This report is a milestone deliverable from CSIRO for the EnergyFit Homes Initiative. The project partners to this Initiative are the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, CSR, AGL Energy, Australian Windows Association, Clean Energy Council, Energy Efficiency Council, Stockland, Fletcher Insulation, Knauf Insulation, the Centre for Liveability Real Estate, and the Energy Efficiency Certificate...

Participants Annual Forum 2015 - Day 1Project snapshot - RP3002 Evaluating the impact of policies for promoting building energy efficiency retrofits James McGregor, CSIRO Energy Technology Project Director (Major Projects)

Executive Summary This report is a milestone deliverable from CSIRO for Project RP3016: ‘Enhancing the market for energy efficient homes at point of sale and lease’, funded by the Cooperative Research Centre for Low Carbon Living and other project parties, including the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, CSR, AGL Energy, Australian Windows Association, Clean...

The building sector is responsible for a significant proportion of a nation’s greenhouse gas emissions. In an attempt to mitigate these emissions, industry and government have been mainly focussed on reducing operational emissions associated with buildings, leaving the embodied emissions largely ignored. As operational emissions continue to decrease, embodied emissions will start to play a...

Participants Annual Forum 2015 - Day 1Project snapshot - RP3009 High performance housing - monitoring, evaluating and communicating the journeyJosh Byrne, Josh Byrne & Associates Director and Curtin University Research Fellow