Banyule Loves...Saving Energy & Money!

Learn how to save on your energy bills and learn how to keep comfortable while helping the planet.

Join us for this in-person for Solar Panels and Battery Storage workshop

This no-cost workshop is part of the new Banyule Loves...Workshop Series.

This workshop will be a hour of information about solar panels and battery storage. It will cover how you can integrate a solar system with battery storage. How to make the most of your solar panels. Led by Solar Savers, the workshop will discuss the technologies and available subsidies for your home to save money on your energy bills. Everyone from homeowners to renters are welcome!

Light refreshments will be provided.

Agenda for workshop:

6:30-6:35 pm Short introduction

6:35-6:45 pm Solar Savers overview

6:45-7:15pm Solar Panels/Battery Storage

7:15-7:30 pm Questions and Answers

General notes:

This workshop is targeted towards adults, however children aged 10+ are welcome but must be supervised by an adult at all times.
We will be indoors in a comfortable environment with seating.
Please bring a reusable water bottle and keep-cup.
If you're unwell on the day, please stay home to protect others.

Accessibility notes:

We will be sitting inside. The Community Room in on the fourth (4) floor in Banyule City Council offices (above Watermarc).

This venue includes accessibility accommodations such as:

2 accessible parking spaces, which are 3m x 4.5m in size.
There is plenty of parking available after hours.
Toilets that are accessible to people with wheelchairs or other mobility aids.

The Banyule Loves...Workshop Series explores the lost art of sustainable, climate-resilient living. The series celebrates the things about Banyule which our community loves- from gardening to connecting to Country to saving money on our energy bills- these workshops will upskill community members while connecting participants to like-minded neighbours. Attendees are entered in a drawing for a prize for participating in each workshop with the drawing held at the annual wrap-up celebration and showcase event in November. Each attendee will receive a certification of completion for the workshops they attend.

This workshop takes place during the Kulin season of Poorneet Tadpole. Days are longer and nights are shorter, there are rising temperatures and continued rainfall. Poorneet lasts from late August through to October though it could start earlier or later depending on certain signs. In the air you’ll hear Currawongs warbling loudly, sometimes joining the afternoon choruses of Magpies. In rivers and shallow lagoons Growling Grass Ngarrert (Frogs) are busy laying their eggs in foamy rafts among the Reeds and Water ribbons, soon to hatch into tiny Poornett (tadpoles).

Banyule City Council is proud to acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people as traditional custodians of the land and we pay respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders, past, present and emerging, who have resided in the area and have been an integral part of the region's history.

Our community is made up of diverse cultures, beliefs, abilities, bodies, sexualities, ages and genders. We are committed to access, equity, participation and rights for everyone: principles which empower, foster harmony and increase the wellbeing of an inclusive community.