The Home Energy Project helps students prove that every household can save energy. It provides education and tips on how to save and improve the environment and reduce the costs of energy consumption.

It is an educational program suitable for years 7–9 students. It was designed to match the curriculum requirements for science and has practical learning activities based on home energy efficiency.

This program shows:

- That small changes in the use of energy accumulate into substantial financial and environmental savings.

- Students how to be more responsible and aware of their energy uses and encourages them to communicate the energy saving methods to family and friends.

- How energy use can be reduced so that energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions are smaller.

The program also involves an energy efficiency calculator so that you can instantly calculate the energy consumption of each room in their house and what each appliances energy consumption is.

With the activities in the program encouraging students to discuss science ideas with their families, it will educate students to help minimise the energy costs at home and bring new thoughts to the table on how to save in costs as they become more aware.

Other tips and ways to save on resources can be found here.

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