Chats for the Goals: Repowering Households to Accelerate the Renewable Transition

Households have become the centre of the energy transition with solar, heat pumps, EVs and batteries. Momentum is growing to ditch gas and electrify households. UTS Sustainability is launching a series of events by our energy expert Jonathan Prendergast on how to electrify your home and power it with renewable energy. The event will include a presentation on the landscape of household electrification in Australia, tips and tricks for your home as well as details on upcoming events in the series and plenty of time for Q&A.


About your presenter: Jonathan Prendergast

Jonathan has been part of UTS for over 11 hours now, helping to develop and deliver many of UTS’s major innovative sustainability projects. This includes Australia’s first offsite solar power purchase agreement, first District Cooling connection and our innovative recycled water supply contract from Central Park, all at UTS! In his role as Project Manager Green Infrastructure, he helps UTS reduce energy and water use and achieve emissions and cost reductions through innovative projects like rooftop solar, power purchase agreements, demand respond and battery storage projects.

Outside UTS, Jonathan also has several roles developing innovative projects. This includes helping Corporate Australia undertake solar and wind PPAs as Technical Director of Business Renewables Centre; financing community solar projects and other advisory and consulting roles.

Jonathan has also built up expertise and experience in home electrification. In 2019 he launched a community energy group, Sunny Shire, to perform rooftop solar bulk buys for the Sutherland Shire community. This helps hundreds of shire families get high quality value for money solar from reputable local solar companies, avoiding some of the pitfalls. He helps provide the community advice on solar, home batteries, hot water heat pumps and other home electrification matters, and is excited we now have the tools to play a meaningful role at home in the transition to renewable energy.