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Rural Property Owners Secure Reliable Energy with Battery Power
"Batteries are top of mind with many rural customers" With the recent spate of dry weather, dams are low and grid outages can often take on greater significance. More livestock are being watered in troughs filled by pumps. Simmark has noted a significant uptick in...
Golf Day to Support Renewable Energy Education
Simmark is proud to be supporting Sustainable Southern Highlands Inaugural Golf Day that will be held on Sunday 4th of March at Moss Vale Golf Club. The event supporting the non for profit community group, will raise funds to increase renewable energy education in...
Merry Christmas / Trading Hours
The team at Simmark would like to wish all our customers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The Simmark Shoalhaven and Southern Highlands office will be closed from Friday 22nd of December 2017 and will reopen on Tuesday 2nd of January 2018.
Tiny House in the News
Simmark's upcoming Tesla Tiny House events this week made news headlines as interest grows ahead of our two upcoming events.We are delighted to announce that Solar Passive Design Expert Andy Lemann from "The Greeny Flat" will be joining us to talk about solar passive...
Tesla Tiny House is on its way!
Tesla Tiny House is Coming to Berry and Bowral! Join us to learn all about what it takes to run a fully sustainable house powered by 100% renewable energy when the Tesla Tiny House makes it’s way to Bowral and Berry, New South Wales as part of a national tour. The...
HOW MUCH STORAGE DO I NEED?
Many customers ask us about battery sizes and how much storage is right for them. The key is to determine how much energy you are consuming when the sun isn't shining. That will tell you how much battery capacity you need, which will in turn determine how much excess...
Tiny House Movement Growing in NSW
With the rising cost of housing and the rising cost of energy in NSW, there is growing interest in the trend of tiny houses (http://thetinylife.com/what-is-the-tiny-house-movement/). The idea of living in a residence that costs half the deposit of a regular home is...
Simmark at the Home and Garden Show Bowral
Simmark is sponsoring and will be presenting at the Southern Highlands Home & Garden Show on Saturday 9 September and Sunday 10 September at the Bong Bong Picnic Race Course in Bowral (https://homeandgardenshow.com.au). The Home & Garden Show is one of the...
Southern Highlands News Article
Simmark Southern Highlands have been lucky enough to be mentioned and have an article in the Southern Highlands News this week. Make sure you give it a read and let us know if you could benefit from our services!...
Southern Highlands Energy Seminar- 15th June 2017
Simmark Southern Highlands will be holding an energy seminar in Bowral on Thursday the 15th of June 2017. The event will be held at the Bradman Museum on St Jude Street at 5.30pm. The focus for this seminar will be managing energy bills, with the prices of energy...
Does My Switchboard Need an Upgrade?
Here at Simmark, we are frequently asked about switchboards. A lot of our clients have heard about upgrading electrical switchboards, but are unsure exactly what this means and whether they actually need to do it. To shed some light on the subject, we’ve put together...
Tesla Powerwall in the Shoalhaven
The Tesla Powerwall’s purpose is to store energy from the sun, which in turn will reduce society’s reliance on Fossil Fuels. It can power an average two bedroom home for up to a full day and is available from all Simmark outlets in both the Shoalhaven and Southern Highlands. This device is not only cost effective, but Simmark will also assist you from purchase to installation.
Tesla Powerwall in the Southern Highlands
The Future of Power Has Hit the Southern Highlands The Tesla Powerwall is designed to contain solar energy, ensuring that you have power no matter if there is rain, hail or shine. Furthermore, the Tesla Powerwall is designed to store energy throughout the day, so that...
What a turn out!
Wow, we had great turnout this week for solar and battery seminars in both our Nowra and Mittagong locations. Matt Simms gave an update on the logic of converting to solar power with Tesla Powerwall battery back-up. Now that Simmark has installed many Powerwalls...
Solar Update Seminar
Simmark are holding solar seminars at both our North Nowra and Mittagong offices in February to keep local residents informed on the the benefits available with solar and batteries, to showcase new products that are on the market (such as the Tesla Powerwall 2) and...
New Southern Highlands Branch Manager
Simmark is pleased to welcome Henry de Wilde as our new Southern Highlands branch manager, based out of our Mittagong location. Henry is a highly experienced. energetic electrician who will oversee the growth of Simmark's footprint in Wingecarribee Shire. Henry and...
Solar and Batteries?
