Greener Houses

Greener Houses Growing Greener Neighbourhoods provided an exciting opportunity for Neighbourhood Houses and local volunteers to take action on climate change in their communities, learn new skills, and help others to take action too.Together we:

Created five ‘eco-living’ Neighbourhood Houses in Melbourne’s northern suburbs.
Recruited 59 volunteers at five Neighbourhood House
Empowered and trained volunteers to develop plans to retrofit four Neighbourhood Houses
Transformed the four Neighbourhood Houses by implementing the volunteers’ Retrofit Plans
Created a new ‘eco-living’ Neighbourhood House
Formed partnerships with businesses in the sustainability industry to be part of the implementation of the volunteers’ Retrofit Plan
Trained volunteers in community engagement skills
Empowered volunteers and Neighbourhood Houses to share their eco-buildings and sustainability knowledge and skills with their local communities

Greener Houses Growing Greener Neighbourhoods achieved all this through a partnership of seven Neighbourhood Houses, five local governments, two tertiary institutions and many business sponsors, and was led by the North East Neighbourhood House Network. It was supported by the Victorian Government's Sustainability Fund and two Philanthropic Trusts.

The five ‘Greener’ Neighbourhood Houses are living and evolving demonstrations of sustainability for local communities. Their contact details are:

A number of resources are available from the project to help you take action on climate change.

Greener Houses

Factsheets

Reports

Presentations

Templates

Example retrofit plans