Low Carbon Living CRC

The CRCLCL has a range of resources available to researchers, industry and government. These include outcomes from the many projects that better inform the CRCLCL and wider community on how to enable a sustainable future.

Josh's House

After 20 years renovating other people’s houses and gardens demonstrating sustainable design ideas, Josh Byrne  - environmental scientist & ABC TV’s Gardening Australia presenter - has undertaken the design and construction of two 10 star energy efficient family homes in the Fremantle suburb of Hilton.

Blue Mountains Renweable Energy Co-op

We are a volunteer group of Blue Mountains people working together to create community-owned renewable energy projects right here in our unique World-Heritage listed area.

TAFE NSW - Low Carbon Training Program

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Blue Mountains Solar

12 Powerhouse Lane Katoomba NSW 2780,  (02) 4782 6116.  Battery hybrid systems now in stock. Call now to ask about our solution for energy storage using SMA and LG Chem.    Blue Mountains Solar Pty Ltd is part of an electrical contracting company that’s been in business for over 20 years. All our installations are completed by the one crew. Over the last 6 years they have installed over 1,500 systems.  Blue Mountains Solar use and recommend SunPower's E20 327W Solar panel. The SunPower Maxeon solar cell is the only cell built on a solid copper foundation. Virtually impervious to the corrosion and cracking that degrade conventional panels.   High Efficiency E- Series panels convert more sunlight to electricity producing 31% more power per panel.

Hartley Green Power

Hartley Green Power is located at 2355 Great Western Hwy, Little Hartley, on the western foothills side of the Blue Mountains. We specialise in supply all forms of alternate power, including Wind, Solar and Solar heating. We supply a range of Solar panels for campers to home use.  We supply the best value 10KW wind generator @ $45,000, and many different types down to a 12v 300w model for $600. We supply a range of Solar hot water heaters using evacuated tubes from 200 Litres to 700 litres. Some are low pressure and some are high-pressure heat exchanges. Prices start at under $1,200 up to $6,000.  We supply batteries and can even have custom-made lithium battery packs made to your specifications and our own, Hartley Green Power Battery.

Bendigo Bank

Lower your carbon foot-print by banking with us at 117 Katoomba St, Katoomba, Ph: 4782 1144

Just look up....Not only are Bendigo Bank Australia’s first Community Bank^® branch, with new solar panels perched on our roof, we are also the first Upper Blue Mountains Bank to go solar.   Through the Community Enterprise™ Foundation, Bendigo Bank works with local communities to achieve their goals; building stronger communities through funding programs for families, youth, health, education, the environment, the arts and lots more.

Blue Eco Homes

Tel: (612) 4754 5608 Email: info@blueecohomes.com.au Postal Address: PO Box 4366 Winmalee NSW 2777. Blue Eco Homes build homes that are as efficient as possible in their energy use, water re-use and waste water treatment. Offering a wide range of sustainable features that can be tailored to your requirements, depending on your lifestyle & budget, our vision is to build quality sustainable homes, with minimal impact on the environment – both during construction and when occupied.  Blue Eco Homes won a Master Builders Association (NSW) Excellence in Construction ‘Resource Efficiency’ award for the Leura Garage project. Our Certifications and Accreditations include: Certified Master Builders Association Green Living Builder; Accredited Housing Industry Association GreenSmart Builder; Master Builders Association of NSW Member; NSW Business Chamber Member, and Blue Mountains Business Chamber Member.

Powershop

Email:    business.sales@powershop.com.au, Phone: 1800 728 197, Great deal for all customers: Powershop have no lock in contracts and no exit fees – so no risk. If your old retailer stings you with an exit fee, Powershop will cover it up to $75.  Powershop offer a guaranteed discount every day. Plus, you’ll get an extra Online Saver discount simply for paying your bill online and on time each month. Powershop don’t believe in discriminatory pricing – all our NSW customers have access to our competitive rates and the same great discounts.

100% online and putting you in control

• We're an online power company. With us, you know exactly how much you're using and what it costs, as you go.
• Being 100% online, we pride ourselves on being modern and environmentally friendly.
• We have a smartphone app that allows you to view your up to date usage and costs, and save even more, whenever you like

Renewable energy is now cheaper to purchase than coal fire powered energy. 

• Powershop only invest in renewables. 
• Power also offset all your energy usage at no extra cost, to make your energy component carbon neutral
• Feel good knowing that Powershop is Australia's first and only carbon neutral retailer - so all of our emissions, and yours, are completely offset at no extra cost to you!

Australian Flora and Garden Design

E-mail:  ausflora.au@gmail.com   Ph: 0405 740 920

Ausflora offers incremental landscaping of naturalistic artistic gardens for a nature loving sensibility within your budget. With our versatile skills in Horticulture, Arboriculture and Conservation and Land Management/Regeneration throughout many varies plant communities of Australia's Eastern Seaboard, Ausflora keeps nature in mind to draw fauna close to your living space for observation.

