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• Save money on your hot water bills

  20 November 2009

  Want to find out just how much you could be saving on your hot water bill if you had a solar water heater installed?

• 2nd Australian Solar Cooling Conference & Workshop

  15 November 2009

  Get informed about the developing solar cooling market in India and latest developments of support schemes for renewable energy technologies such as solar cooling in Australia by attending the Solar Cooling Conference on Tuesday 8 December 2009

• Putting the love back into pre-loved

  20 October 2009

  AIRAH's Pre-Loved Buildings 2009 conference in November will focus on optimising the sustainable performance of energy, water and indoor environment quality in commercial buildings.

• Your business can help reduce Victoria's carbon footprint

  17 July 2009

  By taking 20 minutes out of your day to complete an online survey, you'll be helping to shape the Victorian business response to climate change.

• Launch of the Zero Emission Neighbourhoods Program

  08 July 2009

  On 17 June 2009, the Minister for Climate Change and Environment, Mr Gavin Jennings MLC, launched the Zero Emission Neighbourhoods (ZEN) Program.

• Intelligent Grid Industry Forum

  10 June 2009

  Distributed Energy: The Lowest Cost Electricity Strategy? Tuesday July 14 2009, Hotel Windsor, Spring St, Melbourne

• Australian Solar Cooling 2009 Conference and Workshop

  24 April 2009

  Get informed about the rapidly developing solar cooling market in Europe and latest solar cooling technology developments by attending the Solar Cooling Conference and Workshop on May 18 and 19 2009.

• Design for Sustainability at designEx 2009, April-May

  09 April 2009

  Over 250 top design companies will congregate at designEX, Australia's most comprehensive interior architecture and design event, to celebrate the very best in design innovation.

• Bushfire rebuilding seminars - information on the new residential building standards

  19 March 2009

  People affected by the recent bushfires can gain an understanding of the key elements of the new building standard by attending free seminars presented by architect and consumer advocate David Hallett.

• Meeting our future waste management challenges

  01 March 2009

  On 1 March 2009, the Brumby Government released the Metropolitan Waste and Resource Strategic Plan, setting the future direction for Melbourne's waste management.

• Sustainable Living Festival, February 2009

  18 February 2009

  From 20 February to 22 February the Sustainable Living Festival will be turning Melbourne's Federation Square into a centre for social and ecological sustainability.

• Television energy rating system begins

  15 December 2008

  A star-rating system like those in place for fridges, dishwashers and air-conditioners has been rolled out for TVs, allowing people to compare how energy efficient different TVs are.

• Shoppers choosing green whitegoods

  02 December 2008

  A new Australian Bureau of Statistics report says Australians are choosing whitegoods based on energy and water efficiency, rather than price and brand.

• Call for expressions of interest - Commercial and Industrial Recyclable Packaging Project

  03 November 2008

  Sustainability Victoria has received funding from the National Packaging Covenant (NPC) to develop and implement new collection service models in Victoria for the recovery of commercial and industrial post-consumer recyclable packaging.

• Resource recovery funding information sessions

  10 October 2008

  A series of information sessions are being held around Victoria in October 2008 to provide information about the Regional Towards Zero Waste Support Program.

• Keep Australia Beautiful Week 2008

  26 August 2008

  Help score points for the environment during Keep Australia Beautiful Week 2008.

• ACCC gives green light to NRA plastic bag trial

  14 August 2008

  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has granted authorisation to the Australian National Retailers Association to conduct a four-week trial of a 10c charge for lightweight plastic shopping bags.

• Senate Inquiry seeks answers into solar panel means test

  11 August 2008

  Federal Environment Department bureaucrats are today expected to appear before an inquiry into the Government's decision to means test its solar panel rebate.

• Beware before plugging into the sun

  28 July 2008

  Switching to Greenpower or buying a solar hot water heater could give consumers more bang for their buck.

• Australia's first community-owned wind farm

  25 July 2008

  Shares in the community-owned Hepburn Wind farm project went on sale today.