Power Savings for Tenants

This program helps tenants in private rental properties to save money on their power bills and stay warm.

Enrollments for this program have closed.  

For other energy efficiency advice and services try the following:

Home Energy Saver Scheme: For advice and a home visit call 1800 007001

 

How we help you
This project helps you with advice and FREE energy saving appliances.  If you join the project, home energy helpers will visit your home and work with you to reduce your power costs. They will also install FREE energy saving devices. To download a brochure on the program click here.  To find out more about how to manage winter heating bills download the "stay warm and save money" booklet.

 

 This service includes all of the following

 

Brooke's Story                     

Brooke is a mother with two young children.

She recently had the Power Savings for Tenants Program visit her home and help her "Stay Warm and Save Money".

When we visited Brooke at her place this is what she had to tell us about the program.

"It has helped out in such a big way. Just having a few little upgrades to our home has had a big improvement on my son's health, his asthma has been improving"

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Am I eligible for the service?
This service is designed for low income renters.  So you are probably eligible if you: 

• Have a healthcare, pension or DVA card.
• Are renting from a private landlord or real estate agent.
• Are 18 years or older

Property Owners Consent
To get the most out of the project we require the property owner (landlords) consent.  For property owners the service is free and fully insured.  To find out more of the consent requirements download a consent letter.  
However, even without  your landlord’s permission, there are lots of things you can do to save money on power bills.


What happens then?
Sustainable Living Tasmania (SLT) will contact you to discuss your application and if approved try and arrange an appointment to visit you.  Once we have heard back from your landlord, two home energy helpers will visit you to complete the upgrades.  A home energy helper is a SLT staff member who is trained to make homes warmer and help you save on power bills. 

Follow up
SLT wants this project to help you.  Therefore we will check your power bills to make sure the changes are working well.  For the year after the project we will contact you every 3 months to see how your energy saving is going.

Funded by the Tasmanian Government

The Power Savings for Tenants Program is funded by the Climate Change Office of the Tasmanian Government.  The projects aim is to "reduce residential energy consumption for eligible households". This project will run from April 2012 until all enrollments have been completed (approx March 2013) with follow up monitoring and evaluation. For further details of Tasmanian initiatives to reduce energy consumption contact the Tasmanian Climate Change Office.