Blending your garden foreground with the natural vegetation and sense of perspective, our fine detailing of plants incorporates tiny fascinating species that are often overlooked.  

Energywise Living

Mob: 0424233007 Email: alex@energywiseliving.com.au  Postal Address: PO Box 499 Katoomba NSW 2780. 

Energywise Living is a local Katoomba based business and has been designing and installing all types of solar PV systems since 2007. Our services include installations of solar PV grid-connect systems, grid-connect systems with battery backup (Hybrid), Stand-alone power systems (Off-grid), energy consumption monitoring, solar feasibility reports and domestic Electrical services. We are CEC accredited solar installers and licensed Electricians with many years of local knowledge and experience. We look forward to your call.

CEC accreditation number: A2089613            Electrical Contractor License number: 270043c

EcoDesign Architects and Consultants Nigel Bell

Nigel Bell, FRAIA ARBN: 4547.  AIA: 12491. Architects Registration Board member A+ member, Australian Institute of Architecture, Mob:  0413 109 098,  Phone:  02 47825066,  nigel@ecodesignarchitects.com, PO Box 300, Katoomba, NSW, 2780EcoDesign Architects + Consultants (principal Nigel Bell, ARBN:4547) has over 30 years local experience in architecture and planning.  The firm has become a sustainability leader in design, education and practice, with many award-winning projects - plus personal awards.  As a senior experienced practitioner, Nigel leads projects from inception to completion, overcoming the challenges along the way with knowledgeable excellence.\
Convenor: Cittaslow Katoomba - Blue Mountains. Climate Reality Leader. 

ecoLinen Organic Resort Sheeting

Tim Ower ecolinen@moharvi.com          Ph 1-300-789-774    

Established in 2003, ecoLinen’s Organic Resort Sheeting are woven from specially developed and selected thicker, premium yarn to produce the most breathable long lasting 100% cotton construction available.   Our primary mill leads industry sustainable practices with over 30 windmills generating 30MW of Green Energy per annum, water recycling practices and fair-trade certification. Our Mountains laundering partner carefully handles and delivers the product in it’s most pure state maintaining the advantages and integrity of offering an Organic product.

Our Moharvi Fast-dry towels and accessories are leading the industry in sustainability with potentially 30% faster laundry-drying times and 30% longer life with no compromise in the luxury guests expect.

Let us help guide you to create a ‘raving’ guest experience with the sustainable bedding options now available.

E-Smart Solar: your home-grown solar energy experts.

Make hay while the sun shines

Choose a solar specialist who works local, lives local and plays local. We’re E-Smart Solar, your home-grown solar energy experts.

Clean Council Energy Accredited, qualified electricians and loved by the big brands (including Tesla, Reposit and LG), we’re here to help you make the most of your sunshine.

Reduce your carbon footprint. Turn your spending green. And save money with an environmentally-friendly and sustainable energy solution.

1800 ESMART (1800 376 278). Because it’s your energy – make it work for you 24/7.

Sun-Kissed Solar

Sun-Kissed Solar design and install quality PV solar and battery storage or ‘battery ready’ systems for domestic and commercial use.  Sun-Kissed Solar is owned and operated by Blue Mountains CEC Accredited electrical contractor Gary Caganoff who is experienced, reliable, honest and friendly.

Gary works with you to design a solar generation system that suits your needs, and then, with a small team, personally installs the system; assuring absolute quality and trust throughout the process. No cutting corners. No ‘solar cowboys’. No hard sell.

Free call 1800 SUNKISSED (1800 786 547)      Email. Get@SunKissedSolar.com.au         Web. www.SunKissedSolar.com.au

Access Industries Lithgow Laundry

Access Industries Lithgow offer bed sheeting, towelling and table linen of exceptional quality. We also offer our customers environmentally friendly, organic and ethical products.

We recently relocated to a purpose built state of the art facility in Lithgow with modern and efficient laundry equipment. The design and the operation of our laundry procedures and services have been developed in accordance with AS/NZS 4146:2000, Laundry Practice standard.

Earth Recovery Australia - Blue Mountains

Contact us for more information about collection days.

If you are interested in participating in Food Rescue as a donor, recipient or volunteer, or would like more information, please contact us.

Blue Mountains Food Rescue coordinates the collection of excess food from local food businesses such as various bakeries and producers. The environmental and social benefits are significant. The food is cooked or distributed to people in need, either directly or through community service partner organisations. Food rescue is also a means of supplying the Community Soul Kitchen project which provides “sit down” meals for persons in need.

