Dear Council Officers

With funding and support from the Tasmanian Government and Tasmanian Climate Change Office, Sustainable Living Tasmania is able to offer a select number of councils, a free, strategic analysis, of how, when and where the next generation of affordable electric vehicles, may be successfully integrated into your passenger vehicle fleet.   

We will run a workshop in Launceston and in Hobart. The workshops will provide an opportunity to share information and incorporate your feedback to ensure we maximise the practical benefits to all councils from this Program. 

Workshop details:

• Launceston - Tuesday 31 July 2018, 1.00 - 4.00pm, at Windsor Community Precinct, West Tamar Council, 1 Windsor Drive, Riverside.
• Hobart – Thursday 2 August 2018, 1.00 – 4.00pm at Sustainable Living Tasmania, 71 Murray St Hobart.

At the workshops we will hear from electric vehicle expert, Clive Attwater, about the new electric passenger vehicles that are due to be released over the next 18 months, which are so affordable that they may tip the balance and change the game. And fleet management expert Steven Puckering will discuss using electronic vehicle movement data to assess the best ways to include these vehicles in your fleets. 

At the end of the Program participating councils will receive an individual report, with information and advice tailored to their council’s specific needs. The insights gained from the project will provide case study information that we will share with all Tasmanian councils when the project concludes in mid-2019. 

Organisations and councils around Australia are seeing the benefits of including electric vehicles in their fleets. Early adopters of electric vehicles, Melbourne Water, found electric vehicles had more than double the fleet life cycle of combustion engines and saved about $2000-3000, per vehicle, per year. The age of electric vehicles may be very close indeed.     

Please, RSVP to our workshop invitation, and help us develop the strategic information councils will need to help manage their fleets through some exciting times and into the future.

Dear Council Officers

With funding and support from the Tasmanian Government and Tasmanian Climate Change Office, Sustainable Living Tasmania is able to offer a select number of councils, a free, strategic analysis, of how, when and where the next generation of affordable electric vehicles, may be successfully integrated into your passenger vehicle fleet.   

We will run a workshop in Hobart and in Launceston. The workshops will provide an opportunity to share information and incorporate your feedback to ensure we maximise the practical benefits to all councils from this Program. 

Workshop details:

• Launceston - Tuesday 31 July 2018, 1.00 - 4.00pm, at Windsor Community Precinct, West Tamar Council, 1 Windsor Drive, Riverside.
• Hobart – Thursday 2 August 2018, 1.00 – 4.00pm at Sustainable Living Tasmania, 71 Murray St Hobart.

At the workshops we will hear from electric vehicle expert, Clive Attwater, about the new electric passenger vehicles that are due to be released over the next 18 months, which are so affordable that they may tip the balance and change the game. And fleet management expert Steven Puckering will discuss using electronic vehicle movement data to assess the best ways to include these vehicles in your fleets. 

At the end of the Program participating councils will receive an individual report, with information and advice tailored to their council’s specific needs. The insights gained from the project will provide case study information that we will share with all Tasmanian councils when the project concludes in mid-2019. 

Organisations and councils around Australia are seeing the benefits of including electric vehicles in their fleets. Early adopters of electric vehicles, Melbourne Water, found electric vehicles had more than double the fleet life cycle of combustion engines and saved about $2000-3000, per vehicle, per year. The age of electric vehicles may be very close indeed.     

Please, RSVP to our workshop invitation, and help us develop the strategic information councils will need to help manage their fleets through some exciting times and into the future.

Learn how to have a comfortable and warm home.  Hear about how best to draught proof your home and how to efficiently heat it at this free Ecohome workshop.

Topics will include:

• Draught-proofing windows & doors
• Keeping warm
• Insulation & covering gaps
• Windows – Curtains, blinds & pelmets
• Heating

Changes in solar power feed-in tariffs at the end of the year mean a drop from a payment of around 28 cents to around 9 cents per kW.  This will have a big impact on power bills.  Installing storage batteries may be an economical solution for you so that you can use all your own stored solar electricity rather than sending it to the grid.  There is also a possibility that the scheme on trial on Bruny Island using linked home storage batteries to meet demand during peak periods may be extended in some form to the rest of Tasmania.

Come and find out what is happening in battery storage and options for using roof top solar power.  It will help you to decide whether battery storage is a good choice for you.

Ask us all your eco home questions.

To celebrate Sustainable House Day, architects and building designers will give free advice on sustainable building at this free event, including:

- passive solar building

- insulation

- thermal mass

- energy efficiency

- building materials

- construction methods

- energy rating

- bushfire considerations

- planning requirements

- condensation prevention

Entry by gold coin donation

If you're wondering what to do with your existing solar panel system when the one for one feed-in tariff finishes at the end of this year, then this special lunchtime session is for you.  At the end of 2018 the one for one feed-in tariff will come to an end.  Should you upgrade? If so, to what size system? Should you add to your existing system, add a second system, or replace the existing with one big one? Should you get batteries too? What tariff should you be on? How much does it matter which direction the panels face? In this sessions we will answer all of these questions and more, drawing upon detailed modelling and analysis of solar panel systems in Tasmanian conditions.

