National Energy Performance Strategy: consultation paper

THE PROBLEM

The fossil fuel industry burning coal and gas is the primary driver of the heating of our planet and supercharging climate extremes. Scientists' warnings for the immediate next few years are now, frankly, shocking and catastrophic. 1 We must urgently transition from polluting power to efficient, electric, and renewable sources.

Gas and coal prices are skyrocketing as a result of war, driving power prices up for households.2 As people struggle to pay soaring bills, energy companies have more than doubled their profits.3

People living in rentals, social housing, and low-income households don't have access to clean, renewable energy, and are facing more extreme weather conditions in poorly designed, uninsulated homes.

Eight million Australian homes were built before current energy efficiency standards, and people living in them pay unnecessarily high energy bills.4 People who are isolated, have limited mobility, or lack the funds to make energy upgrades are more likely to experience adverse

health impacts from extreme heat and cold exposure.

This is why we emphasise action lifting standards for those who are at greatest risk of climate impacts.

People are going into debt buying air conditioners for their hot, inefficient houses. Some hose down the walls to cool the bricks. Others sit sweating in front of fans, waiting for it to be over.6 Remote Aboriginal communities have sounded the alarm on hot, uninsulated houses 'putting lives at risk'. And renters have recorded temperatures up to 67C in their roofs.7,8

Soaring fossil fuel prices and inadequate housing costs us more than we can imagine. Power bill stress and extreme temperatures harm peoples' mental and physical health. And when homes aren't suitable for climate
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impacts - especially heatwaves - it can cost people their lives.

Federal governments have never had an energy performance plan - no goals, targets, or ambitious standards. As a result, corporations have controlled how many of our homes are powered and built. Corporations' profit-before-people business model means more than eight million homes are inefficient and completely ill-equipped for heat, fires, and floods - and reliant on expensive fossil fuel power.11

People who can't easily make changes to their home - often renters, and people living in public and community housing - are hit twice: first by power bills, then by worsening extreme weather driven by burning coal and gas. As fossil fuel prices and global temperatures are set to rise yet again, the government urgently needs to act.12,13

Giant gas corporations are using price volatility to justify extracting more gas, stream-rolling consent from Traditional Owners,14 and condemning us to more climate pollution. Despite running marketing campaigns for decades to greenwash their product, methane gas is a climate disaster,15 and burning gas for cooking and heating has been proven to be a significant health hazard.16

THE SOLUTION

The solution is here, affordable, and ready to be rolled out across the nation. It just needs a government with vision to help people upgrade their homes.

The Albanese Government can help get households off expensive, polluting coal and gas completely, and help them shift to cheaper, electric appliances running on clean, renewable energy. Households least able to afford the upfront costs of going electric should be prioritised. This is the real - and permanent - solution to volatile gas prices and the climate crisis.

Together with experts and allies, GetUp is calling for the National Energy Performance Strategy to include mandatory standards, targets, and timelines that lower the cost of energy, make homes safe and comfortable, and reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C.

Boosting energy performance can radically improve the cost, comfort, and climate impacts of the homes we live in and the machines we use to heat, cook, and commute. By replacing gas appliances with electric appliances powered by renewable energy like rooftop solar, the National Energy Performance Strategy can help people halve energy costs, use a fraction of the energy, and create zero pollution.17 Better insulation will also increase energy efficiency and help protect people from extreme temperatures.

According to expert modelling, replacing fossil fuel power with renewable power can save households up to $5,000 a year - making everyday activities like showering and driving up to ten times cheaper.18

The National Energy Performance Strategy has the potential to make millions of homes safe and resilient to extreme temperatures brought on by climate change - while massively reducing the market for expensive, polluting fossil fuels.

Investments in electrification, energy efficiency, and renewable energy would ensure that communities facing economic inequality and climate damage - particularly renters, low-income households, and First Nations communities - can live in healthy, well-designed homes that are cheaper to run. Electrification allows people to break free from volatile and extreme fossil fuel prices tied to global commodity prices.

RECOMMENDATIONS
The National Energy Performance Strategy must set mandatory energy efficiency standards, targets, and timelines - and ensure industry does its share to reduce climate pollution. For households, including people in rentals and social housing, it must lower the cost of energy, improve energy efficiency, and make homes more comfortable.

