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Oct 2, 2020: Another Year of Living Positively

We’ve now had the solar power system on the roof of the cottage next to the Greeny Flat for more than a year and we’re very happy to report that the house is now officially ‘Energy Positive’!

At the time we had the solar installed we also installed a new smart meter which has recorded […]

April 22, 2020: Happy Earth Day

Today is Earth Day and we would usually be having our annual Greeny Flat Earth Day Party tonight.

A pre-social distancing Earth Day Party at the Green Flat.

But, of course, we can’t do that this year and I have to say, it’s a bit of a relief. I don’t wish to downplay the […]

Nov 22, 2019: Energy Positive Success

We’re making steady progress on the interior renovations to the old cottage next to the Greeny Flat. We were a bit distracted for the last couple of weekends due to opening the Greeny Flat for the Arts Trail which turned out to be a really nice thing to do. On all four days we had […]

Oct 18, 2019: Solar Monitoring and Upcoming Events

In our Newsletter on August 30 I wrote that our new solar system had been installed but that we weren’t able to turn it on yet. Well, we’ve had it turned on and operating for about three weeks now and it’s performing brilliantly. I’m very happy with the monitoring system provided by Enphase except for […]

April 20, 2018: Why you MUST monitor your solar system.

Lots to get through this week so I’ll try to be brief.

Firstly just a quick reminder that we’re having our 4th Earth Day Party at the Greeny Flat on Sunday from 4-7pm. Everyone’s welcome… more info in last week’s Newsletter here.

Should you monitor the output from your solar panels?

The answer is an […]

Nov 24, 2017: Suncrowd Review – 0 Stars

Please allow me to begin this week’s Newsletter with an apology for my part in helping to organise the Suncrowd events that were held in our region a year ago and for helping to persuade people that this Community Solar Bulk Buy program was a good idea. It certainly seemed like one at the time […]

Oct 27, 2017: Glorious Rain and Good Results

Our rain gauge this morning after a long dry spell.

I’m still pretty jet-lagged after arriving back in Sydney the day before yesterday but I’m very happy to report that I seem to have brought some rain with me. It’s been a long dry spell here (and in Montana too) with our weather […]

July 7, 2017: A Year of PHEVing It.

Electric Vehicle Running Costs

As many of our readers will know only too well, June 30th is the end of the financial year here in Australia which means… it’s TAX TIME! Yay! Being self-employed means that part of my tax fun is figuring out what my vehicle expenses have been for the past year and […]

April 28, 2017: Doing the Dirty Work

Replacing the sewer lines down the west side of the house next to the Greeny Flat.

It’s been a busy week here at the Greeny Flat. We’ve been replacing the sewer lines as part of the energy retrofit of the old fibro cottage on the property. For new readers, you can catch up […]

April 7, 2017: 3RD EARTH DAY PARTY – April 22

Saturday, April 22nd marks the global celebration of Earth Day as well as the end of our third year of living in and monitoring the performance of the Greeny Flat. Hopefully the rain will stay away or we might be packed in like sardines as we were for our first Earth Day Party (see […]