The YV-CPHub is also facilitating the supply and installation of free energy efficiency products to upgrade the energy efficiency of products in your homes and to reduce your energy bills. A registered installer will provide a range of free products such as LED lights, draft excluders, water efficient shower roses, home energy electricity monitoring devices linked to your mobile phone, and lots more, ABSOLUTELY FREE through the Victorian Government Energy Upgrade Program. These will save households many hundreds of dollars annually on their energy bills. For those who prefer a DIY solution for home energy efficiency, there will be home energy efficiency kits available through the Eastern Regional Libraries, compliments of three local councils - Knox, Maroondah and Yarra Ranges. These kits will contain a thermal camera, an electricity monitoring device, instruction manual and more, for very easy DIY projects in home energy efficiency. Community members can register on the YV-CPHub website to be informed when these kits will become available (expected mid January 2022). An exciting innovation for the YV-CPHub, is their focus on education and training programs. A training course at Box Hill Institute (Lilydale Campus) to become a voluntary home energy efficiency advisor for your local community energy group will commence in February/March 2022. In addition, the YV-CPHub has developed a short course on Community Renewable Energy, being trialled at three local Community or Neighbourhood Houses in Nillumbik, Emerald or Pakenham. We would love to see you there - click below to register. Please remember, that if you can’t make it, by registering, we will send you the recording link. |