Energy Efficient Air Conditioning - Blackburn South, VIC 3130

Air Conditioning & Split Systems - Blackburn South, VIC 3130

Welcome to the air conditioning guide for Blackburn South, located in postcode 3130. Using the nearest weather station data from VIEWBANK at an elevation of 66 metres above sea level, which commenced operations in 1999 and the latest recorded data in 2023, we can measure the temperature fluctuations that will affect the heating and cooling requirements of your home.

Blackburn South experiences summers that have reached up to 46.7 degrees C and winters that have been as cold as -2.8 degrees C, showcasing the need for versatile HVAC systems. In January, temperatures often there are on average 11.1 days over 30 degrees C, while July sees an average of 4.2 days less than 2 degrees C. These fluctuations underscore the importance of a reliable air conditioning service that can handle both extremes.

In the hotter months, we notice an average humidity level around 66% at 9am and 43% at 3pm, which can significantly impact home comfort on hot days. So a well-rounded Aircon system won't just keep your home cool, it will also help manage these humidity levels. Additionally, Blackburn South experiences wind speeds of up to 12 km/h, making a smart HVAC system, Split System Air Conditioner, Evaporative Cooler, or Ducted Air Conditioning that can adjust to external factors an excellent investment.

Temperature & Weather in Blackburn South

45.045.036.036.027.027.018.018.09.09.00.00.0JanuaryJanuaryFebruaryFebruaryMarchMarchAprilAprilMayMayJuneJuneJulyJulyAugustAugustSeptemberSeptemberOctoberOctoberNovemberNovemberDecemberDecemberComfort ZoneComfort Zone
Typical Temperature Range (90% of the time)

Blackburn South 3130

50.050.040.040.030.030.020.020.010.010.00.00.0JanuaryJanuaryFebruaryFebruaryMarchMarchAprilAprilMayMayJuneJuneJulyJulyAugustAugustSeptemberSeptemberOctoberOctoberNovemberNovemberDecemberDecemberComfort ZoneComfort Zone
Extremely Hot Days (10% of the time)

Blackburn South 3130

Avg Days Over 30°C
Avg Days Over 35°C
12.012.09.09.06.06.03.03.00.00.0# daysJanuaryJanuaryFebruaryFebruaryMarchMarchAprilAprilMayMayJuneJuneJulyJulyAugustAugustSeptemberSeptemberOctoberOctoberNovemberNovemberDecemberDecember
Average Number of Hot Days

Blackburn South 3130

9am Relative Humidity
3pm Relative Humidity
100100808060604040202000%JanuaryJanuaryFebruaryFebruaryMarchMarchAprilAprilMayMayJuneJuneJulyJulyAugustAugustSeptemberSeptemberOctoberOctoberNovemberNovemberDecemberDecemberComfort ZoneComfort Zone
Average Relative Humidity

Blackburn South 3130

3 Star Energy Rating
5 Star Energy Rating
7 Star Energy Rating
35.035.028.028.021.021.014.014.07.07.00.00.0JanJanFebFebMarMarAprAprMayMayJunJunJulJulAugAugSepSepOctOctNovNovDecDec
Est Daily Split System Cooling Energy Consumption (kW)

Blackburn South 3130

Featured Air Conditioning Installers Servicing Blackburn South

Storm Electrical Solutions

61B Hansen Street, 3025

Storm electrical solutions.

Too Hot Climate Systems

3 Perkin Court, 3175

Comfort and Quality, Delivered with Care

Plumbzall Pty Ltd

4 Bundoran Ct, 3429

Quality Plumbing Services You Can Trust

Sharpie the Sparkie

Ringwood, 3134

Quality tradesmen for your electrical & air conditioning needs

Air Conditioning & Solar Production

Daily Avg Sunshine in Blackburn South
554433221100JanJanFebFebMarMarAprAprMayMayJunJunJulJulAugAugSepSepOctOctNovNovDecDec
Daily Avg Solar Generation (kWh)
554433221100JanJanFebFebMarMarAprAprMayMayJunJunJulJulAugAugSepSepOctOctNovNovDecDec

* Data from The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM). Closest weather station to Blackburn South: Viewbank - approx. 691 m

Split System 5 Star
6kW Solar System
20.020.016.016.012.012.08.08.04.04.00.00.0Split System 5 StarJanJanFebFebMarMarAprAprMayMayJunJunJulJulAugAugSepSepOctOctNovNovDecDec36.036.027.027.018.018.09.09.00.00.06kW Solar System
Est Daily Split System Cooling Offset By Solar Power

Blackburn South 3130

Featured Solar Installers Servicing Blackburn South

Jet Solar

13/5 Enterprise Drive, 3178

Victoria's highest rated solar installer.

