April 8, 2024
If you’ve got a dark roof, you’re spending almost $700 extra a year to keep your house cool
Sebastian Pfautsch, Western Sydney University and Riccardo Paolini, UNSW Sydney If you visit southern Greece or Tunisia, you might notice…
December 15, 2023
Australian homes can be made climate-ready, reducing bills and emissions – a new report shows how
Gill Armstrong, Climateworks Centre and Michael Ambrose, CSIRO Millions of homes were built before Australia introduced housing energy efficiency standards…
July 24, 2023
Keen to get off gas in your home, but struggling to make the switch? Research shows you’re not alone
Sangeetha Chandrashekeran, The University of Melbourne and Julia de Bruyn, The University of Melbourne More than five million households in…
May 18, 2023
Enhancing home thermal efficiency report released
The RACE for 2030 Cooperative Research Centre (RACE for 2030) commissioned this Opportunity Assessment on Enhancing home thermal efficiency (Research…
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…
October 4, 2021
Better building standards are good for the climate, your health, and your wallet. Here’s what the National Construction Code could do better
Trivess Moore, RMIT University; Alan Pears, RMIT University; Erika Bartak, The University of Melbourne, and Nicola Willand, RMIT University The…
August 5, 2020
After the vicious cold snap, here are our tips to warm up while keeping your environmental footprint down
Peter Osman, CSIRO and Peta Ashworth, The University of Queensland Yesterday, Australia’s eastern states felt a vicious cold snap, and…
June 30, 2020
Renovation rescue: 6 ways to ensure HomeBuilder helps consumers, the climate and the economy
Peter M Graham, Monash University; John Thwaites, Monash University, and Michael Li, Monash University The federal government’s new HomeBuilder scheme…
November 7, 2019
The hot issue in houses we have to deal with
Dong Chen, Zhengen Ren and Brad Lane Heat waves have been recognised as one of the major natural hazards which…
December 12, 2018
Grid-Connected Net Zero Energy Houses vs Off-Grid Housing in Australia
Background With the observed rapid decline in PV prices and a similar trend for battery storage in recent years, there…
