Electrify your home

Electrify your home and make small changes that can have a big impact on your energy bills—and the environment.

Household emissions make up around 20% of Noosa Shire’s total community emissions. Electrifying your home is key to saving on rising energy costs. You’ll also be reducing your carbon footprint at the same time. It’s a win for your pocket and the environment!

You can save money by simply changing your energy usage, choosing energy-efficient appliances, and switching your home to renewable sources of energy.

Energy Management

Saving energy doesn’t have to mean going without. Smart tools can help you understand your energy use and where and when to manage your energy use. EnergyFlex provides a free tool for Noosa households and small businesses to better manage and save on their energy use.

Energy Efficiency

Reducing our energy use at home by being energy efficient is the simplest way to save on rising energy costs. Some households are able to cut energy use by around 10-30% just by making a few cost-effective adjustments to how they heat, cool, cook and clean.

Solar (PV)

For many households, rooftop solar provides many benefits and makes great sense financially and environmentally. When you have a good baseline of energy use you can further reduce your energy costs by offsetting grid electricity. The most cost effective way to do this is by installing a solar photovoltaic (PV) system.

Battery Storage

Battery storage ensures that we can utilise the excess energy generated during the day to power our evening requirements. Household battery storage is compact and an excellent way to reduce energy bills as much as possible. While there will always be a small fee for the electricity grid connection, batteries can offer the biggest reduction in electricity costs.

Electric Vehicles at Home

The average Aussie home has 1.8 cars parked in their driveway and spends up to $2,600 every year on fuel. Collectively, our private cars are responsible for 16% of Australia’s domestic emissions. Your first option could be to use active and public transport. But when you need a car, make it electric.

Your Electrify Everything Toolkit

Our “Rewiring Noosa – Electrify Everything” Toolkit covers eight technologies and strategies for households to learn how to electrify your home and save. Download your toolkit today.

Our initiatives to electrify Noosa

These community initiatives by Zero Emissions Noosa demonstrate how these steps have been used to help Noosa Shire residents save money and reduce their carbon footprint.