Gas bills go up in winter. That’s just a fact of life, because most households use more gas in the colder months, particularly heating water and rooms. It’s one of the reasons we recommend bill smoothing: paying a little more than the bill in the warmer months so that the difference between the ‘peak’ season… Read More
Has energy consumption changed during the Covid-19 crisis?
Even before the virus breakout, in recent blog posts we’ve mentioned the need to be positive and to focus on the good. Lately that has become much harder. The pandemic has impacted so many aspects of our lives. Not just large industries, like airlines, but small business, too. The uncertainty and the relentlessness of the… Read More
7 Ways to Reduce Winter Energy Bills | GloBird Energy
Given the current stay-at-home directives from the Government, it looks like a lot of households might be occupied for more hours per day than in previous years as the cold weather starts to set in. That will inevitably mean higher energy use and correspondingly bigger bills. So, if ever there was an incentive to do… Read More
Could working from home win you over?
We know a lot of people are finding themselves working from home for the first time, and the fact that it’s not by choice is making it more challenging for many. However, the proportion of the workforce that works from home, at least some of the time, has been growing over the past decade or… Read More
Is Coronavirus Threatening Your Energy Supply?
As we brace for an extended period of impacts on our way of life as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, the team at GloBird Energy encourages everyone to look after themselves and their loved ones and to be as supportive of others in the community as you’re able to be. We think it’s important… Read More
Could This Be a Clean Energy Breakthrough?
We read and hear quite a bit about ‘clean energy’. So much so, that we tend to sometimes see it as wishful thinking. After all, people have been talking about it for years, and it’s still not much more than a concept. Or is it? A few weeks ago, The Australian’s Environment Editor Graham Lloyd… Read More