Note that Peter Reefman of Energised Homes is currently engaged on a temporary full time basis as Environmental Sustainbility Officer for the Glenelg Shire Council. While this is a very exciting development, Energised Homes may be unavailable to provide our range of private sustainability services, especially within the Glenelg Shire.

Latest Stats for 8 Aquarius Crt, Portland - 8 April 2012

Electricity Consumption & Production
Electricity consumption for 07/04/12 - 5kWh
Electricity production for 07/04/12 - 11kWh

Average energy produced per day : 12.62kWh
Average energy imported from grid : 4.16kWh
Average energy exported to grid : 8.75kWh
Average total consumption per day : 8.03kWh
Average net consumption : -4.59kWh (average Victorian consumption is +16kWh)

Projected annual energy cost : $0 cost and $2,108 Cash payment

Temperature data
Temperature extremes outside house : 0c - 41.5c
Temperature range inside house : 19.3c Average minimum - 22.8c Average maximum

Water data
Average daily water use (four people) : 224.87 litres
(Average Victorian use is 640 litres)

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28/01/2012
Latest energy
Just got the electricity bill today for 8 Aquarius Crt, Portland. Over the last 97 days our Solar PV system made $660. Well on track for the $1,000 per year profit from export goal.
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04/01/2012
Good results from an 8 Star house on a nice hot day
Just a quick post with results from the 8 Aquarius Crt house for Jan 2nd which had a top temperature of 41.4c today. This was the hottest day here (Portland, Victoria) since moving into the house in 2009.
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04/01/2012
2011 stats for 8 Aquarius Crt house
A 2011 update on our 8 Star all-electric house in Portland on the SW coast of Victoria...
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02/09/2011
PFiT Vs TFiT - A payback comparison
With a 60c Premium Feed-in Tariff (PFiT), these are my own expected paybacks on an average home (16kwh per day). Note that these figures also allow those “hidden” costs like smart meters, interest rates, etc. and are based on current purchase prices
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19/05/2011
Free Warrnambool workshop
Peter from Energised will be presenting a free energy saving workshop in Warrnambool on Thursday the 26 May
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09/05/2011
Solar rebate further reduced after June!
the Federal Govt has just announced a further drop in the solar rebate after June this year. The rebate WAS going to go from about $5,000 to about $4,000 for a 1.5kW system. Now it will be about $3,000 for a 1.5kW system.
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The Age report

18/03/2011
Series of Corangamite Workshops
I'll be presenting practical workshops on saving energy & money across the Corangamite Shire in April, thanks to the Corangamite Shire Council
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28/02/2011
8 Aquarius Crt - Real-time Temperature Data
Automated data is now flowing from the 8 Aquarius Crt house's weatherstation. Check back at different times of the day to see how the 8 Star house performs.
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Real-time Temperature Data

31/01/2011
Sustainable Leving Festival - Melbourne
Here's details of the SLF session that I'm co-presenting that will discuss zero carbon housing developments - primariliy the Cape Paterson Ecovillage
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SLF Website