Published by Pan Macmillan, The CSIRO Home Energy Saving Handbook is $29.99 RRP and available at book stores and online retailers.

Did you know

• Australian households use enough water every year to fill Sydney Harbour four times
• Two dripping taps is like having an additional person in the house taking a shower every day
• Hot water can account for about a quarter of your energy use and solar hot water can save about half to three-quarters of your hot water energy use
• A cold water wash reduces your washing machine greenhouse emissions by up to 80 per cent
• Every dollar we spend shopping produces roughly five garbage bags of CO2-e
• Shade trees can reduce your cooling energy costs by up to 30 per cent
• Australians now recycle 2.5 billion aluminium cans a year, but we still throw away a billion cans a year enough to construct 200 jumbo jets.

CSIRO initiated the National Research Flagships to provide science-based solutions in response to Australia's major research challenges and opportunities. The 10 Flagships form multidisciplinary teams with industry and the research community to deliver impact and benefits for Australia.

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