13 May 2025 | Climate change, Sustainable homes
Simple steps to warm your home The cold months are upon us and it’s time to take steps to make our homes cosy. To decide how best to do this, it’s important to understand some fundamentals. It might seem obvious, but ideally our home will be warmest when...
27 April 2025 | Clean energy, Climate change, Sustainable homes
Storage is now the issue, not generation of energy Energy storage is the new frontier for the achievement of energy independence in Australia. With 4 million households and businesses sporting rooftop solar, and 4 million more projected to do soin the next few years,...
24 March 2025 | Clean energy, Sustainable homes
How can your solar panels be remotely turned off? In last month’s clean energy article, I explored the impact a nuclear energy industry would have on homeowners’ rooftop solar. This month I follow on with an explanation of exactly what the mechanism would...
24 January 2024 | Sustainable homes
Green, green (fake) grass of nightmare proportions Artificial turf looks good if you love neatness and a smooth green vista. On sporting fields, it is seen as a reliable way to guarantee a consistent surface. The convenience is a lure, too. No more mowing or watering!...
1 August 2023 | Sustainable homes
Getting to the bottom of insulation – Sustainable Houses We are all interested in making our houses more comfortable, while reducing power bills. Many of us live in houses built decades ago, which are harder to heat and cool than well-built recent houses. A...
30 August 2022 | Clean energy, Sustainable homes |
Sustainable housing – incorporating new technologies In the last two articles on sustainable housing, I have briefly looked at getting the basics of sustainable house design right and some simple ways to improve the energy performance of existing homes. At some...