Our goal is to make the food rescue process easy, safe and legally sound for all our partners.

Earth Recovery Australia has worked with the RFS through its Blue Mountains Food Rescue Project to distribute food donated in bushfire appeals. In 2013 there was an oversupply of food donations and ERA was able to distribute approximately 17 pallet loads of excess food through it’s community networks.  Our Blue Mountains Food Rescue Project has distributed over $10,000 worth of rescued food in the form of food parcels in the last 7 months.

Sustainability Workshop

T: +61 (0) 24787 8428 M: (0)468 423299, 4 Park Avenue, Blackheath NSW 2785

Sustainability Workshop is a civil and environmental engineering design company.  We use our extensive knowledge of ecology and systems to engineer low carbon living systems.  Our client list includes home owners and builders, Architects and Planners, Borgs Manufacturing, Blacktown City Council and Amazon.

Our broad engineering, environmental and planning knowledge means we can deliver innovative solutions. We also design traditional civil engineering works such as roads and car parks and would love to help our clients do it with lower carbon approaches which often also save money.

We prepare policy, frameworks, plans and build capacity.  We also work with developers, for example designing a sustainable water cycle for a 50 hectare, Borgs Manufacturing Campus at Oberon that will save 120 million litres of water and $400,000 in water bills every year while preventing polluted stormwater from flowing downstream.  Please consider if we can engineer your next, low carbon, water cycle solution.

Pangolin Associates

Pangolin Associates is an energy and carbon management consultancy that works with organisations Australia-wide to increase efficiencies and reduce environmental impacts. Pangolin’s core services include energy audits; greenhouse gas (GHG) assessments and verifications; and compliance programs such as the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Scheme (NGERS), the National Carbon Offset Scheme (NCOS), and the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF). Pangolin provides carbon offsetting services including the supply of carbon credits.  

Pangolin’s scientific team also assists clients with climate change leadership initiatives. This includes Science Based Targets (SBT) services, Value Chain Carbon (VCC) analysis, 100% Renewables, and construction of environmental and energy management systems. 

Pangolin Associates is proud to be the first in its sector to become certified carbon neutral under the National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS). Visit: www.pangolinassociates.com.

Reduction Revolution

Reduction Revolution is a website and online store specialising in energy efficiency. We sell high quality energy saving products at affordable prices. We are distributors for leading brands including Philips & Osram LED lighting, Efergy energy monitors, FLIR thermal imaging, and Bosch hot water heat pumps. Most of our products can be self installed and are easy to use. Where installation is required by a tradesperson clear instructions are provided. If you are looking for professional advice, we also offer expert energy audits to households and businesses across the Blue Mountains and greater Sydney.

Natural-Energy Systems 100% Air Sourced (Low Carbon) Heat Pumps

Natural-Energy Systems - low cost, low carbon  HOT WATER HEAT PUMPS ideal for 

• SPACE HEATING - hot water produced by LT Heat Pump is circulated to water filled radiators that radiate Heat into HOTEL Rooms 
• HIGHLY EFFICIENT as they are 100% AIR-SOURCED  - truly Low Carbon - they don't use heated coils to create hot water 
• DESIGNED to be totally compatible with Solar Collectors to boost temperature - if required.

For HOTELS & PUBS with accommodation RETIREMENT VILLAGES typically use 21KW Air Sourced Heat Pump to replace GAS Boilers. Phone Toll Free 1800 388 688, Email : info@natural-energysystems.com.au

Dartecha Design

Building Thermal Performance Assessor (Residential)

What is a Thermal Performance Asessment?

Also known as a House Energy Rating, it is a means to make a home a more comfortable place to live.

This is achieved by the use of software that was orginally design by the CSIRO.
This software models your house plans to estimate the amount of energy it will need for heating and cooling and makes it easier to boost the efficiency and environmental performance of a new house design.

It does this by calculating and simulating a number of different factors such as the building construction, local climate and the orientation.

Using the assessing software heating and cooling energy levels are assessed with the ulimate goal of making a home stay naturally cool in summer and warm in winter.

Solartex

Phone: (02) 9971 4600.  Solartex intalls game changing energy efficiency products to existing buildings to dramaticaly reduce your carbon footprint and energy costs. 

Inflector for windows works all year by keeping heat in the building during winter and keeping it out during the summer, to permanently reduce your energy bills in three ways:

Inflector Solar Shades are uniquely engineered to out perform double glazing and provide solar filtering and offer a range of installation options to suit each individual building’s interior design. 

Superen hybrid ACDC Solar Air Conditioners need no batteries, and only a few PV panels to deliver huge savings.

During the day, when air conditioning is needed the most, you can operate this unit partly or up to 100% by solar panels. At night, you can continue to save due to the high energy efficiency rating.