GetUp supports the full list of recommendations in the Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS) submission, and highlights the following recommendations as our priorities, in line with the principles of climate justice:

The National Energy Performance Strategy should be designed according to the principles of climate justice

Climate justice recognises that pollution, climate disasters, and the work of transition have disproportionate impacts on people and communities who already experience racism or inequality. Decision- making that puts profit over people and a legacy of colonialism drive these problems and also drive climate damage. Climate change multiplies existing injustices.

Climate crisis solutions therefore must address these inequities between people, apportion responsibility, take direction from communities most impacted, use transparent and inclusive decision-making, and work towards a vision for a fair, regenerative and abundant future for all.

Climate change

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C.
Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.
Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-powered) by 2025.

Rental properties

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing it with electric appliances powered by renewables.
Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds.
Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint19 by 2025.
Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.
Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Public and community housing

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.
Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.
Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.
Build all new housing to at least 7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.
Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

What are the key opportunities and barriers for your household when it comes to home energy, energy efficiency, upgrading to electric appliances, or keeping your home comfortable in different temperatures?

I already source renewable electricity, and rely primarily on cycling and trains for transport. I do this in the interests of reducing my personal ecological and climate damage footprint. I am dismayed by how little work has been done by State and Federal governments to do the same for Australia. We're now hovering on the verge of social collapse due to lack of government action on climate change across the world. In Australia, the government needs to rapidly proceed with grid infrastructure and legislation to free up the sharing and trading of renewable electrical energy. Reasonable rates of return for home generated solar electricity is essential. So too are community energy banks. So too is the complete electrification of all household energy use (especially removal of gas).

As heatwaves get hotter and persist longer, it is increasingly difficult to work outside in summer. We're adapting as best we can as our trusted plant varieties fail in the heat, our animals experience heat stress and we contend with new pests and diseases. The past few years have put us through the lower end of the spectrum of what's possible, with harrowing drought, fires and flooding. Yeah, I know we're expected to be "resilient", but it is nerve-wracking knowing that the heat is intensifying.

A few years ago we were able to install a 10kw rooftop solar system. Unfortunately we are now only allowed to feed in 3kw to the grid. There is a lot of energy either just getting wasted or maybe just not being paid for. We are committed to our contribution to reducing global warming, but other people may not be so keen to lose money on solar systems. I'd like to see rooftop solar power being fully utilised.

The key barriers are affordability of changing from gas to electric and solar. Also I am renting so have No say or power to make the changes I need for me to be energy efficient and comfortable and afford energy costs .

I installed solar panels in 2009, and max rating insulation in the roof space. I grow trees to shade the windows in summer, and replaced my gas oven with electric. In 2020 I became vegetarian. I ride my bike and walk where possible instead of driving. I do not fly. As long as Victoria continues to burn brown coal, it is hard to feel like any of this makes a difference.

The main barrier to reducing my emissions is psychological. I believe the government funds fossil fuel companies. This MUST stop, and we must have a strategy to fund renewables. Wind turbines must be located outside national and marine parks. The thought that the Victorian Minister for the environment can approve wind turbines be installed within and visible from Wilson's Promontory is very very disheartening.

An opportunity for me to reduce this psychological barrier would be if we had an established national strategy that secures what precious and undamaged park land/sea we have whilst developing the

renewables sector.

Having supplies that can package changing over from gas to a fully electric house including solar, a battery and hot water system

Outages during bushfires which would affect water pumps are our greatest fear. We are considering a solar battery but the cost is a barrier for us and many in our position.

It is important to have subsidies to insulate homes properly, convert to solar including vehicle to grid and efficient appliances

I have been working towards an all electric house with solar energy and solar hot water for several years now. I have also invested in better insulation and simple solutions such as draft excluders. I am nearly there. I have been helped enormously with leads and guidance by a Facebook group called My Efficient Electric Home.

The major barrier is that in our retirement village we do not yet have the option to collectively invest and upgrade all 120 dwellings to run on sustainably generated electricity. This requires government action to mandate that the owner makes this change.

As someone who lives off-grid, I have to manage my own power system (solar). The cost was high to install but has a ~10 year pay back on capital. My biggest problem is risk mitigation. Access to insurance is expensive and certainty that they will pay out in the event of a disaster, such as fire, is low.

