Keen to get off gas in your home, but struggling to make the switch? Research shows you’re not alone

July 24, 2023

Sangeetha Chandrashekeran, The University of Melbourne and Julia de Bruyn, The University of Melbourne More than five million households in Australia are connected to the gas network. Tackling climate change requires homes and businesses to move away from gas, and instead embrace electric appliances as the power grid shifts to renewable energy. People can save […]

How closely monitoring households’ energy data can unleash their solar outputs and (possibly) make them more money

December 21, 2022

Richard Bean, The University of Queensland and Neil Horrocks, The University of Queensland Almost one in three Australian households have solar panels on their roofs. Most are motivated by rising electricity prices and environmental concerns. Households are paid a so-called feed-in tariff for surplus energy they export to the grid. While customers would love to […]