Making your home more energy efficient is an easy and proven way to reduce your carbon footprint.

Reducing your carbon footprint

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has identified that buildings represent around 40% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions (due to the energy they consume). Making your home more energy efficient is a key step you can take to reduce your carbon footprint.

The “carbon” in your carbon footprint is carbon dioxide, and evidence suggests that it is one of the main contributors to global warming and climate change.
 

So what can we do?

One of the best places to start is by reducing your heating and cooling energy use, which can be as much as 38% of your total home energy requirements.

A recent global report* declared, insulation is the most cost effective way to address greenhouse gas abatement."


How much greenhouse gas is expelled each year ?

In residential homes alone, it is estimated that we are expelling over 70,000,000 tonnes annually - an amount projected to increase each year.

Current actions by all levels of government and by industry and households are projected to reduce Australia's greenhouse gas emissions by 87 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2010—equal to eliminating all emissions from the transport sector.

Australia's 2006 greenhouse gas emissions projections (1990—2020)
 

Experts believe that insulation is good for the environment – and the government has listened. Government grants are now available to help homeowners install ceiling insulation.