January 23, 2023
How to maximise savings from your home solar system and slash your power bills
Wasim Saman, University of South Australia Soaring electricity prices have made 15% of Aussies think about installing solar panels, a…
January 3, 2023
Top 10 tips to keep cool this summer while protecting your health and your budget
Ross Gordon, Queensland University of Technology; Gordon Waitt, University of Wollongong, and Theresa Harada, University of Wollongong With energy prices…
December 21, 2022
How closely monitoring households’ energy data can unleash their solar outputs and (possibly) make them more money
Richard Bean, The University of Queensland and Neil Horrocks, The University of Queensland Almost one in three Australian households have…
September 19, 2022
7-star housing is a step towards zero carbon – but there’s much more to do, starting with existing homes
Gill Armstrong, Climateworks Centre; Alan Pears, RMIT University; Margot Delafoulhouze, Climateworks Centre, and Trivess Moore, RMIT University Energy-efficiency standards for…
September 16, 2022
Will 7-star housing really cost more? It depends, but you can keep costs down in a few simple ways
Trivess Moore, RMIT University and Nicola Willand, RMIT University The required energy-efficiency rating of new housing in Australia will increase…
August 29, 2022
NCC 2022
Improving Energy Efficiency of New Homes In huge news for the industry, on Friday last week Building Ministers agreed to…
August 23, 2022
Summertime
Summertime Our very own Senior experimental scientist Melissa James performed at Stir fry Science performing her a song of residential…
August 22, 2022
IT’S TIME TO TALK ABOUT APARTMENTS
It’s time to talk about apartments Rising in popularity, apartments last year made up 58% of all energy rating certificates…
July 19, 2022
The Darwin Home Comfort Rating Project
By Dong Chen Overheating in houses can pose a risk to human health and cause increased hospital admission rates, mortality…
July 19, 2022
RapidRate Assessment
By Melissa James Households consume 10.5% of all the energy consumed within Australia [1]. Of this, 40% is used for…
