Canberra

Canberra Eco Green

Canberra households, businesses and volunteers can make practical changes through local installers, reuse services, resource-recovery facilities and community programs. Solar and battery specialists serve homes and commercial sites, while advice services can help with electrification, hot water, insulation and water-conscious choices. Around the city, residents can also borrow tools, repair bicycles, reuse building materials, grow native plants, compost food scraps and join landcare or park activities. The following services offer concrete ways to use energy and resources thoughtfully while caring for Canberra’s homes, streets, parks and surrounding landscapes.

☀️ Solar Power & Home Batteries

Renew Power

Renew Power provides residential and commercial solar, battery storage and off-grid solar systems from its Canberra base. Its broader offering includes ground-mount solar, solar pumping and electrical work, giving households, farms and businesses several system formats to consider. The Pialligo premises is the local contact point for its solar and storage work.

Pialligo: 24 Beltana Rd, Pialligo ACT 2609. ☎ 0427 451 205

SunBuilt Solar

SunBuilt Solar designs, installs and maintains Sigenergy battery systems for homes and businesses across Canberra districts, the broader ACT and Queanbeyan. Its documented systems combine battery storage, hybrid inverters and energy management, with compatible EV charging equipment also listed. The business additionally handles new and commercial solar, maintenance and home electrification, making it a suitable option for coordinated upgrades.

Beard: 15 Copper Close, Beard ACT. ☎ 02 6188 9800

🔌 Home Electrification & Energy Advice

Canberra Plumbing & Drains

Canberra Plumbing & Drains installs, replaces and services electric heat-pump hot-water systems in Canberra. Its hot-water work also covers installation and repairs, tanks and pumps, with documented connections between heat-pump systems and rooftop photovoltaic solar. The company’s wider plumbing services include gutters, providing a practical contact for households combining hot-water work with related property maintenance.

Fisher: 82 Kalgoorlie Cres, Fisher ACT 2611. ☎ (02) 6288 9929

Sustainable Home Advice Program

This ACT-wide service helps homeowners and renters review heating, cooling, hot water, appliances, insulation, window treatments, electrification, EVs and water-conscious gardens. Residents can access home energy visits, phone and email advice, workshops and online tools. A walk-through visit is followed by a tailored report, and free thermal-imaging-camera hire is also available for practical investigation around the home.

ACT-wide. Sustainable Home Advice hotline, weekdays 9 am to 4 pm excluding public holidays: ☎ 1300 141 777

Sustainable Business Program

Businesses and organisations operating from commercial premises in the ACT can use this program for practical workplace planning. Technical experts visit workplaces to discuss their needs and develop an action plan. Support includes advice on water-efficient fittings and fixtures, rainwater tanks and efficient products, together with waste-management planning, staff education, reporting and monitoring resources.

ACT-wide service for businesses and organisations operating from commercial premises.

♻️ Recycling & Resource Recovery

ACT Resource Management Centres

The ACT Resource Management Centres at Mitchell and Mugga Lane accept items that do not belong in household bins. Their hazardous-waste areas receive specified e-waste, batteries and devices with embedded batteries, while metal recycling and reusable goods are supported through Goodies Junction. Material acceptance can vary, so residents should use the ACT A–Z recycling and waste guide for the current requirements before taking a load.

Mitchell Resource Management Centre: Flemington Road, Mitchell. Mugga Lane Resource Management Centre: Mugga Lane, Symonston.

🧰 Repair, Reuse & Salvage

Community Toolbox Canberra

Community Toolbox Canberra is a library of things where members borrow tools and other useful items for one-off tasks instead of purchasing them. It also runs repair cafés and takes the ToolBus to various stops around Canberra. The Watson base is the collection point for borrowed items, and the published phone line is available for opening-hours enquiries only.

