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Deakin University and Yarra Ranges Council have partnered on a project focusing on reducing household energy use in the Yarra Ranges.  The Power to Save project will research how local families use energy, motivations to reduce power use and help the environment, and what barriers stand in their way.

The project team will be holding focus group for local parents, where we’ll ask them a few questions about how they use power at home. This will inform research and the result will be a better understanding of how we can lend a hand through programs, subsidies or communications. 

Parents of children aged 0 to 18, who live in the Yarra Ranges, are eligible to join the focus groups. The focus groups will run at the following times –

Monbulk - Wednesday 6th September, 5pm – 7pm

Healesville - Friday 8th September, 12pm – 2pm

Yarra Junction - Wednesday 13th September, 5pm – 7pm

Lilydale – Friday 15th September, 10am – 12pm

To express interested in participating in the focus groups, parents can fill out the Expression of Interest on Shaping Yarra Ranges by the 27th of August. Focus group attendees will be reimbursed with a $40 Coles or Woolworths voucher for their time.