I only have electricity & I keep the cost down by only using 1 overhead light at night & using& powered lamps when I am in another room. Regarding gas I don't know enough to offer a solution but the greedy gas companies not only extorting their customers they are also polluting our land & exacerbating the climate crisis as well the fracking they do is polluting underground water which agriculturists need to produce food. Australia is our sovereign land.

There has to be some way the

Commonwealth Government can control them.

We installed rooftop solar power in 2019 and a heat bank in for water in 2021 and these have helped keep costs down and rewnewable energy efficiency up. We would like to transition away from gas to electric heating and cooking but, as retired pensioners, are anxious about the cost.

Home is ~30 years old with black tiled roof and no ceiling insulation, so hot in summer. But home i all electrisc, so I have been able to install rooftop solar whivh allows me to run (fairly inefficient) ducted airconditioning on hot sunny days without the guilt, or adverse imapcts of consuming fossil fuel generated power. I, and I believe Australians almost universally, want our elected leaders to Lead, and to deliver a future where energy efficiency and renewable power are in, and climate wrecking fossil fuels are permanently out!

Solar passive home design. (Using environment to heat and cook house, free)

Solar hot water

Fuel stove, heating and hot water in winter

Fully insulated home and verhandas

Photo voltaic electricity with storage battery

Gravity water supply

My household tries to minimise its energy purchase by timing our usage where possible to match our excess photovoltaic (PV) production, but we are limited by ready access to information.

Despite the enforced rollout of 'smart' meters, the real-time information on export is not available in a usable mode in any realistic way. Smart meters should make this information available as a simple API that makes it usable by the householder for demand control using the many inexpensive home automation technologies now available.

My attempts to retrofit energy saving automatic lighting in my home have failed due to lack of appropriate available equipment for purchase to work in older homes such as mine where the lighting cabling is 2-wire rather than the modern 3-wire. The sensors available fail with the low current LED bulbs!

I bought an electric car (EV) to minimise my CO2 production despite its extra expense - including the added road usage charges by the Victorian Government. The main use of my EV for commuting, which results in it being away from home most of the time my PV is exporting excess electricity at a pittance. I would like to see a billing system whereby rather than be paid the tiny amount for power export from my home, I could credit it to my workplace where I could then charge my EV. Demand management technologies should be applied - or at least made available - to this EV charging.

My home EV charger is designed

to accept demand management signals, yet these are not provided by Victorian electricity distributors. I would like to see demand management signals provided along with more flexible billing arrangements to provide financial encouragement to opt in to their application.

Opportunity to take climate action by supporting renewable energy rather than fossil fuel like gas.

Barrier- cost to phase out gas in home.

Opportunity to take climate action by supporting renewable energy rather than fossil fuel like gas.

Barrier- cost to phase out gas in

home.

Cost

Barriers include habit (using gas stove and heating) lack of incentives (cost of changeover; we have some solar panels but putting more in is too expensive as buy- back price too low)

We have reduced our costs by having both solar hot water (since 1980, when our house was built) and more recently a photovoltaic system. Some households need assistance to be able to make these savings, which are also great for the environment.

In 1998, we bought an off-grid weekender 12 km outside of Maleny, 4552. It had 1.5 kW solar system, a 10 000L water tank and 2 LPG cylinders for stove and instantaneous HW system - what an eye-opener. When PM Rudd announced RECs and rebates for solar systems in 2008, we decided to install a 2.2 kW system at our house in West End and then in 2009 we installed a 1.5 kW system at our rental property down the road so that our tenants could benefit from the technology as well. At that time, solar systems were still very expensive (we paid about

$18 000 and the govt reimbursed

about $5000) hence the small systems. Nevertheless, the feed-in tariff courtesy of the Bligh Govt (44c per kW) has well and truly paid for both systems now and often also covers our monthly bill as well. On average we use about 3 kW a day, powering 3-4 ceiling fans, 2 computers, TV, washing machine, air con, fridge, workshop tools (all very energy efficient). Our tenants are also very happy to have solar for the electricity.