Watson: 76 Federal Highway, Watson ACT 2602, enter via Aspinall Street. Opening-hours enquiries only: ☎ 0493 286 862

The Recyclery

The Recyclery is a community bicycle workshop operated within the Canberra Environment Centre. It sells refurbished bicycles and makes second-hand parts and accessories available. At its Bike Kitchen, people can work on their own bicycle using tools, stands, replacement parts, mechanics and volunteers. Bikes in reasonable condition are accepted for reuse, and volunteering is welcomed.

Harrison: Gungaderra Homestead, via Mapleton Ave & Otway St, Harrison ACT 2914. ☎ 0455 230 183

Thor’s Hammer

Thor’s Hammer salvages Australian hardwoods from demolition sources and turns them into recycled timber products at its Canberra workshop, showroom and gallery. Its range includes flooring, cladding, decking, posts and beams, slabs, doors, benchtops, furniture and joinery. Smaller products made from reclaimed timber offcuts provide another option for projects needing modest quantities of reused material.

Griffith: 10 Mildura St, Griffith ACT. Workshop and showroom enquiries: ☎ (02) 6282 9900

🌱 Composting & Native Planting

Canberra Environment Centre

The Canberra Environment Centre provides composting and food-waste-reduction information and supplies reduced-price compost bins and worm farms through its partnership with Tumbleweed. Products are available for collection during centre opening hours. The Harrison centre also hosts The Recyclery, a separate community bicycle service, giving residents a practical place to explore both organics management and bicycle reuse.

Harrison: Gungaderra Homestead, via Mapleton Ave & Otway St, Harrison ACT 2914. ☎ 0414 761 732

Canberra Native Nursery

Canberra Native Nursery grows Australian native plants for the Canberra and Queanbeyan region. Orders can be collected from the Capital Region Farmers Market at EPIC on Saturday mornings, with nursery pickup available by appointment. The nursery also attends Queanbeyan Markets seasonally and offers delivery for orders of more than 30 plants, supporting larger planting orders as well as individual selections.

Canberra and Queanbeyan region. Plant orders and enquiries: ☎ 0418 533 646

Greening Australia Canberra Nursery

Greening Australia’s Canberra Nursery in Aranda grows native species for restoration projects across the region. It collects seed from local species and raises plants for landscape-revegetation work, including trees and shrubs used in habitat restoration projects. The nursery’s role connects local plant production with larger restoration activities across Canberra and surrounding landscapes.

Aranda, ACT.

🌳 Conservation & Community Participation

Landcare ACT

Landcare ACT supports five key environmental organisations in the ACT and region, connecting communities with volunteer opportunities and supporting member groups working to protect and restore local landscapes. Its foundation members include Ginninderra Catchment Group, Molonglo Conservation Group and Southern ACT Catchment Group. It is a useful starting point for people looking for ongoing catchment and landcare participation.

ACT and region.

ParkCare

ParkCare is an ACT Parks and Conservation Service volunteer program with four streams: ParkCare Patch, RangerAssist, WildlifeAssist and VisitorAssist. Participants can join Friends groups and other opportunities through the ParkCare Hub. Registration and induction are required, with training and supervision arrangements depending on the selected stream.

ACT-wide volunteer program.

SEE-Change

SEE-Change delivers volunteer-led groups, practical activities and programs across the Canberra region. Its documented work includes repair and mending cafés, sustainable house tours, the Canberra Electric Bike Library, biodiversity education, parkland regeneration, waste-reduction activities and volunteering opportunities. The organisation also works with Community Toolbox Canberra, bringing repair, sharing and hands-on sustainability activities together.

Canberra region.

Residents can start with a service that matches an immediate project, such as solar storage, heat-pump hot water, tool borrowing, composting or bicycle repair, then explore ongoing landcare and park participation. Businesses and organisations can use local advice and workplace planning to develop practical actions for their premises. Relevant Canberra and surrounding-region businesses, suppliers, environmental organisations and community groups are warmly invited to add or update their listing so this guide continues to reflect the services and opportunities available locally.

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