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A Discounted Green Personal Loan Allowed The Green's to Purchase a Tank for Water Saving - Green Family Program - Stage 2

“ In the second stage we continued with the actions we implemented in Stage 1. On top of that, we re-invested the money we saved as a result of those actions. We also took out a small green discounted personal loan (from Bendigo Bank) to help finance the purchase and installation of various energy and water saving products. ”

Action	Investment	Cost (p.a.)	Saving (p.a.)
Continued savings from actions from Year 1	–	–	$ 5,080
Install Solar Hot Water	$ 3,500*	–	$ 325
Install Efficient Appliances and Fixtures	$ 3,500***	–	$ 350
Embrace Energy Efficiency	$ 200	–	$ 175
Use Water Efficiently	$ 200	–	$ 90
Harvest and Use your Rainwater	$ 2,700**	–	$ 75
Water Efficient Gardening \| Grow an Indigenous Graden \| Mulch Your Patch	–	$ 150	$ 150
Buy Renewable Electricity	–	$ 200	(environmental)
Buy Organic Produce	–	$ 200	(health)
Use Plants to Remove Toxins (from your home)	–	$ 200	(health)
Reduce & Offset your Car Emissions	–	$ 47.30	$ 500
Reduce & Offset your Air travel Emissions	–	$ 47.30	–
Estimated total second year	$ 10,100	$ 950	$ 6,745

*	Approximate cost of a family size (315 litres) evacuated tube (30 tubes) solar hot water system, installed.
**	Approximate cost of 10,000 litre water tank, installed.
***	5 Star refrigerator plus 3.5 star energy and 5 star water rated dishwasher.

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