NCC 2022

August 29, 2022

Improving Energy Efficiency of New Homes In huge news for the industry, on Friday last week Building Ministers agreed to raise the minimum energy efficiency standards for new homes.  This is the largest change to minimum standards in a decade and will deliver cost of living savings to households across Australia.  The increase in stringency […]

Summertime

August 23, 2022

Summertime Our very own Senior experimental scientist Melissa James performed at Stir fry Science performing her a song of residential sustainability. If you’d like to play along find the chords and her lyrics below. Summertime (to the tune of Gershwin’s ‘Summertime’) (Am E7 Am E7) Am E7 Am E7 Am E7 Am E7  Dm F […]

IT’S TIME TO TALK ABOUT APARTMENTS

August 22, 2022

It’s time to talk about apartments Rising in popularity, apartments last year made up 58% of all energy rating certificates in NSW. Nationally the AHD Dashboard has collated data on over 70,000 apartments certificates over the past 12 months but we know little about the real world performance of Australia’s stock of apartments. Some say […]