Electrical Contractor for Calga – Calga Electrician
Greenforce Energy is a licenced electrical contractor serving the Calga, Brooklyn and Peats Ridge areas. If you are outside of this area, we may still be able to help you – check our service area description under Electrical Services for Central Coast, Hills District & Northern Sydney. For on-site service, indicative over the phone quote for simple jobs, and emergency repairs, then call Greenforce Energy: Office 02 9557 1648 In addition to electrical work, we also provide solar installations in the Calga, Peats Ridge and Brooklyn...
read moreEnergy Saving Tip for the Office
Looking to save energy in a Sydney based office? Whilst we’re a solar panel installation company, you can still do a lot that doesn’t cost a cent. We love to provide free tips to the community on saving energy. One such tip is to locate ‘hot items’ such as photocopiers and servers away from thermostats or temperature sensors. These items are common in multi-storey office blocks, and tell the air con system how hot the space is. You’ll recognise these as small boxes on the wall with labels like...
read moreHow to reduce fridge running costs in Sydney
Energy efficiency is a favourite topic here at our solar powered warehouse in Marrickville, Sydney. You can do a number of things to reduce running costs of refrigerators*. Aside from replacing your refrigerator with the most energy efficient model, you can: Put things in at cold temperatures – limit the amount of warm food and drink placed in it, and use a chiller bag or esky/coleman to keep your groceries and drinks cool on the way home etc keeping upright/cabinet fridges full – reuse milk bottles, water containers, freezer...
read moreAusgrid Solar workshops
Proactive electricity company Ausgrid maintains an active program promoting energy efficiency through their network of offices and via their website. By way of background, Ausgrid is the network operator that maintains the network of poles and wires in former EnergyAustralia areas. On October 16th, Ausgrid welcomed us to their Silverwater Energy Efficiency centre for the first of a series of solar seminars. Greenforce Energy sent participants to ensure we’re up to date with the latest Ausgrid news and information. Paul, Craig and team...
read moreSaving energy… with water. Intrigued?
Energy efficiency and water conservation are closely related. On a micro level, many household activities and industrial processes use heated water, so unless the water comes from solar power, then the water has required energy to heat it. Less water used, less water to heat. On a macro level, all water requires energy to bring it to your home or workplace: pumping, processing, energy to make dams and pipes, energy in the water distribution company maintenance vans. Put simply, conserving water conserves energy. Less energy, less cost, and...
read moreEnergy Efficiency – less is more
Something that often comes up in commercial energy assessments is the right use of space. Sometimes, daylight is available in one section of the shop or workshop, but for whatever reason (habit, inertia, previous crowded work areas) tasks requiring light are conducted in an area of the workshop that doesn’t feature natural light. Using natural light is a great energy efficiency measure, and one that typically improves employee morale. Has your workplace changed? Are sunny areas used for storage, whilst busy beavers work in dark corners?...
read moreHave a shop, restaurant or cafe ? Want energy savings?
Many shop fitouts from the 1990s and 2000s feature heavy smatterings of wasteful halogen downlights. This means you could be paying for unnecessarily high electricity bills every time you open your doors – even if there are no customers in the shop. Architects love them, shop designers love them – but they don’t pay the bills!! Known sometimes as low voltage, di-chroic or reflector lamps, these small but energy intensive lamps use 50 watts (50W) a lamp, plus transformer consumption (usually hidden in the ceiling). This...
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