Electric vehicles
The end of the ICE age? Electric vehicle update
Is the end of the ICE (vehicle) age looming? Amid a flurry of announcements from car manufacturers and governments around the world, Bryce Gaton surveys the significant shifts away from ICE vehicles and towards electric.
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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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Smart homes
Houses that think: Are smart homes really a smart idea?
Smart home technology is touted as the way of the future, helping to make life easier while reducing energy use. But is that really the case?
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Heating
Heating case study: converting gas to heat pump hydronic
This 1908 weatherboard Edwardian in Melbourne has been renovated, extended and insulated — and is making the switch to all-electric, powered by solar PV and 100% GreenPower.
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Products
Product profile: Go plastic free
With the world slowly waking up to the environmental disaster that is petroleum-based plastics, more non-plastic options for all kinds of common household items are becoming more readily available.
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Efficient homes
Living building challenge – Enhancing the local environment
Central to the Living Building Challenge is design that takes account of much more than thermal performance, such as giving back to the local economy. Sasha Shtargot looks at one of the first projects taking this on in Australia.
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Efficient homes
Glazed and enthused: window replacement case study
Replacing the entire window with a new double-glazed one as part of a renovation was the answer to greater energy efficiency and thermal performance for homeowner Anna Cumming.
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Energy monitoring
Knowledge is power: energy monitoring guide
Need help getting the upper hand on your electricity bills or checking that your solar system is working?
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Efficient homes
Meeting the water petal at The Paddock
For The Paddock, one petal of the Living Building Challenge, the water petal, has been an incredible challenge.
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DIY
Heating people, not spaces: the advantages of personal heating
How much energy can you save by heating yourself instead of your home? Will you be as comfortable? Dave Southgate describes his personal heating experiment.
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