May 11, 2023
Budget’s energy bill relief and home retrofit funding is a good start, but dwarfed by the scale of the task
Trivess Moore, RMIT University and Ralph Horne, RMIT University The quality and performance of our housing have big impacts on…
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…
April 21, 2023
RapidRate: AI-powered home energy insights
The challenge Making sense of home energy efficiency The case for energy efficient housing in Australia is clear. Residential houses…
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…
May 12, 2022
Analysis of 5,500 apartment developments reveals your new home may not be as energy efficient as you think
Michael Ambrose, CSIRO Apartment living is booming in Australia. Many people choose apartments for their good energy efficiency, which reduces…
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…
November 5, 2020
This is no time to delay raising minimum home energy ratings
Article in The Fifth Estate by Rob McLeod
August 28, 2020
Australian Energy Rating Webcast
With the postponement of the 2020 Energy Rating conference, in its place the team has been running Webcasts to deliver…
January 24, 2020
Home energy efficiency could be improved significantly through simple tweaks like roof colour
Link to article on ABC Radio Perth by Emma Wynne
November 7, 2019
Editorial November 2019
A recent article in The Conversation (https://theconversation.com/australias-still-building-4-in-every-5-new-houses-to-no-more-than-the-minimum-energy-standard-118820) shows that the majority of purchasers of new houses in Australia get the…
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