We are very happy to announce that finally, Smart Living Ballarat will be open for business on Thursday the 3rd of February! 

Haven't heard of Smart Living Ballarat yet? What is it you ask?

Well, Smart Living Ballarat is located in a shop for all things sustainable and lives in the heart of Ballarat at 14 Lydiard Street North, at the front of the Mining Exchange.

Smart Living Ballarat is for people seeking information on sustainable living practices around five themes: Home, Environment, Water, Transport and Food. The Centre is an interpretive display experience supported by programs and a website packed with independent, clear advice.

Smart Living Ballarat aims to create a positive groundswell of change within our community, recognising that much of the expertise, experience and inspiration needed to assist our community to adopt these smarter lifestyles exists locally. 

Connecting our community to local expertise and local solutions will be a core focus of the Centre and will play an important role in showing our community what is possible.

Treasurer

This is a voluntary position

BREAZE is seeking a board treasurer with skills and experience in:

BREAZE has helped hundreds of Ballarat households reduce their carbon emissions and energy bills by installing renewable Solar Electricity and Solar Hot Water systems.  

Come and hear the information that will help you make an informed buying decision.  Understand the jargon, become aware of the government financial incentives (some of which have recently changed), anticipate getting the paperwork done right, learn how to do the return on investment calculations, ... Hear about how recent changes to the Victorian government's Feed-in Tariff legislation affects the decision to purchase a Solar Power System and how increases in the value of Victorian Energy Efficiency Certificates is making Solar Hot Water more affordable ...

And hear about BREAZE's February Specal Offer of discounted LED Lighting for purchasers of Solar Hot Water and Solar Power Systems ...

WHERE:  Smart Living Ballarat Centre, 14 Lydiard St North (in the Mining Exchange Building).
DATE:  Tuesday 7th February 2012
TIME:   Solar Hot Water: 7pm,  Solar Electricity: 8pm

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For more information about Solar Systems purchased through BREAZE visit these  webpages:

Solar Hot Water
Solar Electricity

Many results to report about our Home Grown Vegetable stand and competition at the 2011 Ballarat Agricultural Show. (Sorry for the delay - sometimes life just gets in the way of web site updates!)

Congratulations to Jane, Geoff, Mick, Sheilagh and Jill and the wonderful helpers from BREAZE, Ballarat Permaculture Guild, Ballarat Community Garden and Friends of Royal Park/Bunninyong Community Garden for the great display.

Our stand won First Prize in the Large Indoor Display category, and Phil and Pam Allen won First Prize in the 4th year of the Ballarat Region Best Organic Home Grown Vegetable Competition!

BREAZE members rallied in Ballarat today to show Ted Baillieu their support for renewable energy and express their concerns about his recent changes to wind farms and solar feed in tariffs.

In what can only be described as Ballarat's finest appalling weather, over fifty people gathered to hear Simon Reid speak on the future of solar and yours truly on the loss for Ballarat of jobs and economic development from the new wind farm laws.

The new wind laws will deprive Ballarat of a new growth industry that should be creating ongoing jobs in parts manufacture, servicing and training.