Neerav Bhatt's blog: electric Australian transportation & sustainable homes
Having a sustainable home isn’t just great for reducing your family emissions and impact on the environment. Sustainable homes like mine generate most of their electricity used, have lower power bills, don’t need a gas connection, are more comfortable all year, need less heating and cooling, let in less noise and don’t have condensation problems.
If you haven’t removed and cleaned the internal filter of your reverse cycle split system air con (AC) for more than a few months it will probably be quite dusty and costing you extra in electricity usage. Reverse cycle AC is great for many... Read More
Health, Climate action, Hospitality and other community groups are all praising the Victorian Government decision to ban gas connections to new builds from 1 January 2024. The announcement, which covers new subdivisions, new social housing, and new... Read More
Why have Australian electricity prices risen so much during the last few years? One reason is the federal Liberal/National coalition hatred of renewable energy and love of coal/gas. Scomo clings to coal https://t.co/53bGuB0czz @npomalley #fires... Read More
Did you know that 90% of Australia’s used batteries end up in landfill, where they leak toxic materials into the environment? Another reason batteries shouldn’t go in your regular recycling or household rubbish bin is that they can be a fire... Read More
A few days ago Polestar Australia held a media briefing that I attended in Sydney, featuring their global Head of Sustainability Fredrika Klarén. Klarén joined Polestar in April 2020 to drive the company’s sustainability ambitions forward through... Read More
If you’ve bought a new electric car and you plan on using public fast chargers eg while on holidays or during daytrips you need to register with all the major Australian electric vehicle (EV) charging networks like Chargefox and Evie. Just having... Read More
Reverse cycle air conditioners are great for many reasons: The most energy efficient way to keep your house temperature comfortable, Capable of heating and cooling so you don’t spend money buying a separate heater, Use electricity which is... Read More
Many Australians believe that “natural gas” is a clean, green and cheap way to power many aspects of their homes. This is incorrect and not just because gas is a fossil fuel which emits pollution when burnt. You would expect a company that... Read More
During hot sunny weather such as the common 35C+ temperatures in Sydney and Melbourne, if you work from home or are at home with young children, taking a laptop and a drink bottle to your cool local library during the hottest hours of the day will cost... Read More
If you can afford it you should get the maximum total solar panel capacity your roof can fit. For example on my roof I have 24 x 390 watt Jinko Tiger panels for a total of 9.36kW (9360 watts) solar capacity. A solar system has 2 parts: the panels and... Read More