Step one: Energy assessment
Measure the house
An assessor checks where your house loses heat and power and gives you a written order of work. Every installer can then quote against the same plan.
Your goal
Make my home more energy efficient
If you want the whole picture rather than one job, start with someone whose job is to measure the house – not to sell you a product. Then do the work in the order that gives the most back.
This goal usually involves
Measure, seal, switch, then make your own. Each step makes the next one smaller.
The pathway
Do it in this order.
You don’t have to tackle everything at once. But sticking to this sequence means each later upgrade can be smaller and cheaper – even if you space them out over years.
Step two: Insulation & draughts
Seal and insulate
The cheapest work in the house, and the step that makes every later upgrade smaller.
Step three: Gas to electric
Switch to efficient electric
Heat pump hot water and reverse cycle heating use far less energy than the gas and old electric systems they replace.
Step four: Solar and batteries
Make your own power
With the house using less, a smaller solar system covers more of what’s left.
Specialists for this goal
Businesses who work on this.
Rooftop solar installationHome battery installationSolar system maintenanceHome EV charger installationSolar and battery upgradesSolar compatible EV charging
Serves Braeside and surrounding suburbs | Based in Braeside
NETCC (supplied by the business)Solar Accreditation Australia (supplied by the business)
Home battery installationSolar system maintenanceHome EV charger installationRooftop solar installationSolar and battery upgradesHeat pump hot water systemsInduction cooktop installationSwitchboard upgrades
Serves Indigo, Wangaratta and 3 more | Based in Rutherglen
Switchboard upgradesSplit system air conditioningLED lighting upgradesInduction cooktop installationSmart lighting controlsHome EV charger installationThree phase power upgrades
Serves Werribee and Wyndham Vale and nearby suburbs | Based in Werribee
Rooftop solar installationHome EV charger installationLED lighting upgradesHome battery installationSolar and battery upgradesVirtual power plant (VPP) battery connectionSolar system maintenanceThree phase power upgradesSolar compatible EV chargingSmart lighting controlsHome energy monitoring
Serves Hallam and surrounding suburbs | Based in Hallam
Rooftop solar installationSplit system air conditioningDucted reverse cycle heating and coolingHome battery installationHeat pump hot water systemsVirtual power plant (VPP) battery connectionSwitchboard upgradesSolar and battery upgradesAir conditioning servicing
Serves Truganina and surrounding suburbs | Based in Truganina
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Start step one with a local expert.
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