Unfortunately, we use gas for cooking and the hot water system, as do our tenants. Before Premier Bligh privatized the gas supply (2008?), gas made sense because it was cheap (11c/day supply charge) and we believed the gas industry propaganda that it was a low carbon emitter which we now know is not true. Our gas HW systems now are 12 years old and will need to be replaced soon as do the gas cooktops. I believe now that a heat pump and an induction cooktop are the logical replacements. This is an expensive outlay but is worth it in the long run, especially if the government helps to defray some of the costs. Whilst we could probably afford this outlay at a stretch, we know there are many people who would not be able to afford to get off gas and that's why the Federal Government needs to offer assistance. Please stop subsidizing the big polluters and kick-start the renewables

revolution.

My wife and I moved to SA from interstate and were shocked to find the woefully poor insulation of our rental in Gawler. 10mm gaps in floorboards and windows allowed the cold Winter air to pour in, and the reverse cycle air conditioner was inefficient and ineffective to run. Our bills were over $1000 per quarter, but there was nothing we could do. I can't believe Australia doesn't have a better building quality standard for new homes, for air tight seals, double glazing, minimum insulation, eaves, and solar panels.

I would very much like to get solar panels on my roof but can't afford it. I am very concerned about fossil fuels causing difficult climate change problems

The very low amount that is paid for electricity that we send back to the grid

we have a gas hot water system and use gas for cooking - with a small subsidy - which would stimulate demand, we could easily transfer these to electricity. With a small subsidy, given that we are new retirees, we would happily augment our solar system. Same goes for our heating.

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Gas - Power

As I rent, I am not able to decide how my flat is fitted out or insulate it properly. If I owned, then I'd ideally seek to get a home to eg pretty good house standard, but would be limited by expense.

Funding to upgrade homes to such standards would help homes become more sustainable and comfortable for the climate and

temperature.

We have solar panels and a battery and we are about 70% self- sufficient. But we have still gas, for water and heating our house. To change this, for example get a heat pump, would be very expensive.

Also we live in a house built in the 60s, its not well insulated and all the windows are single glass. To change that would be costing astronomical sums. We use blinds and awnings to reduce the heat in summer, but the heating in winter is the problem.

Grid not modernised to cope with small scale inputs.

Adequate solar panels and batteries

a localised storage of energy

The cost of the items including freight plus installation costs for such as solar panels.

captila cost of solar and feed in rate from elec companies, strata rules, poor housed design

I live on my own and am elderly and to keep my energy consumption low I avoid using clothes dryer, leaving lights on, only use reverse cycle air conditioner when absolutely necessary. During summer I leave canvas awnings down, close off all rooms that are not being used, close curtains. During winter I make sure there are no drafts like under doors and cover them up. I use an electric blanket that you place over yourself if sitting watching tv. I only use the heater when it becomes bitterly cold. I have never used the heater going for an extended period of time.

Opportunities included wide scale upgrade of appliances to efficiency state of the art and further improvement of insulation eg double glazing. Barriers include clear information, investment support eg tax rebate, financial incentive

I have added energy efficiency features to each home I have owned, often before government subsidies have kicked in.

In between these homes I have sometimes had to rent for a period. These rented homes have always been cold and draughty with much bigger energy bills. I am living in one now and paying $450 a week for the privilege.

Until now it has been difficult for me to find a home to purchase that satisfies my energy efficiency requirements, or find tradespeople keen to embrace energy efficiency improvements. We have moved for work quite a bit over time. Recently we purchased an off the plan 7 star townhouse, in a gas free development, in an area with easy walkability to a train station, health facilities, shopping, hospitality, entertainment and passive recreation such as walk/bike trails. This is incredibly exciting to my partner and myself but I feel it is an opportunity not available to enough people.

WE have gas cooking and hotwater so this could go electric but there is the cost.

At the moment other family members are assisting with energy costs. They have taken a big worry from my budget. I appreciate the changes that have come with the Labor government, but I strongly recommend courage to act even more strongly. Just do it!!

Changed over to Induction plates for cooking and an 'on demand' gas heater,soon to be phased out for solar on the roof.

My little wooden bungalow is energy inefficient. it needs more insulation. I have disconnected gas and would like to drive an electric vehicle but the cost is just too high;. I would like to ride my bicycle but it is just too dangerous on our crowded roads and expecting cars to stay 1 meter from bicycles is just wishful thinking.

