Electrify Armidale Community Program:

Home Energy Upgrades for Comfort and Every Budget

Electrify Armidale, UNE SMART Region Incubator, Sustainable Living Armidale and Community Power Agency invite you to be part of Armidale's clean energy future!

🗓️ Date: Thursday, 27 March 2025

🕗 Time: 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

📍 In-person Event Location: NOVA, 122 Faulkner St, Armidale

🛜 Online Event Location: For those unable to attend in-person, virtual/online attendance via webinar link will be possible. This webinar link will be provided closer to the event date.

Join us for a free community event designed to help households take control of their energy future! Learn from leading experts about home electrification, rooftop solar, battery storage, and energy efficiency upgrades—with practical, easy-to-implement solutions to:

✅ Lower your energy bills

✅ Make your home more comfortable year-round

✅ Increase your property value

✅ Identify trusted suppliers and installers

✅ Access available rebates and incentives

Expert speakers include:

🔷 Calum Harvey-Scholes – Rewiring Australia and Electrify 2515 pilot program

🔷 Jaime Comber – Energy Upgrades for Australian Homes, UTS

🔷 Piroska Bisits-Bullen – ZapCat, Electrify Everything

🔷 Matt Peterson – Automised Energy, Regain Control of Your Power Bills

🔷 Mahalath Halperin – Eco architect and environmental assessor

This event marks the launch of the "Armidale Community-Driven Shift to Renewable Energy and Sustainability"—a Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR)-funded program aimed at fostering education, engagement, and leadership in climate solutions specifically tailored for rural and regional communities.

By tackling key challenges such as low energy literacy, high energy costs, inefficiency, and greenhouse gas emissions, this initiative will empower the Armidale community to build energy resilience, lower carbon footprints, and embrace a sustainable energy future.

Upcoming 2025 events in the program:

🟢 EV and E-Bike Expos – Hands-on test rides, expert insights, and advice on charging, security, and maintenance.

🟢 Local Business Leading the Renewable Energy Transition – Practical strategies for businesses to cut energy costs and adopt clean energy solutions.

🟢 Home and Community Battery Solutions – Learn how batteries can reduce bills, increase energy independence, and support the grid

🟢 Engagement with Large-Scale Renewable Energy Projects and Transmission Lines – Helping the community navigate energy infrastructure developments and understand community benefits.

Be part of the movement towards a cleaner, smarter energy future!

This program is made possible thanks to grant funding provided by the Paul Ramsay Foundation through the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal's Community Led Climate Solutions grant program.

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands on which we all live and work, and pay respect to Elders past and present.