Speed Date a Sustainable Designer

Are you renovating or building? Do you have plans and ideas you’d like to discuss with green architects or building designers? ATA with the support of bankmecu is conducting speed dating events in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in 2012. Meet Australia’s leading architects and building designers in the one spot so that you can discuss your plans in a relaxed “no obligations” environment.

sdsd.ata.org.au

Watch the free online seminar on rainwater harvesting and greywater

The Alternative Technology Association (ATA) in conjunction with bankmecu are presenting a series of free online presentations to share practical knowledge about energy efficiency, sustainable building and water conservation at home.

Click here to watch the webinar:

Windows, glazing and bushfires workshop: listen to the audio files

The Strathewen and St Andrews Sustainable Rebuilding Project recently hosted a workshop on energy efficient windows, doors and glazing for bushfire prone areas.

Download the presentations or listen to the audio files of the two speakers Tony Isaacs and Tony Paarhammer.

Visit the Tankulator: ATA’s new online rainwater calculator website

The Tankulator is a free interactive online calculator that helps people plan for a new rainwater tank or improve the performance of existing tanks.

Developed by the ATA with funding from the Victorian Government Sustainability Fund, it calculates how much rainwater can be harvested from a roof anywhere in Australia based on rainfall figures from the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station.

Save money on your energy and water bills – visit our resource pages

Want to cut your power bills and lighten your footprint on the environment? Our sustainability pages show you how!

From rainwater tanks to top 10 tips to save energy or our Renters Guide to Sustainability around the home the information is based on ATA’s over 30 years of experience researching and promoting sustainable living.

Our pop a question in our online forum!

Pay-back time for solar PV systems in Australia

The Alternative Technology Association (ATA) has crunched the numbers to estimate the pay-back time for solar photovoltaic systems in each state based on the available Small Technology Certificates (STCs) under the Federal Government’s Renewable Energy Target (RET).

In most states if you have a grid-connected system, you may also be eligible for a feed-in tariff and get paid for the clean, green power you put back into the mains grid.