June 20 - Tim Forcey: My Efficient Electric Home - 6:30-8PM
Venue
Bunch of Grapes Hotel, 401 Pleasant St South, Redan, Ballarat
Tim Forcey, engineer, energy expert and author will be talking about his book - My Efficient Electric Home Handbook - which will be on sale at the event. Tim has synthesised the collective wisdom of the legendary MEEH Facebook group and brought his own knowledge to bear in the Handbook. All topics covered from fixing leaky homes, to getting off gas, to what you can do as a renter - and the importance of making your home energy efficient – encapsulated int eh subtitle: "How to slash your energy bills, protect your health & save the planet."
With 120K followers MEEH has already made a big difference to how Australians think about energy efficiency and we're betting the Handbook will accelerate trend. Getting off gas and going all electric isn't easy, but with the help of the shared experience of MEEH and Tim's expertise we can do it!
July 18 - Tom Quinn: Clean energy superpower? How is it tracking? 6:30-8PM
Venue
Bunch of Grapes Hotel, 401 Pleasant St South, Redan, Ballarat
Tom Quinn, Former Head of Policy at Beyond Zero Emissions spoke at Green Drinks last year about the project he was leading involving unions and the corporate sector to lobby the Albanese government to invest in renewable energy on a scale similar to the US investment policy – the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). This year Tom has agreed to return and tell us how the ambitions of the group panned out. Another not to be missed Green Drinks event. This was a very popular talk last year so do please book your free ticket via our Trybooking site.
August 15 - Dale Boucher: Home electrification 6:30-8PM
Venue
Bunch of Grapes Hotel, 401 Pleasant St South, Redan, Ballarat
Feeling the cold? Dale Boucher is a local energy efficiency expert, a carbon accountant and accredited Victoria Energy Scorecard Assessor. Last year Dale was a co-leader of our Home Energy Efficiency Workshops, an initiative of the Ballarat Zero Emissions Alliance, which was funded by DEECA. Dale will be presenting on both what you can do to make your home more thermally efficient and the economics of getting off gas and planning to go all electric. Should you get solar now or later? How soon should you replace you old gas water heater with a heat pump etc. In the Ballarat winter these issues matter.