Green benefits and references
25% GreenPower
Choosing 25% Origin GreenPower reduces your household greenhouse gas emissions from electricity use by a quarter over a year. That's equivalent to not using power for 3 months!¹
50% GreenPower
The Greenhouse Gas Emissions saved from switching the average household's# electricity to 50% GreenPower is like living without power for 6 months.¹
100% GreenPower
By purchasing this product you are helping² to combat climate change.
* The optional green contribution (inc. GST) is an additional charge to electricity rates. Electricity estimations based on a customer consuming 6,840 kWhs of electricity per annum. Quarterly bills are approximately 13 weeks/91 days.
# Average household consumption assumed to be 6,840 kWh/year (as per Energy Use in the Australian Residential Sector Report, Dept of Climate Change, 2008) with an emissions factor of 1kgCO2e = 1kWh.
¹ At an emissions factor of 1 kg CO2e = 1 kWh.
² In accordance with Australia’s Kyoto target.
The full references for the sources cited above are as follows:
- DCC 2008 is the Energy Use in the Australian Residential Sector Report , Department of Climate Change, 2008.
- ABS 2007 is the Survey of Motor Vehicle Use, Australia , Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2007.
- DCC 2009 is the National Greenhouse Accounts Factors (PDF 574KB), Department of Climate Change, June 2009.
