Tomorrow, the Building Ministers decide whether to raise the bar on house energy efficiency standards from 6 to 7 stars.
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Get off gas. You won’t regret it. Use the Make the Switch website to help plan your transition to all-electric.
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Earlier this month Jenny and the Light House science team tested the Canberra home of Guardian Australia journalist Chris Knaus.
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Retrofit doesn’t have to be hard or expensive. Read/watch Jenny’s rant about the misconceptions about retrofit in the Australian housing industry. Includes a video of her May 2022 presentation to the National Energy Efficiency Conference in Melbourne.
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Walking on sunshine (or lazing in the sun like a Light Hound)…
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Jenny chats about getting off gas on Radio National Life Matters… and provides and update about the opening of our architectural books.
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Genuinely unprecedented times… huge price increases and significant time delays. It’s not good new for and from the housing industry.
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Retrofitting Australia: how to fix eight million homes. Jenny will be sharing her experience at the National Energy Efficiency Conference in Melbourne which kicks off tomorrow.
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Media attention grows as do the number of forests!
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We have many great examples of this on our ‘Renovation’ page.
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The grapevines provide luscious shade in summer but must be pruned hard in May to enjoy the winter sun.
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Want to know where the architects and scientists of Light House live?
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This home is one surprise package!
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We are delighted to have sponsored this beautiful ‘wrap’ for the all-electric meals-on-wheels for worms service: Capital Scraps Composting!
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Tune in to Jenny’s very last podcast of the year!
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Read Jenny’s moving tribute about her short friendship with Derek Wrigley and how he inspired her.
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Smaller, smarter, and sustainable. Comfortable, climate-resilient and low carbon.
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If you design and build well, then the answer is: not much. House size and insulation, plus your surrounding landscape can have a much greater impact.
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Read about our approach to designing and building homes in the MBA Canberra Builder magazine!
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