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Going All-Electric

Meet Goodbye Gas: The Local Business Helping Households Go All-Electric

Ben Russell and his team of 'electrification experts' are making it easier than ever to ditch gas in favour of electric, renewable energy.

Everything You Need To Know About Creating An All-Electric Home

Save money and emissions by ditching gas for an all-electric home.

Everything You Need To Know About Installing Solar Power

A step-by-step guide to installing solar power in an Australian home.

Helpful Guides

Everything You Need To Know About Composting!

Whether you live in an inner-city apartment or on a suburban home, find out how to start your own compost and reduce your household waste.

Everything You Need To Know About Passive Houses + What Makes Them So Sustainable

Passive houses use about 90 per cent less energy than the average home - making them low impact on the environment and your wallet!

Understanding The Pros + Cons Of Sustainable Building Materials

Learn what makes a 'sustainable' building material, and the best ones to choose for your home.

6 Ways To Make Your Rental More Sustainable

Want to save some money and reduce your environmental impact? Here's how to improve the sustainability of your rental home.

Home Energy Audits

Follow along as home energy expert, Tim Forcey, conducts home energy audits for three home owners, advising them on their home’s current comfort and energy performance, and sharing practical recommendations for improvement.

Clever Ways To Save Energy In A Weatherboard Home — On A Budget!
How Connie Cao Can Reduce Her Home Energy Bill To Just $250 A Year!
How To Save Energy In A First-Home Buyers’ Brunswick Cottage

Buying Clean Energy

Everything You Need To Know About GreenPower (+ Why You Should Make The Switch)

The easiest way to invest in in Australia's renewable future - and it's simpler (and cheaper) than you think!

Designer Style Meets GreenPower In The Sydney Apartment Of Jono Fleming

How interior designer Jono Fleming made his home more sustainable, in just three minutes.

How Dessert Queen Katherine Sabbath Made Her Retro Rental More Sustainable

Internet baking sensation Katherine Sabbath shares how she switched to a GreenPower electricity plan, helping make her family's lifestyle more sustainable with just one phone call.
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Australia's Path To Renewable Energy, With Momentum Energy’s Lisa Chiba

In the latest episode of TDF Talks, managing director Lisa Chiba explains how Australia's already heading towards a future of renewable energy!

How I Created A Sustainable Home

An All-Electric Dream Home That Feels Like A Hidden Bushland Retreat

Oanh and Justin Harding's sustainable family home is a perfect and peaceful sanctuary, nestled into Melbourne’s outer east.

How A Melbourne Family Improved The Energy Rating Of Their Heritage Home By 160%!

Sustainable renovations have turned this inefficient Melbourne heritage house into an all-electric, comfortable and beautiful family home.

A Peaceful + Sustainable Sydney Home Designed To Do ‘More With Less’

This new 129-square-metre home by Trias frames towering gum trees — while also minimising the owner's environmental impact!

How This Family Created Their Sustainable Forever Home From Scratch

Years of living in draughty rentals led Katherine Post and Chris Gyngell to build a sustainable forever home, guarded against the elements. See how they did it here.

TDF Talks Sustainability

In our latest podcast mini-series we chat to the experts about the future of sustainable housing, best practices for reducing energy use at home, and Australia’s path to a renewable future.

This Visionary Engineer Has A Plan To Fight Climate Change + Save Households Money
How Turning Your Home All-Electric Could Save You Thousands
5 Reasons To Consider Building A Passive House
Meet The Melbourne Sustainability Advocate Who Only Shops Second Hand

Sustainable Homes

How An Inner Melbourne Victorian Workers Cottage Maximises Light + Warmth

A rear extension and central courtyard completely changed the dynamic.

This Sustainable Home Brings The Outdoors In — In The Best Way

Olaver Architecture designed this new Melbourne house around a striking central courtyard and a suite of sustainable materials.

This Humble Weatherboard Hides A Hardworking Extension

Steffen Welsch Architects revamped this warm Melbourne family home with sustainability and functionality in mind.

A Multi-Generational Family Home Wrapped Around A Central Garden

Edition Office have designed an open house around a central courtyard with enough space for the parents, grandparents and children to all live separately, together.

This 9-Star Home Raises The Bar For Sustainable Renovations

Find out how this Mornington Peninsula home achieved a 'crazy' impressive energy rating of 9 stars thanks to a clever renovation.

A Family's Sustainable Sanctuary, Built From Biodegradable Material

This newly built hempcrete house in Melbourne’s north-east is designed to be as eco-friendly as possible.

An All-Timber, Small Footprint Addition To A Simple Weatherboard Cottage

North King by Ben Callery Architects in Northcote, Melbourne has been newly-extended with an efficient all-timber addition.

A Sustainable Retrofit Of A ’70s Apartment Building In Fitzroy

Rather than tear down this red-brick building, its been retrofitted to create a series of sustainable apartments with impressively low energy bills.

A Sustainable Family Home Designed On The ‘Smallest Footprint Possible’

Perth landscape architects See Design Studio designed this 110-sq m house around its lush Mediterranean-inspired gardens!

Inside Melbourne's Unconventional 'Evergreen' Apartment Building

Evergreen by Clare Cousins Architects is one of the six Nightingale buildings in Brunswick, where leafy balconies and rooftop gardens offer the best of apartment living!

This Mosman Home Embraces Nature With An Architectural 'Garden Room'

House for BEES by Downie North is a sustainable renovation grounded in its lush backyard, complete with a native beehive!

How This Family Transformed A 100-Year-Old Edwardian Into An Energy Efficient Home

A sustainably-minded renovation of an old Edwardian home in Preston, Melbourne, respects the old whilst celebrating the new.

Lucy's Green Journey

Join our founder Lucy Feagins as she embarks on her own green energy journey, sharing all the learnings, costs and savings along the way!

Lucy Shares Her Green Energy Journey — Stage One!
Lucy's Green Energy Journey, Stage Two!
Lucy’s Top 5 Lessons Learnt Since Installing Rooftop Solar

Sustainable Businesses

12 Brands Making Beautiful Homewares + Furniture From Recycled Materials

We've rounded up our favourite brands using everything from plastic waste to stone off-cuts to create some amazing sustainable pieces you can shop right now!

The Zero-Waste Event Decoration Business Putting The Sparkle Into Sustainability

Sarah Borg of Bangin Hangins offers her clients a brilliant alternative to single-use party decorations - with hand-made, zero-waste event styling.

The Melbourne Designer Who Found His Niche Making Sculptural + Sustainable Plant Stakes!

Melbourne startup 'Secateur Me Baby' has turned the humble plant stake into something worth smiling about.

The Melbourne Business Empowering A Radical Global Recycling Movement!

Inside the Precious Plastics Melbourne plant, with Kayla and Piers Mossuto.
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