It's Energy Efficiency Day! Today, let's celebrate the importance of energy efficiency—not just for lowering our energy bills, but for promoting healthier lifestyles, lowering greenhouse gas emissions, creating lasting housing improvements, and fostering thriving communities.🌍⚡️

Did you know that we already have standards for new homes of a 7-star NatHERS rating, but the average rating for existing homes is only 1.7 stars?

Keeping coal fire power stations open will contribute to increasing temperatures. Even the energy ratings of our newly built homes in Australia are based on climate data from a decade ago. This LNP decision will see more people dying in their homes. queenslandconservation.org.au/callide_b_powe…

We've done an analysis of the major political parties for the Queensland election this Saturday and their positions on energy efficiency minimum standards for renters. Check it out here: energeticcommunities.org.au/queensland-ele…

Victoria making a serious play for GOAT on better rental laws: banning no grounds evictions, requiring evidence for bond claims, and ending BS fees to pay rent. These are important changes that will make it easier for renters to decent homes. buff.ly/4hrogHq

The answer to this one is: more than half! The median rent increase is 11%, & nearly 1 in 6 proposed increases is >25%! Landlords are incentivised to propose huge increases: even when a tenant has the time & energy to argue it down, it ends up being higher than the median anyway.

To read more from renters and see what we think needs to change, read the full report here: buff.ly/3ADX9IA Read the full Herald Sun story here: buff.ly/4fH5gTu

The CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology State of the Climate report was released last week and told us that Australia is now 1.51 degrees hotter than in 1910. This should be ringing alarm bells for everyone! via SwelteringCities csiro.au/en/research/en…

David Crisafulli Sam O’Connor Energy efficiency not only saves lives during heatwaves, but is economically productive. We hope the social homes you're building are energy efficient and capable of keeping their residents cool during our increasingly hot summers Sam O’Connor

"Complementary measures to minimum rental standards": Energy Efficiency Council and Better Renting's policy paper reviews the barriers to implementation of minimum rental standards and assesses a range of complementary measures. Briefing on Tuesday 3rd Dec at 3pm AEST: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

An energy-efficient home can save you thousands of dollars in power bills each year, but the initial outlay for solar or batteries is expensive. abc.net.au/news/2025-01-0…

2024 was the hottest year on record, with average temperature 1.6C above preindustrial levels. We need to stop burning fossil fuels now. #ClimateEmergency #energyefficiency theguardian.com/environment/20…

Global temperatures passed critical 1.5°C milestone for the first time in 2024 – new report theconversation.com/global-tempera… via The Conversation

Hot summer temperatures pose a dangerous risk to the health and wellbeing of people living in hot homes. Will you complete this survey to tell your story and help advocate for change? efcee0ql45h.typeform.com/to/GTNqOi9x

Great article on lifelong renters in The Conversation last week! "Forever renting" only sounds like a curse because of our current rental system: if renting weren't treated as an unavoidably unpleasant step on the road to homeownership, a hazing process for young adults (1/3)