Energy Smart Homes - Community Seminars

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The Sustainable Energy Development Office (SEDO) has developed a Sustainable Energy Community Seminar Kit for use by local government, community groups, and other interested organisations to promote understanding of energy efficiency and sustainable energy use in the community.

The Community Seminar Kit is available at no cost to organisations who want to conduct free seminars in their community via a user agreement signed with the Sustainable Energy Development Office.

The five seminars provided cover one key topic each with speaker notes included for each presentation. Each seminar generally takes about two hours to present.

The Kit is a folder containing printed and electronic (on CD) versions of slide presentations and presenter notes for the five seminars. The Kit also contains instructions, templates for producing promotional material and reports, SEDO brochure order forms, and frequently asked questions.

The five seminar topics are:

Seminar 1: Energy Challenge

This seminar encourages home owners to set a weekly goal from the ‘Take the Energy Challenge’ check list to reduce energy use.

Seminar 2: House Energy Rating

This seminar encourages solar passive design and encourages home owners to obtain a house energy rating, and has been particularly tailored for people building and renovating.

Seminar 3: Winter Warmth

This seminar identifies ways to keep warm in winter which may reduce energy bills and have the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Seminar 4: Summer Cooling

This seminar identifies ways to keep cool in summer which may reduce energy bills and have the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Seminar 5: Greenhouse Gas and Renewable Energy

This seminar provides an overview of the enhanced greenhouse gas effect and what individuals can do to reduce their contribution to emissions, focusing on renewable energy and energy efficiency.

To obtain the Community Seminar Kit:

To obtain the Community Seminar Kit users need to sign an agreement with SEDO that governs its use and enables users to receive updates when any information changes. The agreement also includes a commitment to provide reports to SEDO on seminars conducted. Organisations interested in using the Kit and willing to meet these requirements should contact the Program Officer, Community on 9420 5664 or sedo@energy.wa.gov.au for further details.

Upcoming Community Seminar Kit Demonstration Sessions:
SEDO conducts free demonstration sessions from time to time to help organisations understand how to use the Community Seminar Kit, and enable discussion and questions.

The next demonstration session is:

Friday 5 December 2008

For more information and to register to attend the demonstration session, please contact the Program Officer, Community on 9420 5664 or sedo@energy.wa.gov.au for further details.