Pacific Solar

1 Hewitt Street, 3192

Unleash the power of commercial solar.

Zing Solar Vic

2 Main Street, 3030

100% Australian based

Solar Run Keysborough

35 Pacific Drive, 3173

Australia’s preferred solar company making installation simple.

Community Air Conditioning Statistics - Blackburn South, 3130

Icon

Avg Summer Temperature (3pm)

20°C

Avg Summer Temperature (3pm)

Our calculation for Average Summer Temperature at 3pm in Blackburn South uses Bureau of Meteorology data from the nearest weather station (Viewbank), which is at an elevation of 66 metres above sea level and started operating in 1999 with the latest data recorded in 2023, which we've aggregated into a historical average temperature for Blackburn South’s Summer months.

Icon

Avg Days Over 30°C

33 days/per year

Avg Days Over 30°C

Our calculation for Average Days Over 30°C in Blackburn South uses Bureau of Meteorology data from the nearest weather station (Viewbank), which is at an elevation of 66 metres above sea level and started operating in 1999 with the latest data recorded in 2023, which we've aggregated into the average for the number of days in the year the temperature for Blackburn South will be over 30 degrees Celsius.

Icon

Avg Summer Relative Humidity (3pm)

36%

Avg Summer Relative Humidity (3pm)

Our calculation for Average Summer Relative Humidity at 3pm in Blackburn South uses Bureau of Meteorology data from the nearest weather station (Viewbank), which is at an elevation of 66 metres above sea level and started operating in 1999 with the latest data recorded in 2023, which we've aggregated into a historical average Relative Humidity for Blackburn South’s Summer months in the afternoon.

Icon

Total Number Of Homes

5,778

Total Number Of Homes

The calculation for the number of homes in 3130 is based on the total number of dwellings recorded in the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2021 Census. The ABS ‘Dwelling’ statistics for postcode 3130 include Separate houses, Semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses, flats or apartments, and other dwelling types, which we have combined into a single number called homes.

Icon

Retail Value of Electricity Saved

$520 yr/per home

Retail Value of Electricity Saved

This calculation illustrates a 638.75 average yearly saving worth of retail value electricity that could be achieved for each home in 3130, due to an energy-efficient 7-star air conditioning split system compared to a less efficient 3-star air conditioning split system. This average yearly saving per home includes Bureau of Meteorology climate, humidity and temperature data for Blackburn South, assumptions about the homes in this location, and estimates an average electricity rate of 25 cents per kWh throughout this period.

Icon

Avg Electricity Saved Per Home

1,074 kWh/home

Avg Electricity Saved Per Home

This calculation highlights a 2555kWh yearly average electricity saving that could be achieved for each home in 3130, due to the improved energy efficiency of a 7-star rated air conditioning system when compared to a less efficient 3-star air conditioning split system. The total kilowatts saved by each home on average includes Bureau of Meteorology climate, humidity and temperature data for Blackburn South, plus assumptions about the homes in this location.

Icon

Community Electricity Saved

41,409 kWh/day

Community Electricity Saved

This calculation highlights the combined volume of electricity that would be saved by the community of 3130 each day if all 12285 homes used a 7-star efficient split system when compared to a 3-star efficient system. This valuation includes Bureau of Meteorology climate, humidity and temperature data for Blackburn South, plus assumptions about the homes in this location.

Icon

Community Retail Electricity Savings

$10,232 /day

Community Retail Electricity Savings

This calculation highlights the combined volume of electricity that would be saved by the community of 12285 each day if all Blackburn South homes used a 7-star efficient split system when compared to a 3-star efficient system, multiplied by an estimated average electricity rate of 25 cents per kWh. This valuation includes Bureau of Meteorology climate, humidity and temperature data for Blackburn South, plus assumptions about the homes in this location.

