If you are interested in sponsoring GSG to help us run this major event or would like to partner with ancillary events then contact the SHD GSG Coordinator, Vicki Perrett at vickip3223@gmail.com by Friday 12 July.
More information soon. Keep this day free.
2012 Sustainable House Day - Sunday 9th Sept
Report on Sustainable House Day 2012
In September each year, Geelong Sustainability Group hosts Sustainable House Day in Geelong. In 2011 we had an estimated 1,450 visits to seven homes while in 2012, an estimated 2,500 visits to nine homes. Each year we have a great spread of new and retrofitted homes on display.
Thanks must go to the 65 volunteers, the many architects who volunteered their time and in particular, to Monica Winston, GSG vice-president who took on the vast task of bringing this major event together.
Some of the feedback from Sustainable House Day 2012:
- Congratulations on a fantastic job of organising sustainable house day! A bringer-together-of-people-extraordinaire! Well done! - Mary Ebbott, Belmont.
- Thank you for opening your house and the great day. We thoroughly enjoyed
being involved. - Briony Darcy and Leon Eyck, DE atelier Architects to home owner Jen Hall, Ocean Grove.
- Congratulations on organising an excellent day - I was thrilled with the numbers of people visiting the Barwon Heads houses - it seemed like most were on a tour of most/all the SHD houses in the region. Excellent! - Anthony Mangelsdorf, Project Manager, Barwon Heads Sustainability Group and volunteer at one of the two houses open in Barwon Heads.
- The day was a huge success with plenty of genuine interest in all things sustainable. The visitor count was an amazing 461! Glad to have been involved - Chris and Neville Wright, home owners Barwon Heads.
Key financial sponsors:
- Future Proofing Geelong
- City of Greater Geelong, Environment Dept - Eco Challenge
Major financial sponsor:
Other financial sponsors:
- School of Architecture and Building, Deakin University,
- School of Building and Design, Gordon Institute
- Organic Larder
- Green Energy Options
- Eco Real Estate
- City to Surf Solar
- DE atelier Architects
City of Greater Geelong Environment Department and Future Proofing are the key sponsors with a major sponsorship from Barwon Water and Deakin University.
Geelong Organic Gardeners and Geelong's 3 Transition groups are partners in this event.
Sustainable House Day gives people the chance to look inside houses that have been designed, built or fitted out with sustainability in mind and talk to owners, receiving free, unbiased advice.
Download the Geelong poster here
2012_SHD_Poster_Final.pdf
Download the Surf Coast poster here
SHD-2012-Surf Coast Shire A4-poster Final.pdf
Discount Sustainable House books
Limited number available at this price - $37 each or $70 for both. RRP is $45 each.
Are you interested in buying either or both of the following very valuable, best selling and reputable books at a discounted rate?
Making Your Home Sustainable - by Derek Wrigley
Making Your Home Sustainable is a practical and easy-to-follow guide for homeowners, builders, and architects who are concerned about the effects of climate change and environmental degradation, and who want to do something about reversing the trend. Derek Wrigley shows how simple modifications to existing homes can help to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, and utilise natural rather than imported energies and resources. With detailed descriptions, and around 150 photographs and diagrams, this revised edition is the retrofitter's bible undefined an ideal, practical guide for anyone who wants to make their home more comfortable and to save money on energy bills, while increasing the value of their house and addressing the causes of global warming. This paragraph is from http://www.publish.csiro.au/pid/6933.htm
Sustainable House - (2010 edition) - By Michael Mobbs
Remarkable and comprehensive, this essential guide provides advice and step-by-step instructions on achieving an environmentally friendly home. Fully revised and updated, this new edition provides tips for working with councils, builders, and engineers while renovating not only kitchens, bathrooms, gardens, and waste systems but also water and energy supplies. Covering the latest revolutions that have occurred in sustainable housing, this problem-solving manual includes an honest assessment of the technologies and materials suggested. http://sustainablehouse.com.au/. Please sign Michael's "The Plan" on his website to gather support for his work with the City of Sydney in making the whole area sustainable!
Where can you purchase in Geelong?
Nurture by Nature - Sustainable Living, 136 Myers St, Geelong
Shop Opening Hours: Tue & Wed 10–3pm,Thur 10–2.30pm, Fri 10–6pm, Sat 10am-4pm
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