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 […]
The Darwin Home Comfort Rating Project
July 19, 2022
By Dong Chen Overheating in houses can pose a risk to human health and cause increased hospital admission rates, mortality rates and reduced work productivity. Under the Darwin Living Lab project, a 10-year collaboration between CSIRO and the partners of the Darwin City Deal, the Darwin Home Comfort Rating Project is a collaborative project among […]
RapidRate background
July 19, 2022
By Melissa James Households consume 10.5% of all the energy consumed within Australia . Of this, 40% is used for heating and cooling . Reducing household heating and cooling energy consumption has multiple benefits: reduced energy bills; reduced greenhouse gas emissions; increased network reliability; and increased householder comfort and health. One way to reduce heating […]
Cluster Update
July 19, 2022
Cluster Update By Anthony Wright COVID has been a constant challenge for the past six months and we have had the same issues as everyone in that regard. I hope that as the weather warms up we return to full capacity to deliver some major changes to the energy rating landscape over the next year. […]
Conference and Webcasts
September 19, 2021
In light of our 2020 ARER Conference postponement, CSIRO’s Australian Housing Data team remained committed to providing you, our community, with cutting-edge tools, trends, and the most up-to-date research. Last year we launched the AER Webcast and we have since run 7 Webcasts on various topics- enabling over 1500 people to hear from and engage […]
Cluster Update
September 19, 2021
Anthony Wright Even without COVID it’s been a big six months in the Building Simulation, Assessment and Communication Cluster here at CSIRO. We’ve met one of our major milestones and delivered our cloud version of the tool AccuRate Enterprise in beta version. Stay tuned for your free license if you’re already an AccuRate user. The […]
Predictive weather files for building energy modelling
September 17, 2021
Melissa James With support from the Australian Government’s Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, the CSIRO has developed predictive weather data that can be used by building energy simulation software to explore the impact of climate change on building energy consumption. Hourly weather data is available for 83 Australian locations for 4 future years […]
Australians are choosing new homes and solar PV in record numbers
September 17, 2021
Michael Ambrose In 2020, the residential building sector saw unprecedented growth in the construction of new homes, bolstered by low interest loans and stimulus packages. The number of rooftop photovoltaic (PV) panels installed on Australian homes was also record-breaking. We look at some of the numbers. Australia often punches above its weight on the world […]
HStar Portal Updates – September 2021
September 17, 2021
New: Summary Certificate EditorSummary Certificate Editor is accessible via:”My Jobs” page”Search” results page”Location Summary” pageGenerate new Summary Certificates via “Location Summary” pageSupport for multiple AAOs on Summary Certificates General security improvements