Varying temperature, heating in winter and cooling in summer. Large 10KW solar system that does not pay back sufficiently. Needing storage to support.

Energy prices, energy efficiency in housing, fit out for optimum energy usage

While a great supporter of renewable electricity, living in a rented apartment block limits my ability to participate in the solar revolution. I cannot replace my gas hob, not put panels on my roof. I have participated in purchasing 100% renewably generated power for years- at a cost often higher than the fossil-fuel energy providers.

Rooftop solar installed 2011. This occurred when the cost for the small system became $2000. I had set this amount in my mind and when it became a reality for a short moment my neighbour and I both purchased a system. No electricity bills to pay for about a decade. The gas top stove is occasionally, not even weekly, used. We did experience many yearly electricity blackouts in the 2000s and up to around 6-7 years ago. I would like to replace this with an electric top however, most of my cooking is via the electric bench top 'Easy Cook' oven or the microwave. It would be appreciated if the hot water could be exchanged from the flow through gas powered one at present for an electric system or solar based one. The cost is currently rather challenging to do so. Heating in winter is not used because I am sensitive to air pollution which in my situation is smoke from households and bushland being burnt. Therefore, the wood fire stays dormant and I wear clothing layers to keep comfortable in my modest home building. It is a very different story in hot weather as I do not function well in the heat and will employ my one unit wall aircon when the outside temperature is above 30degC. This is kept to the recommended 24degC. This is adjusted throughout the day according to sea breeze activity.

Last year I downsized the car to a

4 cylinder petrol as an electric vehicle was and still is beyond my finances. The fuel bill is greatly reduced to $40 per week for the same distances traveled as previously. If electric vehicles become $25 000 or less I would consider its purchase with a trade- in.

If we could afford to invest in solar we would, but it's hard to justify at the moment as we are out of home all day weekdays and many weekends, so our power use is mostly in the evening.

We are all electric bar the hot water which was replaced just after moving in with instant gas. We'll replace that eventually too.

Alternatives to air conditioning - open all doors and windows.

One of the best things that ever happened to my husband and I was when the Rudd Government introduced the solar panels rebate in 2008/9. We installed panels at our house here and at a rental property down the road and whilst they were very expensive then and and we could only afford a 2.2kW system here and a 1.5kW at the other house, the feed-in tariff courtesy of the Bligh Govt (44c per kW) has well and truly paid for both systems now and often also covers our monthly bill as well (on average we use about 3 kW a day and because of the inverter we have become very aware of our usage and yes we do have an air conditioner). Our tenants are very happy to have solar for the electricity. Unfortunately, we use gas for cooking and the hot water system, as do our tenants. Before Premier Bligh privatized the gas supply (2008?), gas made sense because it was cheap (11c/day supply charge) and we believed the gas industry propaganda that it was a low carbon emitter which we now know is not true. Our gas HW systems now are 12 years old and will need to be replaced soon as do the gas cooktops. I believe now that a heat pump and an induction cooktop are the logical replacements. This is an expensive outlay but is worth it in the long run, especially if the government helps to defray some of the costs. Whilst we could probably afford this outlay at a stretch, we know there are many people who would not be able to afford to get off gas and that's why the Federal Government needs to offer assistance. Please stop subsidizing the big polluters and kick-start the renewables revolution.

Disconneting from Gas completely and encouraging high efficiency heating systems. Reducing the cost of home battery systems

I have rooftop solar and a strong hybrid (plug-in) car, but pay nothing for electricity. Being a pensioner, this helps me financially as well as helping the environment.

Cost is a significant barrier when it comes to improving the energy efficiency of household appliances. It can also be challenging to find reputable resources that help assess the efficiency of your home and what simple changes can be made (e.g. how to check for and fill gaps in window/door frames).

We have solar on the roof but the cost needs to be reduced so we can add more. there needs to be some system which enables renters to benefit and support alternative energy.

Our house has been built with very little insulation, requiring more heating and aircon.

Considering expanding existing solar panels and adding battery storage, but noy aware of any

incentives to help cover costs.

