Richard Day
Mr, Department of the Premier and Cabinet - Sustainability and Climate Change Division
- Adelaide, South Australia, Southern Australia
- Australia
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Re: Education Tools for Energy Conservation
2009-04-07 19:57:17 UTC
Hi Danielle,
sounds like the Be Energy Smart Toolkit and worksheet at http://www.dtei.sa.gov.au/energy/be_energy_smart/home_energy_audit may be of interest. There's currently 120+ toolkits for loan through public libraries in South Australia.
Cheers
Richard
Richard Day
Department of the Premier and Cabinet
Australia -
Re: Seeking Information: Power Meter Loans Through Libraries
2009-01-15 17:26:14 UTC
Hi Juliana,
Such a program has existed in South Australia since 2003 through the SA Government's Energy Office.
The original 'Home Energy Self Audit Kit' was housed in a calico-bag and included a power meter, thermometer, compass, incence sticks, bucket, manual and worksheet (see link to 'Home Energy Self Audit kit' and 'Home Energy Audit Worksheet' at http://www.dtei.sa.gov.au/energy/publications). Around 100 kits were assembled and sold at a subsidised rate to council libraries to loan to the general public.
The project was reviewed by an independent 3rd party by in 2006, and a a number of recommendations were made which led to the development of a second generation kit and an improved monitoring and evaluation framework.
The recently developed 'Be Energy Smart Toolkit' is housed in a durable foam-lined perspex-lidded carry case. The tools are largely the same, except that the incence sticks and bucket have been ditched in favour of an infrared thermometer and stopwatch. 200 of these kits have been assembled and are currently being distributed to libraries, replacing the original kits.
With the second generation kit, libraries are required to report on the uptake of the kits. The kit also includes a post-back feedback form to collect feedback from borrowers.
I'm sure that someone from the Energy Division's Advisory Service would be happy to talk to you further (contact details on the website link above).
good luck
cheers
Richard
Richard Day
Mr
Department of the Premier and Cabinet
Australia
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