Next Meeting:
Presentation: Sustainable Architecture
When: Tuesday, April 8th, 6pm to 8pm
Where: Sydney Mechanics School of Arts, Level 3, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney

Click here for further details.

ReNew editor Jacinta Cleary will join Tanya Ha of SBS’s Eco House to discuss The Mainstreaming of Green Writing as part of the Williamstown Literary Festival. The event is on Saturday 3 May at 11.30am at the Williamstown Town Hall, Williamstown, Vic. For more information or ticketing details go to www.willylitfest.org.au

ATA welcomed the initiative of the South Australian Government in joining Victoria and New South Wales in implementing a mandated target for energy efficiency. Energy efficiency targets and white certificate schemes have achieved high levels of success internationally, most notably in the UK and Italy. It is widely accepted that energy efficiency measures have an [...]

When: 19 April 2008
Where: Boroondara’s Farmers’ Market at Patterson Reserve, Auburn Road, Hawthorn
www.boroondara.vic.gov.au

Click here for minutes of the April 2008 meeting
Click here for the overview on ventilation systems given by Jim Lambert
Click here for the presentation on Heat Recovery Systems (and, in particular, the Venmar Heat Recovery Ventilator) given by Bernard Desormeaux
Map of the location of the Melbourne branch meetings – URS, level 6 no1 Southbank boulevard, [...]

Thank you to Stuart McQuire and Wendy Orams for opening up their West Brunswick Sustainable Home to over 500 visitors to raise money for the ATA International Projects Group. Over $2500 was raised to help install solar lighting in remote villages in East Timor. The open house day held on Sunday 6th April allowed visitors [...]

ACT Labor MP Mick Gentleman has tabled his Private Members’ feed-in tariff legislation in parliament today. This follows an extensive consultation period and a minor revision of the Bill, with the feed-in tariff has now guaranteed for 20 years.
The feed-in tariff rate will initially be set at 3.88 times the retail rate, with the ability [...]

Save money with sustainability rebates

Want to save money when installing a water tank or a solar hot water system. The federal and state governments offer a range of rebates if you buy a water or energy saving product.

Go to the rebates page and click on your state to see what rebates are available to you.

The groundswell for feed-in tariffs in the USA continues to grow, with Michigan the latest State to get on board. Michigan State Representative Kathleen Law has proposed feed-in tariff legislation based on the German model, and has developed a website to tell the world.
This follows feed-in laws introduced in Minnesota, Rhode Island, Washington, New Mexico, [...]

On Friday April 4th Bruce campbell, Alternative Technology Association CEO, represented the ATA at the Victorian Climate Change Summit. The summit was hosed by Victorian Premier John Brumby and eight of his ministers. It was attended by just over 100 invited representatives of the community including business, industry, farming and the regions.