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…
March 18, 2024
Australian homes are getting bigger and bigger, and it’s wiping out gains in energy efficiency
Kate Wingrove, University of Wollongong and Emma Heffernan, University of Sydney New Australian homes are being designed bigger and so…
April 27, 2023
We need a ‘lemon law’ to make all the homes we buy and rent more energy-efficient
Trivess Moore, RMIT University; Lisa de Kleyn, RMIT University, and Ralph Horne, RMIT University A long-awaited increase in energy-efficiency requirements…
August 4, 2021
Complicated, costly and downright frustrating: Aussies keen to cut emissions with clean energy at home get little support
Hugo Temby, Australian National University and Hedda Ransan-Cooper, Australian National University Even after A$4,000 in repairs, Heather’s $18,000 rooftop solar…
July 22, 2021
‘Die of cold or die of stress?’: Social housing is frequently colder than global health guidelines
Daniel Daly, University of Wollongong; Federico Tartarini, University of Wollongong; Gordon Waitt, University of Wollongong; Michael Tibbs, University of Wollongong;…
