Sustainable House Day is a national event held annually across
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
, where
household
A household consists of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling. It may be of a single family or another type of person group. The household is the basic unit of analysis in many social, microeconomic and government models, and is im ...
s open their doors to the public to give interested people the chance to learn about the benefits of
energy efficiency
Energy efficiency may refer to:
* Energy efficiency (physics), the ratio between the useful output and input of an energy conversion process
** Electrical efficiency, useful power output per electrical power consumed
** Mechanical efficiency, a ra ...
,
renewable energy
Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources that are naturally replenished on a human timescale. It includes sources such as sunlight, wind, the movement of water, and geothermal heat. Although most renewable energy ...
and
sustainable design
Environmentally sustainable design (also called environmentally conscious design, eco-design, etc.) is the philosophy of designing physical objects, the built environment, and services to comply with the principles of ecological sustainability ...
and how to apply it in their own
home
A home, or domicile, is a space used as a permanent or semi-permanent residence for one or many humans, and sometimes various companion animals. It is a fully or semi sheltered space and can have both interior and exterior aspects to it. H ...
s.
[http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2009/07/07/89755_machine.html ] Participants have the opportunity to speak with sustainable home owners,
architect
An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
s,
builders,
designers and energy auditors to learn about
sustainable living
Sustainable living describes a lifestyle that attempts to reduce the use of Earth's natural resources by an individual or society. It is referred to as zero wastage living" or "net zero living". Its practitioners often attempt to reduce their e ...
.
The event began in 1994 as Solar House Day, and several organisations have run it over the years. Not-for-profit organisation Renew, publisher of
Renew
Renew or renewal may refer to:
Media and entertainment
* ''Renew'' (album), a 2002 album by The Badlees
* ''Renewal'' (film), a 2008 documentary on the religious environmental movement
* ''Renewal'' (magazine), a UK journal of Labour politics
* ' ...
and Sanctuary magazines, has run the event since 2017.
The 2020 date is September 20.
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References
External links
Sustainable House Day(official site)
Environmental awareness days
Annual events in Australia
September observances
Housing in Australia