Home Energy Assessment Toolkit

Households now are able to do their own home energy assessment themselves without needing any expert coming to their homes. A home energy assessment toolkit is now available at your local library, which you can borrow and conduct your Do-It-Yourself home energy assessment. These toolkits have been developed together by your council and SMRC’s ClimateWise team and have been placed in your libraries. The toolkit will help you improve energy efficiency and thermal performance of your home. The toolkit is easy to use and contains: PowerMate Lite for measuring instantaneous power use of appliances as well as monitoring electricity use over 24 hours of the fridge-freezer; Infrared thermometer for checking insulation uniformity and leaks around windows and doors; Compass to identify building orientation; Timer for checking shower length or measuring the shower flow; Outdoor temperature window thermometer and indoor thermometer to help track effectiveness of the house to hold temperature overnight and receive cross-flow ventilation; A self-guided home energy assessment manual; and Set of flyers with useful information on how to reduce energy consumption at your home.

The toolkit is available for loan from local libraries. A list of the libraries with stock of these toolkits is given below:

• Spearwood Library, 9 Coleville Crescent, SPEARWOOD
• Coolbellup Library, 90 Cordelia Avenue, COOLBELLUP
• Success Library, Shop 20, Gateways Shopping Centre, 182 Beeliar Dve, SUCCESS
• Fremantle City Library: William Streeet, FREMANTLE
• Fremantle Toy Library: Progress Hall, Paget St, HILTON
• Riverton Library, 67 Riley Road, RIVERTON
• Bentley Library, Corner Hedley Place Manning Road, BENTLEY
• Queens Park Library, Cnr George Street Railway Parade, QUEENS PARK
• Willetton Library, 39 Burrendah Boulevard, WILLETTON
• Rockingham Regional Campus Community Library, Dixon Road, ROCKINGHAM
• Safety Bay Library, 197 Safety Bay Road, WARNBRO
• Warnbro Community Library, Swallowtail Parade, WARNBRO