Icon

Community Retail Electricity Savings

$3,793,100 /year

Community Retail Electricity Savings

This calculation highlights the combined volume of electricity that would be saved by the community of 3130 each year if all 12285 homes used a 7-star efficient split system when compared to a 3-star efficient system, multiplied by an estimated average electricity rate of 25 cents per kWh. This valuation includes Bureau of Meteorology climate, humidity and temperature data for Blackburn South, plus assumptions about the homes in this location.

Icon

Yearly CO2 Reduction

12,433 tonnes

Yearly CO2 Reduction

This calculation is based on yearly ‘Community Retail Electricity Savings’ that would be created by the community of 3130 each year if all 12285 homes used a 7-star efficient split system when compared to a 3-star efficient system. This electricity saving is then multiplied by the amount of CO2 generated per tonne of coal-fired power in VIC, which is used to highlight the amount of carbon pollution that is instead saved by postcode 3130 by switching to a more energy-efficient air conditioning split system for cooling.

Icon

Carbon Sequestration Equivalent

176,150 trees/yr

Carbon Sequestration Equivalent

This calculation is based on yearly ‘Community Retail Electricity Savings’ that would be created by the community of 3130 each year if all 12285 homes used a 7-star efficient split system when compared to a 3-star efficient system. This electricity saving is then multiplied by the amount of CO2 generated per tonne of coal-fired power in VIC, then converted to the equivalent number of mature trees capturing and sequestering carbon dioxide pollution equal to the amount of CO2 saved (14 trees per tonne of CO2). So this number gives us a different way of understanding the environmental benefits of higher energy star split system air conditioning because of improved energy efficiency.

Icon

Car Emissions Equivalent

104,946,230 km/yr

Car Emissions Equivalent

This calculation is based on yearly ‘Community Retail Electricity Savings’ that would be created by the community of 3130 each year if all 12285 homes used a 7-star efficient split system when compared to a 3-star efficient system. This electricity saving is then multiplied by the amount of CO2 generated per tonne of coal-fired power in VIC, then converted to the equivalent number of kilometres driven worth of car emissions driven by an average car equal to the amount of CO2 saved (120g of CO2 per km driven). So this number gives us a different way of understanding the environmental benefits of higher energy star split system air conditioning because of improved energy efficiency.

Icon

Demographics

Blackburn South and the postcode of 3130 has a total 12285 occupied dwellings. Of these dwellings in Blackburn South 8968 are houses, 2265 are semi-detached or townhouses, and 1039 are flats or apartments. We see that homes of 4 or more bedrooms in size are 33% of all dwellings, while 3 bedroom homes are 44%, and 2 or fewer bedroom dwellings are 22%. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics 1% of census results did not specify the number of bedrooms

Typically we see that the bigger the home, then the more it costs to heat and cool, and with 2.6 number of people per household and with 73% of properties mortgaged or owned outright in 3130, investing in energy-efficient air conditioning will make a significant difference to energy savings here.

* Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Data
Icon

About Blackburn South

Blackburn South VIC 3130 experiences a temperate climate with four distinct seasons. The average weather in this suburb is pleasant, with mild summers and cool winters. The hottest month in Blackburn South is typically January, with an average maximum temperature of around 26 degrees Celsius. The coldest month is usually July, with an average maximum temperature of around 13 degrees Celsius.

Given the climate, cooling requirements are essential during the summer months in Blackburn South. One effective solution for cooling is split system air conditioning. Split systems provide efficient cooling and can be easily installed in homes and businesses. They offer the advantage of individual temperature control for each room, ensuring optimal comfort. Additionally, split systems can also be used for heating during the colder months, making them a versatile HVAC solution.

When considering air conditioning installation in Blackburn South, it is worth exploring the possibility of using solar power to power the unit. Solar-powered air conditioning systems can help reduce energy consumption and lower electricity bills. By harnessing the abundant sunlight in the area, homeowners can enjoy the benefits of a cooling system while being environmentally friendly. Local aircon service and installation businesses in Blackburn South can provide expert advice on the best split system cooling options and the integration of solar power.

Nearby Suburbs

See Also

BESbswy