The Australian Government has a  program to assist Australian families to improve energy and water efficiency and install renewable energy systems in their homes. 

On the 19 February 2010, significant changes to the Green Loans Program were announced. The re-design of the program includes the discontinuation of the loans component to provide for the significant boost to assessment availability;

The Green Loans Program will be replaced by The Green Start program from 1 January 2011. This Program will be directed at helping low income households and those most at need improve their energy and water efficiency and help tackle climate change.  The Australian Government have advised that  details of the new program are expected to be finalised in the coming months.

Householders can still apply for a  Home Sustainability Assessment to be conducted by an accredited Home Sustainability Assessor.  After the assessment an automated report is generated which will provide you with a list of sustainability measures to implement.

At the current time, Alice Solar City is not aware of any locally based Home Sustainability Assessors able to provide Green Loan assessments.  Alice Solar City is aware of an Adelaide based Home Sustainability Assessor who provides Green Loan assessments in Alice Springs.  Alice Solar City provides the following contact details as a service to Alice Springs residents only, and accepts no responsibility for quality of the service provided:

Mr Steve Angeli

Certified Home Sustainability Assessor

carboncap@bigpond.com

08 8410 6350 /  0418 856 579

For any information on the Green Loans program or alternatively, to find out who else may be offering this service in Alice Springs, and other relevant eligibility criteria, visit the Green Loans website or call 1800 895 076.