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The EVs are coming! But is your home EV-ready?
Electrical contractor, EV charging point installer and EV owner Bryce Gaton looks at what you need to know to assess the potential hidden installation costs and practical considerations in preparing your home for an EV.
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Windows that perform: A window and film buyers guide
Poorly performing windows can drag down the thermal performance of your home. Lance Turner looks at some solutions.
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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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Australia's premier magazine dedicated to technology for a sustainable future.
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Drawdown: A plan to reverse global warming
Paul Hawken's Drawdown project brings together peer-reviewed science on the “top 100 solutions to climate change”, highlighting the benefits and costs of each. ATA member Tom Hunt met with him recently in Melbourne.
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Battery system case studies
When Julie May retired and bought a new home in Canberra, she decided to invest her savings in a sustainable lifestyle to reduce both her environmental footprint and her cost of living in retirement.
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Doubling up: Secondary glazing case studies
We hear from a variety of householders about their window upgrades using secondary glazing and retrofitted films.
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Strength, stability and performance: The right floor for your build
When building, you may put a lot of thought into the floor coverings, but what about the sub-floor structure? Both are important to ensure a sustainable result. Lance Turner surveys the options.
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Understanding EV emissions: Are electric vehicles really so great?
Does it really make a difference to your emissions if you buy an EV but run it on fossil fuel generated electricity, compared to sticking with the petrol guzzler? Bryce Gaton re-examines this issue.
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Feeding the grid: solar payments
The ATA’s Keiran Price explains how minimum solar feed-in tariffs are set and helps demystify an intriguing new time-of-day feed-in tariff proposed for Victoria from July 2018.
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Off-grid on the edge: Not quite off-grid, but reliable
Jayne and Cathy Malcholm struggled with power reliability in their location on the edge of Melbourne, so in 2016 they installed battery backup as part of their long-term plan to go off-grid. They describe the system and results.
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Renew member profile: A window on a life in building efficiency
A physicist by training, Peter Lyons has spent two and a half decades involved with housing energy efficiency—in particular, the role of windows, and windows ratings systems. He talks to Anna Cumming.
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