An RMIT University-led report, commissioned by RACE for 2030, assessed current challenges related to home thermal efficiency improvements.

The report recommends several priorities to help Australia reach its goal of net zero by 2050, such as improving how we build new homes and how households prioritise and undertake thermal upgrading of their homes.

While the introduction of the new seven-star energy efficiency building standards is a necessary step to improve new homes, Rajagopalan said more needs to be done during the design and construction stage of building to ensure each home is thermally efficient.

A potential solution was creating a “One-stop shop” on how to embark on retrofitting your home and the benefits of a thermally efficient home from verified sources.

  • Treevan 🇦🇺@aussie.zoneOP
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    1 year ago

    I hate the downvotes too. I dont understand why we need them in small communities. I’ll go looking, Lemmy’s search isn’t great.

    I’ll edit it back in soon.

    https://aussie.zone/post/355545 - Guardian article. I talk about our place in there, which sounds similar to yours but in QLD. We get to near 0 in Winter. Warm days though.