Get a home assessment
A home sustainability assessment can help you to identify where you can make the biggest savings in your home including how you can save money, save water and save energy. Home assessments usually only take an hour or two and will help you to identify ways you can reduce your impact on the environment.
After your home assessment, you'll receive a comprehensive report outlining the actions you can take and what your expected savings could be.
Check to see if you are eligible for rebates and other assistance including free home assessments.
Free, independent assessment
A qualified assessor will visit you in your home. The assessment will involve an inspection of major energy and water systems, heating and cooling, lighting, refrigeration, cooking and entertainment. The assessor will also examine water efficiency (indoors and outdoors). This information is entered into an assessment tool to calculate your environmental impact and provide suggestions for improvement.
The assessment should take around 1.5 to 2 hours to complete, depending on how much information you can supply, the size of your property and the number of energy and water systems you have.
Tailored report
You will get a tailored report advising the most effective changes for your home. The recommendations may contain a range of practical recommendations like:
- Things you can do without spending any money like saving water and energy by taking shorter showers.
- Small and cheap solutions like installing water flow regulators and aerators to your taps or
- Bigger investments like installing rainwater tanks or installing a greywater system.
More information
See Green Loans for more information.
Rebates & assistance
As a home owner, renter or landlord, you could be eligible for financial assistance and home assessments to help you start saving energy and water sooner.
Find out about government rebates and assistance.
Why do it?
- You'll get free professional advice
- Prioritise and plan changes around your home
- Greening up your home will save you money
Did you know?
It doesn't matter if you are renting or living in your own home, you could be eligible for the home sustainability assessment and an interest free Green Loan. The interest free Green Loan, of up to $10,000, can be used for any of the recommendations in your home assessment report.
What else can I do?
Take action
Page last modified: 19 Feb 2010