The Alternative Technology Association (ATA) and the Total Environment Centre (TEC) welcomes the opportunity to provide comment on the Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) on the proposal to Phase-Out of Inefficient Incandescent Lightbulbs prepared by Syneca Consulting on behalf of the Department for Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA).

In line with previous submissions, ATA and TEC would like to offer strong support for the proposal to create efficiency standards for lighting and to commence a move away from incandescent lighting options. However, as expressed previously, we remain concerned that the proposal, as set out in the RIS and previous documentation, does not set the bar high enough with respect to efficiency goals and therefore, will not achieve the desired level of energy efficiency and corresponding greenhouse gas abatement.

Click here to see ATA’s submission.

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Write to your local member of federal parliament requesting that voluntary action by individuals and local communities to reduce their carbon emissions is taken into account within the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS).

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The speaker for the next meeting of the Sydney Central Group of the Alternative Technology Association will be Dr Hugh Outhred, of the University of New South Wales, who has been involved in research on Renewable Energy and its integration into power systems since the 1970’s. Hugh will focus on Wind Energy, the current state [...]

Greetings from Timor Leste.
The ATA International Projects Group(IPG) has been in Timor since 14 September.
For the first week the IPG conducted a training session with participants from all around Timor. The training was well received by the participants and will hopefully serve as the foundation for further training sessions in the area of renewable energy. [...]

This meeting was held on Wednesday October 15th at the offices of URS, level 6 no1 Southbank boulevard, Southbank (Click here for a map)
The AGM was also held prior to the meeting to elect the Melbourne branch committee for 2008-2009
The Topic: Geothermal Energy
Geothermal energy is the energy contained as heat within the Earth’s interior [...]

The Alternative Technology Association (ATA) and Total Environment Centre (TEC) have today called on Premiers to reject discriminatory part-payments for solar electricity ahead of their COAG meeting this Thursday.

COAG should support gross feed-in tariffs nationwide that pay for the full benefits of roof-top solar, rather than just the excess power after on-site consumption, the groups say.