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- Air flows, draught sealing and double glazing: how homeowners can retrofit houses for warmth Sun, 3 Jul 22, 6:00amMethods of keeping living spaces warm range from cheap gap-sealing to expensive double-glazing, but the first step is to find and see the problem
- Shop around, switch things off and seal the gaps: a renter’s guide to energy efficiency Sat, 2 Jul 22, 6:00amFor renters, who can’t make big changes such as solar installations, there are still lots of ways to reduce your energy bill and stay warm
- Freezing indoors? That’s because Australian homes are closer to tents than insulated eco-buildings | Philip Oldfield Mon, 13 Jun 22, 12:18pmOur national building standards need to be overhauled to fight climate change and energy poverty – and improve our lives
- Labour says it will insulate 2m houses in first year to cut bills Tue, 19 Apr 22, 3:00pmEd Miliband says move will ease energy price crisis and reduce dependence on Russian gas
- Bass and Braddon in the balance as Tasmanian voters excoriate Scott Morrison Tue, 19 Apr 22, 3:30amFew people we meet in these two marginal Liberal seats are negative about Labor leader Anthony Albanese – but he’s still a bit of a mystery
- Bass and Braddon in the balance as Tasmania’s north Tue, 19 Apr 22, 3:30amFew people we meet in these two marginal Liberal seats are negative about Labor leader Anthony Albanese – but he’s still a bit of a mystery
- Sustainable housing complex features amazing bursts of color Thu, 31 Mar 22, 2:30amStudios 90 is located in the town of Kodla in Karnataka, India, and is one of Sanjay Puri Architects' recently finished works. The project provides housing for workers of a new local cement factory. The sustainable housing...
- Double trouble with insulation in older homes | Letters Fri, 18 Feb 22, 5:15amColin Burke on when thick curtains won’t suffice, Phil Ebbrell on the problems of external insulation and David Symington on the joys of an air-source heat pump
- Architects call for mass insulation of England’s interwar suburbs Fri, 11 Feb 22, 11:01pmRIBA says scheme targeting efficiency and heating of older 20th-century housing could cut emissions by 4%
- They are building sustainable and affordable housing in Uganda Thu, 10 Feb 22, 3:30amWorking with Stage Six and Échale International, Marc Thorpe Design developed a plan for sustainable, ecologically responsible housing in Uganda. The nation is short on 2.1 million housing units, a number that is growing...
- Plant Prefab aims to make housing accessible and affordable Tue, 25 Jan 22, 3:30amBetween impact on the land, use of resources, construction waste and effects on air quality, the building and maintenance of homes and businesses accounts for nearly 40% of carbon emissions on the planet...
- Adaptive reuse to transform LA's Cecil Hotel for a good cause Tue, 21 Dec 21, 5:30amSix hundred unhoused Angelenos will soon have their own small apartments in downtown Los Angeles. Adaptive reuse will transform the historic Cecil Hotel into very low-income single-room occupancy rental housing.[...]
- Eight million Australian homes aren't energy efficient. Many residents want to do more than cheap hack measures Thu, 4 Nov 21, 6:26amEight million Australian homes contribute to 18 per cent of Australia's carbon emissions, a new report shows. Enacting any major change is especially hard for renters and people in low-income households.
- These are the most cost-effective ways you can move towards net zero, and cut your energy bill too Thu, 4 Nov 21, 6:26amEight million Australian homes contribute to 18 per cent of Australia's carbon emissions, a new report shows. Enacting any major change is especially hard for renters and people in low-income households.
- Green homes grant scheme helped just 15,000 low-income households buy insulation Mon, 1 Nov 21, 5:01pmGovernment’s flagship home insulation scheme reached less than 7% of intended 600,000 households