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Solar power doesn’t have to be just for the wealthy anymore. With the right kind of financial incentives, households at all income levels can benefit from affordable clean energy.
The danger of consumers being given false and misleading information by commercial price comparison websites requires regulation.
Buyers and renters are very rarely told the energy rating of housing, but don’t blame the agents. As it’s voluntary for existing homes, very few are rated, so it’s not a big factor in the market.
Those endless cups of tea while working from home are unlikely to add much to your electricity bill. But coronavirus poses other problems for the electricity sector.
The next 20 years of Britain’s electricity policy must look very different from the previous 20.
‘Switchers’ who change their energy retailers often are following accepted wisdom, but research shows it saves them far less than expected.
Australia requires a minimum six-star energy rating for new housing. New homes average just 6.2 stars, so builders are doing the bare minimum to comply, even as the costs of this approach are rising.
Air conditioning changed both building design and people’s active management of home temperatures. A return to houses designed for our climate can keep us comfortable and cut energy use and emissions.
A Grattan Institute report has found renewable energy investment could offer a path to lower rates, but they won’t drop below 2015 prices.
Scott Morrison’s budget speech held no surprises on energy, after months of debate over the National Energy Guarantee. The real news comes in July with the release of a crucial ACCC report on power prices.
Our study found that office workers performed just the same, whether the air conditioning was set at 22°C or 25°C. But making that tweak can cut energy use by 18%.
The CO2 we produce when we put up buildings is large and virtually unregulated.
Boosting state support for energy efficiency would be a fairer way to reduce bills.
The law says that newly built houses should have a six-star energy rating, to help residents afford their heating and cooling bills. But some builders seem to be findings ways around this requirement.
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Professor and Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University
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Professor of Energy Policy, Member of Fuel Poverty Evidence and Trustee of the Fuel Poverty Research Network, Sheffield Hallam University
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Associate Professor, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Research Team Leader, CSIRO
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Senior Lecturer in Economics and Personal Finance, The Open University
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Professor and Director of the Centre for Energy Policy, University of Strathclyde
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Research fellow, University of South Australia
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Fellow in Energy Economics, University of Surrey
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open University
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Research Consultant, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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