter days to a) provide fresh air […]

Nikola Tesla did not invent electricity but he certainly played a major role in the mankind’s efforts to produce and use the stuff. At various times he has been called ‘the father of radio, television, power transmission, the induction motor, and the robot, and the discoverer of the cosmic ray’. No wonder Elon Musk chose […]

Sand Wars… (not the happy, summer, beach kind).

For those of us who are concerned about the impacts our building choices have on people and the planet, there are so many things that we just don’t think about or hear about. Here’s a new one… a friend from the states just sent me this article […]