If your last power bill gave you a bit of a shock, there’s likely a clear reason behind it – you just haven’t found it yet. A home energy audit reviews your actual bills, tariffs and usage data to show you what’s driving your costs, and what you can do about it before the next one lands.
Since 2009, Green Moves has helped Australian households understand and reduce their energy bills. Our audits are completely independent, practical, and never tied to selling you a product.
Green Moves offers two different services which can appear similar at first glance. A home energy audit reviews your bills, tariff and usage data to explain your costs. An energy efficiency assessment goes further, with an onsite inspection of insulation, draughts, heating/cooling and hot water to identify comfort and upgrade opportunities as well.
This is a review of your electricity and gas bills, tariff structure, smart meter data and appliance usage. Designed to answer “why is my bill so high?”, you’ll get a clear picture of where your money’s going, whether you’re on the right energy plan, and practical, often no-cost-to-implement ways to bring your bills down.
A full and holistic on-site assessment of how your home performs. It examines the home for insulation, draughts, glazing, heating and cooling, hot water and any other item that could impact comfort and cost to run. It’s designed to answer “how do I make this home more comfortable and cheaper to run?”. You’ll come away with a prioritised upgrade plan for you to action when you can.
Not sure which one’s right for you? Get in touch, and we’ll talk you through it.
Carried out onsite by a fully qualified assessor, a Green Moves home energy audit involves a physical walk-through of your property. It combines a detailed review of your billing and usage history, including how many hours your key appliances are running. You’ll come away with a prioritised list of practical actions – not just a report full of numbers.
Bill shock usually comes down to a handful of things:
A home energy audit goes through your bills and usage line by line to find out which of these is actually driving your costs – so instead of guessing, you know.
The most common culprits are a “rogue” appliance running longer and using more energy than expected, a tariff that no longer suits how you use power, or a portion of usage that isn’t obviously accounted for. A home energy audit reviews your bills, and appliance data specifically to track down where that usage is actually coming from.
Yes, reviewing your tariff structure against how and when you actually use energy is a core part of the audit, and it’s one of the more common issues we uncover, but it’s not always the whole story.
A home energy audit with Green Moves will help you understand your bills and usage. It will give you tariff advice, usage insights, and cost-saving actions from $890.
Since 2009, our knowledgeable team have been helping people build and live in more comfortable and sustainable homes. We have more than 15 years of experience with fully qualified and accredited assessors on our team.
You’ll love how easy it is to deal with us. We believe in being honest and open and always strive to communicate clearly with you. You’ll always find our friendly team approachable and helpful.
We look forward to helping you save money, save energy and live more sustainably.
Danielle and Green Moves provided a full energy audit report and “Victorian Residential Energy Scorecard” for my apartment. Danielle was very knowledgeable, professional and friendly throughout the process. The report Danielle provided was much more thorough than I expected and prioritised energy efficiency improvements based on the savings versus the upfront cost. Given various improvements possible, this was highly valuable and took the guesswork out of where to direct improvements. Further, the report detailed expected electricity use given the apartment’s appliances and highlighted a large portion of ‘unidentified usage’ that was tracked down to a secondary water heater that I was not previously aware of – switching this off has halved my electricity usage!!
I highly recommend Green Moves.
Dan B. Fitzroy
VIC
On the day of the assessment you advised us that our oil heaters in the kids room and our oven were using the bulk of our energy. You suggested we replace the heaters with 400w panel heaters and that we should consider a convection microwave. We did both of those things and didn’t have to spend a fortune either. Got the heater on sale for $30 each and got a convection microwave for under $200. Our average energy usage per day has now dropped from 47.72kwh this time last year to 29.17kwh. We are very thankful for the advice you gave us.
Jason D.
VIC
Was an interesting experience finding out what is using the power in our home. Turned out our fridge was causing 30% of our energy bills and the old plasma TV another 25%. Danielle also gave us tips on how to reduce heating and cooling costs. Good, practical and impartial advice, and not trying to sell us products!
Karen G.
VIC
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