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Home energy ratings disclosure framework: version 2
A national approach for assessing and disclosing the energy performance of homes in Australia, this framework aims to promote energy efficiency by providing consumers with consistent information via energy ratings and certificates. It recommends parameters for disclosure schemes that can be implemented by state and territory governments.
Briefing paper
A pipeline of profits: how gas lobbyists are keeping us hooked on expensive, climate-wrecking gas appliances
The gas industry have successfully resisted moves to regulate them and the gas appliance industry has never been willing to work constructively with government, and it is their customers who lose out. This briefing paper covers: how the gas lobby operates to the detriment of Victorians and blocked regulation of its products, how gas appliances...
Report
30 voices on 2030: the future of energy
The energy landscape is undergoing unprecedented change. To explore what the energy landscape could look like, KPMG asked 30 people to place themselves in 2030 and look back over the last ten years. The 'voices' in this report cover every facet of the energy industry and beyond – from incumbents to challengers, big tech firms...
Policy report
Decarbonising heating at home
This report examines two major policies targeting renewable heat and energy performance in buildings in the UK from the past decade – the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) in Great Britain, and the minimum energy efficiency standard (MEES) in private rented housing in England. It also offers suggestions to the government on how it can use...
Literature review
What are the effects of residential building energy performance disclosure policies on property values?
A rapid systematic review of international academic literature suggests that home buyers typically value a more energy efficient home, and when presented with easily accessible information in the form of an energy performance rating, are willing to pay more to live in one.