MEFL in the Media
Solar, so good: our sunburnt country's opportunity to shine
"Despite rebate changes, solar energy is on the rise.
Last year, the European Union set a deadline for all new buildings to meet a ''nearly zero energy'' standard by 2020. It also directed its member countries to make plans to boost the performance of existing buildings.
By comparison, Australian building energy standards are far less stringent."
Article by Michael Green in Domain section of The Age.
Also available on Michael Green's website.
(MEFL's Energy Strategy Manager Brad Shone is quoted in this article.)
Green light for savings
Leader Newspapers, 6 September 2011
"Creating a eco-friendly home helps the hip pocket almost as much as it does the environment..."
MEFL Technical Advice Specialist Mathew Sullivan quoted in Leader Newspapers article on household energy saving.
Knowledge is power
The Age, 6 August 2011
On tap at the Edinburgh Castle Hotel in Brunswick on Thursday evening will be free advice from sustainability experts from the Moreland Energy Foundation Limited's (MEFL) Zero Carbon Moreland (ZCM) initiative about how behavioural change and low-cost measures around the house can reduce energy consumption and exposure to the carbon tax...
When Canberra's plans hit home
The Age, 14 July 2011
PETER Russo's family will not see any compensation available under the proposed carbon price - no income tax cuts, no increase in non-existent family payments. He doesn't care...
...The Russos have enlisted the Moreland Energy Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation that runs programs to cut emissions and save people money on bills.
Brunswick Power Terminal expansion
Letter to the Editor
RE: Test backs Brunswick power site (Moreland Leader, March 14)
There is an alternative to expanding the Brunswick Power Terminal and similar existing electricity stations across Melbourne. But it will take vision and commitment from government and business.
As energy demand rises, we face a choice: either continue expanding the big, ugly, expensive terminals for the delivery of coal-fired power, or develop distributed energy systems and improve the efficiency of our homes and workplaces.
Though coal remains comparatively cheap for now, the movement to put a price on carbon will put upward pressure on coal-generated power.
Small and medium sized distributed energy systems – which use efficient technologies like solar panels or natural-gas turbines near the point of energy consumption - are increasingly becoming attractive alternatives.
This is not pie-in-the-sky stuff. Distributed energy networks are already providing almost half of Denmark’s energy needs. All that is required is stable, long-term and progressive policy from government.
Paul Murfitt, CEO Moreland Energy Foundation
Screening our flights
The Age "Domain", Sunday 29 May 2011
Plane travel is the forgotten baggage on the green-home carousel.
The carbon footprint of a return flight to London is about the same as the average household's yearly carbon footprint, according to Moreland Energy Foundation...
Co-gen plan for Fawkner pool
Article in Moreland Leader, 25 May 2011.
PLANS to use new technology to halve power consumption at Fawkner Leisure Centre are under way.
Moreland Council and the Moreland Energy Foundation are working towards installing a co-generation plant to power the site in what is believed to be a Victoria first.
The plant would generate electricity from natural gas to power the centre and other facilities. Heat from generation would be used to warm the pool.
The energy foundation would fund the $450,000 cost of the plant, tipped to slash energy consumption by 45 per cent and save about $60,000 a year. The savings would go into other green projects.
Mayor Oscar Yildiz said the council’s energy costs were tipped to double by 2020.
“Moreland Council is keen to explore energy saving options which can reduce our carbon emissions and save our ratepayers money, not just for today, but for decades,” he said.
Foundation chief Paul Murfitt said such local power projects would become “key to a sustainable future”. Co-generation was picked over alternatives, such as solar, as most cost-effective year-round.
Retrofitting Older Homes
An article published in The Sunday Age quoting Moreland Energy Foundation staff member Govind Maksay on retrofitting older homes for improved energy efficiency.
"Older homes have the potential for energy efficiency on the cheap. New houses must comply with six-star energy regulations from next May. But what about our existing homes - how do they rate and how can we best improve them? " said Mr Maksay in the report.
Read the full article, available on journalist Michael Green's website
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