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Bound for South Australia – the Sun seems to Shine brighter?
By admin on January 6, 2020

Garry Baverstock AM, former President of the WA branch of the ISES and ANZSES, founder of solar-e.com. The State of Western Australia has many attractions and in many ways provides a great lifestyle, though a little dull at times due mainly to a lack of population, business action and strategic placement of higher density living.  Mining-opia It is changing for the better slowly in most cases, but in the non-mining sector many industries have gone to the wall, closed down or move…

ECOTECT ARCHITECTS – Energy conservation specialists
By admin on November 19, 2019

With Sustainable Living and Environmental factors becoming more prominent when looking forward to the future, we invite you to come chat with us about your housing project. Whether starting from scratch or re-designing what’s current, we can guide you down the correct path to better practice and ecological living, keeping in mind budget and demographic differences. To learn more, check out our new video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkXyKfh36xw&t=4s …

Making History!
By admin on May 17, 2019

In 2004 Garry Baverstock AM, wrote the history of the Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (ANZSES) for the progress of solar energy applications over a 50 year period (1954 – 2004). It was written for a published volume for the International Solar energy Society (ISES) over a two year period. The introduction for the ANZSES  and its global history was written by the famous Professor David Mills, one of the world’s experts on solar thermal power plants. Gary wrote the chapters…

Cost and Outcome Advantages from the use of MassWall
By admin on October 2, 2016

MassWall is a construction system using specially designed concrete blocks in the style of a ‘Lego’ set to build structural walls. The concept purchased from Germany by Boral is planned to be used Australia wide. Solar E Working with this concept, Solar E has produced an experimental MassWall as a dividing wall in Solar E’s factory in Bayswater to integrate research in solar air-conditioning. The thermal MassWall is slotted together by the concrete blocks and then concrete is poured/pump…