You have reached the member's web page of the Independent Home Sustainability Assessors Association Inc. 

The purpose of the group is:

•  1.      To offer members a collective voice
•  2.      To encourage membership of independent sustainable assessors
•  3.      To offer clients independent household sustainable assessments.
  
•  4.      To offer members personal development.
•  5.      To offer members industry information. (Sustainability)
•  6.      To offer members services and products negotiated by the association.
  

Members of the association must be independent of commercial arrangements with other sustainability providers and operate as Home Sustainability Assessors under the Federal Government's Green Loans Program.  

"The Green Loans Program is expected to commence nationally from mid 2009.  Green Loans is a new Australian Government initiative to help Australians tackle climate change.

"This innovative program will help an estimated 200,000 households to reduce our nation's annual greenhouse gas emissions by around 600,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year by 2020.The program will also encourage an estimated $2 billion in green-inspired investment, directly benefiting the small business sector."

"Green loans has two main components of support from the australian Government:

• A free Household Sustainability Assessment and report (valued at over $250) which includes provining a green renovation pack; and
• Access to low cost finance through a subsidy provided to financial institutions for borrowings of up to $10,000 to implement changes recommended in the assessment report." 

extracts from Green Loans update 1- Dec 2008

Further information is available at: www.environment.gov.au/greenloans

The Independent Home Sustainability Assessor Association Inc is seeking members who have trained with any of the six RTO's to deliver the Professional Household Sustainability Assessment course of the Green Loans Program  providing they are not contracted to serve as employees or contractors for one of the listed training companies ie:

• Association of Building Sustainability Assessors
  
• Archicentre
  
• ecomaster
  
• Ecosmart
  
• Energy Strategies
  
• Fieldforce