Better energy efficiency lowers electricity bills, manages energy demand and helps the climate. Unfortunately, Australia is going nowhere on this cheap, simple measure.
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Energy upgrades to Australia’s buildings could meet a quarter of our climate goals.
Australia’s energy watchdog has warned that closing coal power stations could leave us vulnerable to supply problems. But not if we help take the pressure off the grid.
Companies could improve their profits 2-10% each year by saving energy, according to a world-first attempt to assess energy performance.
Over the past year Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions from electricity rose 2.7%.
Australia’s greenhouse emissions are once again rising, after a decade of consistent declines. But the right policies are already in place to turn things around - they just need to be ramped up.
‘Energy productivity’ is the new buzz-phrase in energy and climate policy, what even is it?
Australia’s federal government wants to boost ‘energy productivity’ by 40% by 2030. A good idea, but the plan needs to cut energy use, not just deliver more economic bang for the energy buck.
A new report shows Australia can and should double its energy productivity, increasing economic productivity while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
When Australia hosts the G20 Leaders’ Summit in November, a top agenda item for its “Brisbane Action Plan” will be “practical actions to improve productivity and competitiveness”. So here’s a good place…
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Senior Industry Fellow, Environment and Planning, RMIT University
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Honorary Associate Professor, Centre for Climate Economics and Policy, Australian National University
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Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Honorary Associate, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney
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Research Projects Manager, Climateworks Centre
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Climateworks Centre CEO, Monash University
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