Well, it's happening and it's happening faster than expected. As mentioned in this morning's The Australian newspaper, energy companies across Australia (including in NSW) are hiking rates paid by households by more than $130 per year in many cases. According to the...
Welcome Marcelo
Simmark are pleased to announce that Marcelo Yato has joined our team. Marcelo is a refrigeration and air conditioning mechanic who spent the past 8 years with Coca-Cola. The whole Simmark team is grateful to have this experienced tradesman join our company. Welcome...
3 Solar Technologies that Could Revolutionize the Way we Live
Right now is a very exciting period of rapid change in the products available to generate solar energy and build a more sustainable future. Here are a few of the solar technologies we are most excited about. Solar Glass Think about how many windows are in the typical...
The Simmark Storage Process
The Shoalhaven’s first Tesla Powerwall
On 28 October, Simmark commissioned what we believe to be the Shoalhaven’s first Tesla Energy Powerwall installation (in Worrigee). The initial results are in ... during the first weekend of operation, Emmanuel and his family enjoyed self-produced, self-stored energy...
Call Simmark for Solar System Maintenance
Just like grime on your windshield can affect your ability to drive, dirty panels can significantly reduce the performance of your solar system. Cleaning your system regularly is essential to achieving maximum energy output. However, damaged panels or cables can pose...
Welcome Rob
Simmark are proud to announce that Rob Gillespie has joined our team as Technical Sales Representative. A qualified Mechanical Engineer, Rob is very knowledgeable in air conditioning, mechanical and electrical system designs and would be pleased to assist you in...
Shoalhaven River Festival 2016
Simmark is proud to sponsor the Shoalhaven River Festival on the 22nd and 23rd of October, 2016. As part of the infrastructure investment being made to continually upgrade the Festival’s Scenic Drive location, Simmark is putting the finishing touches on new permanent...
Tesla Car Charging Station
Installed at Silos Estate in Berry, the new Tesla car charging station is one of the few charging stations in the Shoalhaven. With two chargers on site and ready for use they have the ability to charge half the battery within 20 minutes so you can be on your way. As...
September 2016
Simmark is pleased to announce that Philip Bessell-Browne has joined our team after a long association with Kiteley’s air conditioning. Philip is a very experienced and well-regarded air conditioning mechanic with key client relationships all across the Shoalhaven...
September 2016 – Solar Seminar
Simmark has recently hosted a series of seminars at our workshop in the Shoalhaven, aimed at educating our customers and the community at large about issues and actions to consider relating to the pending expiry of the NSW Solar Bonus Scheme (31 December 2016). The...
August 2016 – Business Awards
Simmark is delighted to have won the ‘Excellence in Small Business’ award at the 2016 Shoalhaven Business Awards which were held on 26th August at the Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre. Many of the region’s terrific companies were present at the event either as sponsors...
Shoalhaven Turf Club 30kW
THE “HYBRID-OFF GRID” Mindset
It is one of the most frequent requests from clients for battery storage (or solar in general for that matter). I want batteries to cover my bill. It is unfortunate but the way battery storage for residential applications has been marketed to the general public is a...
3 Ways to Prepare for the End of Solar Rebates
It is surprising just how quickly the time has gone. It feels like only yesterday people were offered the fantastic benefits of 'Going Solar' allowing to be paid as high as 60 cents for every unit of energy produced by their Solar System. The phrase 'no brainer' was...
Solar power and the payback period
In a prior life, I spent 20 years as an investment banker and I saw (and contributed to) investment decisions being evaluated, compared and even retroactively justified using every analytical measure a human being can conceive of. In all that time, I have never seen a...
20 Energy Saving Tips
We are all trying to lead more energy efficient and energy aware lives, this helps the environment of course but it can also help you save money. We have put together 20 energy saving tips that can not only help the environment but help your back pocket too. 1....
September 2015
A great event which was held in September was the Annual Shoalhaven Business Awards. We were lucky enough to become finalists in the "Employer of Choice" and "Excellence in Customer Service" categories and were extremely humbled to take out the "Excellence in Customer...
August 2015
August was a huge month for the whole team here. We had a lot of jobs on the go and a big campaign running for fundraising for the Shoalhaven Cancer Care Centre. For the month of August we pledged to donate $50.00 from every air conditioning sold, both split systems...
February 2015
Lucky for us we have been extremely busy this month with a lot of Daikin air conditioning installations. Our technicians have been learning a lot and the apprentices are getting plenty of on the job experience with the work load at the moment. This time of year when...
