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Building retrofits are no joke: They make dwellings healthier and more energy-efficient. And when they’re done in low-income housing, they also reduce inequality.
Out of the existing 29 million homes in the UK, only eight million meet the highest energy standards.
Training neural networks burns through a lot of energy. As the AI field grows, it’s working to keep its carbon foot print from growing with it.
The increasing energy performance of household appliances makes it necessary to re-evaluate these informative stickers.
Heat pumps use electricity to transfer warmth from outside to inside a house.
Joe Biden has sweeping plans for a clean energy revolution. Congress will be a big speed bump, but it can’t block everything.
Changes to the way houses and other buildings are constructed could lower energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.
Victoria’s $800 million energy efficiency plan promises to lower power bills, make homes more comfortable and help meet our climate goals. It’s high time other states picked this low-hanging fruit.
Flattening inequality between and within countries could allow everyone a good standard of living within a liveable climate.
The Trump administration is rolling back a regulation that requires showerheads to conserve water, which saved owners an average of US$70 and nearly 3,000 gallons of water yearly per showerhead.
Buyers and renters are very rarely told the energy rating of housing, but don’t blame the agents. As it’s voluntary for existing homes, very few are rated, so it’s not a big factor in the market.
Try a few star jumps every hour, it’ll make a massive difference to your warmth.
Voters who own housing are strongly invested in increasing the value of their wealth-generating assets. And they strongly favour the Coalition, which knows to protect their interests.
Can Europe’s response to the Covid-19 health crisis put its economy on a greener path? To help answer this question, the recent GEM Energy Barometer polled around 100 energy experts in France.
The controversial HomeBuilder scheme could come with a big upside: making old homes more energy efficient.
Better energy efficiency lowers electricity bills, manages energy demand and helps the climate. Unfortunately, Australia is going nowhere on this cheap, simple measure.
Building a greener economy starts at home.
Governments are throwing billions of taxpayer dollars on stimulus measures after COVID-19. But they must do it diligently, and transparently.
There has never been a better time for public money to go into improving the performance of Australian housing. We could have cut household bills and emissions, as well as saving construction jobs.
Top contributors
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Senior Industry Fellow, Environment and Planning, RMIT University
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Associate Professor in Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor in Research & Innovation, RMIT University
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Associate Professor in Housing, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Energy Advisor, formerly, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Sustainable Development
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Professor of Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Associate Professor in Construction and Environmental Performance, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Associate Professor, Centre for Climate Economics and Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Construction and Environmental Assessment, The University of Melbourne
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Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Professor, Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC), University of Wollongong
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Professor of Energy Economics, co-coordinator of the Chaire Européenne de la Transition du Territoire, GEM
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Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Sustainable Buildings Research Centre, University of Wollongong