For step 1: Checking your footprint.

• Footprint calculator: There are various other footprint calculators, but this is probably the best.
• ACF’s simple calculator: This includes short explanations of impacts.
• Consumption Atlas: This gives a nifty snapshot.
• Star rate your home: WA resource but adapts well to Tassie.

For step 2: Making a commitment.

• Take the Powerdown Pledge: Download and sign it now!

For step 3: Mapping out your plan.

• Map out your home (example): Describe your home, its attributes and what you plan to do next to make your home life more sustainable. And here is a blank template – just download and fill it in.
• Create an action plan (example): Write down a list of the things you can reasonably plan to carry out in the coming months. And here is a blank template – just download and fill it in.
• Where you use up energy: The typical home energy pie.
• The barriers that are holding you back:Take the Tasmanian Climate Survey

For step 4: Getting started.

• Tasmanian Home Energy Guide: Sustainable Living’s home energy primer
• Sustainable Living Tasmania::  A great local service, really dedicated people.
• CSIRO Energy Saving Handbook: An excellent resource for basic ‘how-to’ information.
• Sustainable Living Guide: A neat guide illustrating how to live sustainably.
• Hot Spot: This requires flash player: It is Victorian based, but does still a useful tool for Tasmanians.
• ACF’s Green Home website Hosted by the Australian Conservation Foundation.
• Federal government advisory service:
• Global Warming - Cool It: An online booklet.
• ‘Your Home’ technical manual: If you want detailed advice on building performance, this is where to go.
• Renovators guide: If you’re thinking of renovating, here’s everything you need to consider.
• Online calculators: Here is as great set of tools to hep you check out your needs - everything from insulation to solar power.

For step 5: Measuring your success.

[A number of useful measuring templates will be installed here in coming weeks.]
• Why numbers are vital: All the things you can measure.
• Download your power bills:  You can graph your home’s power consumption going back 8 years, then see how the things you do cut down your power bills. (This link enables you to register first.)
• DIY Home Audit:  Again, a WA resource, but applicable in Tassie too.
• Fossil Fuel Diet: An online resource, so you can measure your performance and track it downwards.