Todd Houstein will facilitate the session. He is a self-confessed energy nerd, and has been our Executive Officer since 2010. He has an engineering degree, and postgraduate research experience in techno-economic optimisation of energy systems. He has also worked in community development, humanitarian engineering, research & development, product design and manufacturing.

This is one of a number of lunchtime workshops on solar:

• 18th September: Upgrading existing systems
• 2nd October: Upgrading existing systems
• 9th October: Installing a new system
• 16th October: Upgrading existing systems
• 23rd October: Installing a new system

We invite all members to our 2018 Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 25th September at 7pm at Sustainable Living Tasmania, 1st floor 71 Murray Street Hobart.

In addition to the formal business of the AGM (below) Todd Houstein (SLT's Executive Officer) will provide a sneak-peak of his detailed modelling and analysis of solar photovoltaic systems in Tasmania.

Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP below for catering purposes. If you're not already a member, please sign up now here.

AGENDA

1. Confirm the minutes of the preceding AGM;
2. Presentation of the 2017/18 Annual Report;
3. Presentation of the 2017/18 Audited Financial Report;
4. Appointment of the auditor and determination of the auditor's remuneration; and
5. Election of the members of the Board of Management (nomination form);

We're looking for people to join our Board of Management

Sustainable Living Tasmania is currently focused on two things:

1. The Climate Solution project: Devising plans for Tasmania to play a leadership role in securing a safe global climate and thriving in the process.
2. Securing financial resilience through the development of two social enterprises that simultaneously assist households and businesses to improve their environmental impacts - namely Eco Home Guide and commercial energy consulting.

As such, the organisation would benefit greatly from having additional people on the Board of Management with skills and experience in establishing and developing businesses and/or social enterprises, as well as policy and strategy development in relevant fields (e.g. climate, energy, transport, agriculture, forestry, planning, industry, waste, etc).

If you are interested in joining the Board of Management, please contact Executive Officer, Todd Houstein on (03) 6281 9361.

This workshops is now sold out. 

Seats still available on 21/11/18 - at The Ballroom, Hobart Town Hall at 6pm.  RSVP a must

If you're wondering what to do with your existing solar panel system when the one for one feed-in tariff finishes at the end of this year, then this special lunchtime session is for you.  At the end of 2018 the one for one feed-in tariff will come to an end.  Should you upgrade? If so, to what size system? Should you add to your existing system, add a second system, or replace the existing with one big one? Should you get batteries too? What tariff should you be on? How much does it matter which direction the panels face? In this sessions we will answer all of these questions and more, drawing upon detailed modelling and analysis of solar panel systems in Tasmanian conditions.

Todd Houstein will facilitate the session. He is a self-confessed energy nerd, and has been our Executive Officer since 2010. He has an engineering degree, and postgraduate research experience in techno-economic optimisation of energy systems. He has also worked in community development, humanitarian engineering, research & development, product design and manufacturing.

This is one of a number of lunchtime workshops on solar:

• 18th September: Upgrading existing systems SOLD OUT
• 2nd October: Upgrading existing systems SOLD OUT
• 9th October: Installing a new system SOLD OUT
• 16th October: Upgrading existing systems SOLD OUT
• 23rd October: Installing a new system SOLD OUT
• 21st November: Getting the most out of Solar - tickets available FINAL WORKSHOP

This workshops is now sold out. 

Seats still available on 21/11/18 - at The Ballroom, Hobart Town Hall at 6pm.  RSVP a must

If you are looking for a solar system and want to know what's best for you - then this session is for you.  You'll be able to ask questions and benefit from our latest research.

How good an investment are solar panels? Should you get batteries too? What size system should you get? How much does it matter which direction the panels face? Which tariff should you use? We will answer all of these questions and more, drawing upon detailed modelling and analysis of solar panel systems in Tasmanian conditions.

Todd Houstein will facilitate the session. He is a self-confessed energy nerd, and has been our Executive Officer since 2010. He has an engineering degree, and postgraduate research experience in techno-economic optimisation of energy systems. He has also worked in community development, humanitarian engineering, research & development, product design and manufacturing.

This is one of a number of lunchtime workshops on solar:

• 18th September: Upgrading existing systems SOLD OUT
• 2nd October: Upgrading existing systems SOLD OUT
• 9th October: Installing a new system SOLD OUT
• 16th October: Upgrading existing systems SOLD OUT
• 23rd October: Installing a new system SOLD OUT
• 21st November: Getting the most out of Solar - tickets available FINAL WORKSHOP

TAMAR SUSTAINABLE LIVING EXPO - Applications to exhibit open until 1 October 2018

Tamar NRM are looking for businesses wanting to promote their sustainable living programs, services and products to northern Tasmanians at the inaugural Tamar Sustainable Living Expo.

We are particularly keen to hear from businesses involved in the following:

* Eco fashion, e.g.bamboo clothing
* Ethical investment, e.g. superannuation
* Sustainable building, e.g. straw bale, hempcrete 
* Water conservation, e.g. composting toilets, rainwater tanks

If you would like to exhibit at our Expo, please contact Gabrielle Stannus, Tamar Sustainable Living Coordinator, on 0400 431 277 or[email protected] for an application form.