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Four experts explain why the design of your home matters more than the size of your home battery.
New technologies could make the switch to solar more affordable for renters and apartment dwellers.
Older homes are colder homes. There’s a huge energy performance gap between newer and older homes – and it costs a lot.
An expert explains how insulation works and why it matters.
Technology, planning and management can reduce lighting energy use by over 60%.
Like solar, the first households to embrace home batteries have been wealthy. We need to move away from first-come, first-secured schemes.
Knowing about the environmental cost of using energy does not drive people to use less, according to a new study.
The surprising ways in which machine learning is decoding the animal mind.
Human biology is vastly more energy efficient than today’s computing.
Our new research shows a few simple steps can dramatically improve the energy performance of a home, and ensure occupants don’t shiver through winter unnecessarily.
There are hopes AI may be the silver bullet we need to save the environment – but it comes with downsides.
From making journeys more fuel-efficient to reducing food waste.
To overcome last winter’s energy crunch, France successfully introduced a 15-point ‘energy sobriety’ plan to cut gas and electricity use and reduce emissions.
The ban on gas connections to new homes in Victoria reflects global trends and will ultimately save households money and cut their emissions.
A heater with a 300-litre tank can store as much energy as a home battery at a fraction of the cost. Being able to store surplus solar energy at the right times helps grid stability and cuts emissions.
Most of our 10.8 million existing homes are in need of a retrofit to improve their performance and cut household energy use and emissions. The $1.6 billion for energy upgrades covers 170,000 homes.
Energy poverty puts people’s health and wellbeing at risk, but many vulnerable households go undetected. Trusted intermediaries, such as doctors and community workers, can help solve this problem.
Improving the performance of nearly 11 million existing homes will make a much bigger difference to housing energy costs and emissions than an incoming 7-star energy standard for new homes.
A 4-year study of households has shown how the increasing focus on our homes as sites of work, rest and play can increase energy use despite soaring prices.
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