Sydney Homes Going Green

A small group of Sydney homes are actually doing something about change, rather than most people that just talk about, or think about change. 65 homes in Parramatta, Sydney did a GreenHome program with the Australian Conservation Foundation and have released the results of their changes.

Here's some of the simple changes they made, along with the impact of the changes.

• Reduced shower times by a total of 409 minutes per week and 31 fewer baths per week
  * Saves a total of 4,366,075 liters of water and 145,536 kg greenhouse pollution per year
• 48 old showerheads replaced by water efficient ones
  * Saves 1,752,000 liters of water and 58,400 kg greenhouse pollution per year
• Replaced 293 old lightglobes with compact fluorescents
  * Saves 9,625 kg greenhouse pollution per year
• Turned off the lights to a total of 182 hours per day
  * Saves 4,968 kg greenhouse pollution per year
• 0170 appliances were turned off standby power
  * Saves 14,892 kg greenhouse pollution per year
• Driving the car 80 hours less per week
  * Saves 56,842 kg greenhouse pollution per year
• Reduced garden hosing time by 796 minutes per week
  * Saves 703,664 liters of water per year
• Running the clothes washing machine 96 times fewer per week
  * Saves 559,000 liters of water per year
• 132 fewer dishwashing loads per week
  * Saves 205,960 liters per year
• Saving 560 plastic bags per week
  * Reduced waste to landfill by 70,000 liters per year