Sustainable House Day - Geelong & Surrounds
If you're looking to explore practical knowledge and insights into buying, building, renovating or retrofitting a sustainable home then Sustainable House Day is for you!
About Sustainable House Day
Be inspired by local homeowners about how to live more sustainably in healthier, cosier homes that are cheaper to run and more enjoyable to live in.
Sustainable House Day Geelong & Surrounds is an annual event that supports and reaches thousands of people to learn and implement sustainable principles and design into their home.
The event is about connecting with inspiring home owners who generously open their homes to the public so that you can learn from their experience and gain inspiration and knowledge that you can apply to your own project.
Sustainable House Day also includes a seminar showcase which features presentations from industry experts and home owner case studies.
Open Homes
Every year we open an amazing selection of properties for you to explore across the Geelong and surrounding region.
During the open house day you can discover surprising insights, learn from home owners about innovative approaches and experiences with their sustainable homes. You can also get professional guidance by chatting to architects, builders, energy experts and project managers.
Information Seminars
The seminar showcase provides specialist education seminars and webinars with presentation from sustainable building industry experts.
Previous years seminars have included presentations from architects, building energy raters, builders, energy efficiency assessors, solar providers, and home owners.
The seminars provide information about a variety of topics such as how to build or renovate sustainably, retrofitting for energy efficiency, getting off gas, and selection of sustainable building materials.
You can view the seminar showcase recordings from previous years events below.
Sustainable House Day Online Resources
Showcase seminars recordings
Virtual house tours & webinar recording
Narrated house tours
Homeowner experiences
Technical information
Knowledge sharing and practical advice from experts
Sustainable House Day 2024
- Webinar recording: My Efficient Home with Tim Forcey
- Eight open homes with online information, photos, videos, and technical specifications
- Showcase seminar
- Industry breakfast
Sustainable House Day 2023
- Webinar recordings:
- Heat pump hot water systems 101
- Solar and batteries 101
- Eight open homes with online information, photos, videos, and technical specifications
- Three workshops
- Peter Maddison keynote speaker seminar
Sustainable House Day 2022
- Showcase seminar recordings:
- Sustainable Homes: Buy, Build or Renovate
- Retrofitting for Energy Efficiency
- Going Off Gas
- Nine open homes, with online information, photos, videos, and technical specifications
Sustainable House Day 2021
- Showcase seminar recordings:
- Building Materials: The Big Decisions
- Case Studies: Going Off Gas
- Case Study: Climate Safe Rooms
- Case Study: Samaritan Social Housing
- Four feature homes with online information; home owner narrated tours, webinar, photos, and technical specifications
Sustainable House Day 2020
- Eight feature homes with online information; home owner narrated tours, webinar, photos, and technical specifications
Geelong Sustainability is proud to be partnering with the City of Greater Geelong and our event sponsors to present Sustainable House Day, a community event that provides access to our region’s most unique and inspiring sustainable homes.
The national Sustainable House Day program is delivered by Renew. Each year we coordinate an independent, localised version.