Home Energy Auditing - Y Green
Integral Energy is funding a continuation of the Y Green program in the suburbs of Beaumont Hills, Kellyville and Bella Vista. If you live in these areas (or elsewhere) please register your interest by visiting
www.ygreen.com.au or calling 1300 139 996.
Summary
In The Hills Shire the Y Green project is making headway to reduce resident's energy consumption by tapping into the skills and enthusiasm of local young people.
A grassroots collaboration between TAFE NSW - Western Sydney Institute, Dusseldorp Skills Forum, Baulkham Hills Shire Council, Steplight Pty Ltd, University of Western Sydney and Lend Lease GPT is helping The Hills Shire residents to save on their energy bills by training young people to become accredited home sustainability assessors.
Background
Inspired by the Californian Youth Energy Services project, the Y Green project aims to engage a range of key stakeholders to develop a residential sustainability project where young people are trained and subsequently employed to conduct home sustainability consultations in their local community. The consultations involve providing advice and information on household energy efficiency and products available to reduce energy usage.
With one fifth of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions coming from households, this project focuses on behaviour change in energy and water use in households
The young people involved in the project will participate in a nationally accredited Course in Home Sustainability Assessment delivered by the Western Sydney Institute of TAFE. This course includes not only the technical information needed to complete a residentially sustainability consultation, but also includes customer service skills, first aid and occupational health and safety.
The aims of the project include providing skill development for young people in an emerging ’green’ employment area, improving energy and water efficiency in residential households, increasing awareness of all participants of the need for, and ways to improve energy and water efficiency and encouraging local youth into further education and training.
For more information please visit the Dusseldorp Skills Forum website