Energy - The Greeny Flat Experience

Oct 25, 2015: Pros and Cons of Granny Flats

Hello again and thank you very much to all the readers who sent congratulatory messages following our Green Globe Award announcement last week. So far the award hasn’t led to anything too exciting but you’ll be the first to know if and when that changes. Meanwhile we keep plugging away.

This week I’ll be presenting […]

Sep 27, 2015: Build Tight, Vent Right

I got a nice email this week from the Alternative Technology Association (ATA) thanking us for participating in Sustainable House Day (which they organised).

‘A big thank you to everyone who turned out for Sustainable House Day on September 13! It was a wonderful day with over 15,000 visitors at the 150 homes and gardens. […]

Sep 20, 2015: Driving Sustainability

Last Sunday was Sustainable House Day 2015. I haven’t seen the national numbers for how many homes were open and how many visitors came but we had a very enjoyable and successful day at the Greeny Flat. Just over 50 people stopped by for everything from a 10 second peek to a two hour, in-depth […]

Sept 12, 2015: Greeny Flat Named 2015 Green Globe Awards Finalist

For ‘Excellence in Sustainability’, the Green Globe Awards are NSW’s leading environmental awards.

We are highly honoured and proud to announce that the Greeny Flat has been chosen as one of two finalists in the ‘Built Environments – Residential Properties’ category for the 2015 awards.

The following is a quote from a NSW Office of […]

Sept 6, 2015: Sustainable House Day

The Greeny Flat will be open again this year for Sustainable House Day on September 13 between 10am and 4pm. We had about 80 people come to see the Greeny Flat during last year’s Sustainable House Day(s) and we received a lot of very positive feedback. If you came last year you might […]

August 14, 2015: Ranch Life and Sustainable House Day

Wide open spaces in “Big Sky Country”

Montana is known locally as “Big Sky Country” and with good reason. It’s a land of open spaces, rolling plains, sunshine and lots of blue sky. I lived here on a ranch on the Tongue River east of Billings for many years. It’s a breathtakingly beautiful […]

August 8, 2015: Renewable Choice for Oz Voters

Cintia takes in the view of Rio from Pao de Acucar

Rio de Janeiro is a fascinating city. Some say it’s the most beautiful city in the world but I think Sydney still wins that one for me. Mind you we were only in Rio for one day and it was a bit […]

July18, 2015: Whoops, I Spoke Too Soon

Nice Weather for Inuits.

After last week’s Newsletter entitled ‘Nice Weather for Eskimos’ I was gently reminded by one of our Canadian readers that they’re not called Eskimos any more. The correct term for the indigenous people of the far north of North America is Inuit. Thanks for the reminder and I apologise […]

Jul 12, 2015: Nice Weather for Eskimos

The perfect winter weather for a Passive Solar House like the Greeny Flat is when you have clear sunny days and cloudy nights. Sun during the day warms the Thermal Mass of the floor slab which stores the heat and keeps the house warm through the night. When it’s cloudy at night the outdoor air […]

Jul 5, 2015: Solar Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Solar Impulse Flies For Five Days Straight

The Solar Impulse lands in Hawaii (with help from a couple of bicycles) after five days and nights in the air.

As reported in this BBC Article, the Swiss designed “Solar Impulse” zero-fuel plane touched down yesterday in Hawaii after a record-shattering 118 hours of non-stop […]

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