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Four experts explain why the design of your home matters more than the size of your home battery.
An expert explains how insulation works and why it matters.
New buildings’ energy performance is often 10-20% worse than expected.
With bills rising, people are looking for ways to use less energy. We asked five experts for their practical and proven advice.
Data from readily available sensors can be used to digitally trial new systems – all without risking resources.
Straw bales are a cheap building materials and they are great for insulation.
The UK still needs to retrofit millions of homes. We can’t leave it up to the market, say experts.
How to prevent insulation creating the very problems it’s supposed to prevent - damp and mould.
Labour will not cut the £13.2 billion warm homes plan, as some expected. But issues remain.
Even homes build to code can have built-in health risks, such as being prone to mould. By targeting the places where heat is lost, you can make winter more bearable.
While running it briefly and intermittently at a very low temperature may feel thrifty, it will not be the most energy efficient choice. Here’s what to do instead.
Increasing energy costs pose a challenge for everyone, but the impact is most pronounced for those living in deprived areas.
More Australians than ever live in rented homes, many of which get far too hot. With summers getting longer and hotter, keeping millions of people cool should be a national housing policy priority.
Buying a new house can be overwhelming – here’s how to make sure you’re not left with one that guzzles energy.
The government’s unpredictable approach to energy-efficiency has cost progress to net zero before.
Compared to roughly 80% in the US, UK and NZ, only 11% of Australian homes have high-performance windows. Installing them can transform a household’s comfort, energy use and 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.
Everything from ice rinks to crowded public places is a potential source of home heating.
After decades of research revealing the long-term damage of fuel poverty, the problem is worse than ever.
Top contributors
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Professor of Construction and Environmental Assessment, The University of Melbourne
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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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Professor of Sustainable Energy Business and Policy, University of Strathclyde
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Research Fellow in Sustainabilty Assessment, University of Sheffield
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Leader of the Energy Programme, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor in Construction and Environmental Performance, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Sustainable Development
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Senior Lecturer - Energy, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Advanced Building Design, University of Hertfordshire
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Energy Efficiency, University of Salford
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Professor in Regeneration & Sustainable Development, University of Salford
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Professeure associée et coordinatrice de la chaire « Energy for Society », GEM
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Researcher in architecture and urban planning, Climateworks Centre