All-electric
Direct PV solar hot water buyers guide
Solar hot water can dramatically reduce your water heating costs, but what if your house isn’t suitable for a conventional solar water heater? There is an alternative that can be used almost anywhere you have solar access, as Lance Turner explains.
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All-electric
Staying warm this winter: A buyers guide to heating
As autumn declines into another long winter, it seems an opportune time to revisit one of our most popular buyers guides: our essential guide to heating yourself and your home.
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Renewable grid
Goodbye to Bass Strait gas
After 55 years, Bass Strait gas output is running down. Are you ready, asks Tim Forcey?
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Efficient homes
Emissions intensity of household electricity vs gas
Switching from gas to electricity for heating, hot water and cooking can favour your hip pocket. But what about emissions?
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Efficient homes
A winning formula: high-performance house plus EV
Despite the upfront cost premium, opting for a highly efficient, all-electric home with an EV can offer significant economic and environmental benefits. We analyse one example.
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Climate change
Greenhouse gas footprint: What we do and don’t know about gas
Do you want to know the greenhouse footprint of Australian gas? Tim Forcey says, “how would we know?”—because no one is keeping track.
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Buyers guides
Beat the winter chills: A guide to electric heating options
As we head into the colder months, thoughts turn to staying warm. What’s the best electric heating system for you?
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Efficient homes
Gas versus electricity: Your hip pocket guide
The results of ATA’s latest study on the economics of switching to electricity from gas for heating, hot water and cooking, for both solar and non-solar homes.
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Heating
Beyond solar PV: Renewable heat and why we need it
There’s more to renewable energy than just electricity. Renewable heat is an important alternative to gas for Australian homes and industry, writes Tim Forcey.
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Buyers guides
No longer cooking with gas: Induction cooktop mini guide
Induction cooktops can make converts, with power and performance as good as or better than gas. We look at the features to consider when buying one.
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All-electric
All-electric and hydronic: A model of efficiency
There's a lot to learn from this highly insulated and well-sealed renovation in Melbourne, not least how a heat pump is providing both hydronic heating and hot water. Cameron Munro explains the house's modelling-led upgrades and the tweaks made along the way.
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