Our research shows why conversations about home electrification should go hand in hand with conversations about improving home insulation and energy performance.  Electrifying an energy efficient home reduces net demand, meaning faster decarbonisation at scale.

Australian households could save up to $2,200 a year on energy bills by upgrading homes built before 2003 with better insulation and electrifying appliances and heating, a new report by Monash University’s Climateworks Centre says.

A consultation process is underway to inform what standards will be considered for Australia’s National Construction Code (NCC) 2025.

On Tuesday night, the Australian Treasurer delivered the first Federal Budget since the nation’s parliament put net zero targets into law.

Energy-efficiency standards for new homes in Australia are being upgraded for the first time in a decade.

Australians could save more than $20 billion in petrol and maintenance costs if electric vehicles (EVs) made up three-quarters of new car sales by 2030, according to Climateworks Centre analysis released today.  New report Accelerating EV uptake: Policies to realise Australia’s electric vehicle potential, shows raising Australia’s ambition to 76 per cent of new vehicle purchases being electric by 2030, and 100 per cent by 2035, would benefit consumers and cut transport emissions.

In the recent Federal Budget, the Australian Treasurer announced more than $4.5 billion in climate-related spending, the bulk of which will fund efforts to reduce Australian emissions.  Among the Budget’s line items was $20.9 million dollars over five years to decarbonise transport and infrastructure, including $7.8 million to develop a Transport and Infrastructure Net Zero Roadmap and Action Plan.

Universities’ vast campus infrastructures and large populations of students, staff and commercial tenants can make them seem like miniature cities.