Barriers include poor original housing design; home not correctly orientated to take advantage of northern sun; no insulation in roof, under floors or walls; dark tiled roof; narrow or no eaves; aluminum framed single glaze windows. All above should be addressed by regulation in any basic housing design. I have been fortunate to have sufficient superannuation to insulate my ceiling and underfloor and replace all my windows with double glazing and upvc frames.

But addressing my uninsulated

walls is too expensive. All new homes should be regulated as all- electric. I am now an all-electric home having replaced my gas hot water (with heatpump) and gas ducted heating (with reverse cycle air condition) when they "died" and my gas stove top with an induction top when I upgraded my kitchen. All three electric options should be mandatory in new homes. I also have external blinds on any west and east facing windows. Building regulations should encourage minimal west and south facing windows, and maximise north facing windows.

State or Federal rebates for new

and replacement appliances are essential and taking advantage of these has enabled me to proceed.

opportunities - renewables are healthier and cheaper and may save the planet . barriers - the cost of upgrades, the rising cost of fossil fuel and the disastrous effect they will have on the planet by climate change

The high cost of purchasing I cannot afford to buy a small

home, so am stuck renting, in an unstable market (following a decade of negligible investment in public housing). My low income and bicycle transport restrict what possessions I may own to the bare minimum. I struggle just to get an affordable room in an appropriate share house, and so have no real say on the energy efficiency of wherever I can get accommodation this year. Despite being well aware of the likely better outcomes to my climate security, finances, and health if I could only access affordable rental social housing with decent passive thermal and moisture management systems.

I rent. Therefore I can't invest in solar panels. And, therefore again, I can't use the battery of an electric car to store solar energy. And I also cannot 'electrify' my unit - nor even replace an ancient and broken electric stove. Nor insulate my ceiling. Nor paint my roof white. Nor double glaze my windows.

As a tenant I cannot increase my asset base through increasing house prices; I am locked into relative poverty. House owners can do all of the above - and gain relevant price increases for their house(s) if they do.

This is a new face of economic injustice.

I live in a rental property and with recent inflation have found the cost of living, and access to efficient and sustainable energy sources to be increasingly difficult on myself and my housemates. I am constantly plagued by distress at the cost of living and on top of that the effects that it has on our environment and climate.

Our house faces west, not north

Residing in a poorly constructed, newish home: no insulation, poor roof orientation, leaky single-pane windows: basically zero thought in making this home energy efficient. I live in the subtropics and in winter am colder than my home back in Canada, and in summer the aircon struggles to keep the heat out. And every home I have seen is basically like this. Shameful rubbish Australia thoughtlessly builds, thanks to years of poor leadership.

air flow

Our gas system is old and sometimes malfunctions. This is at best inconvenient and at worst extremely dangerous. We need to find an affordable new energy to use. We have been looking into solar panels and other renewable sources: solar seems managable, but many other renewable sources are not available. Action by the government to fund new sources of renewable energy would be not only helpful but ensure greater safety in our homes. Also, with the price of fuel right now, a transition to electric vehicles would be great, but getting an electric vehicle is difficult.

A key barrier to converting to electrical appliances is cost of appliances and c inversion costs.

I Have solar on the roof so I do not pay for electricity even though I have ducted air conditioning. My problem is that, when I bought my house, gas was part of the deal. I was told "It was cheaper". I would like the Federal Government to subsidize the changeover to electricity.

Live in state government housing. State housing should have solar panels. Unable to install ourselves.

Cost, cost, cost. In the long term I know there would be cost (as well as climate) savings in making my home more energy efficient, but as a person on a low income I find the initial outlay prohibitively expensive.

I bought low energy appliances when I left Sydney 5 years ago.... and lost them all with my off-grid house in the bushfires November 8 2019. In a different remote, rural location, I have done the same, and paid for a lithium battery to be installed and additional solar panels. Unfortunately the installer did a very bad job and it's cost me thousands to repair the damage he did, and I was electrocuted repeatedly with 240v that was erroneously sent through the copper water pipes. The battery was taken away. it was very expensive and I'm trying to get my money back so I can get someone else to install one, so i guess my barrier is that there are people masquerading as qualified tradespeople who obviously are not. I use gas cannisters to cook with, but once I get the battery organised that will go too, as I am against fracking, and solar energy is free

I have had an energy efficient house built with electric appliances.

The cost of upgrading from gas & electric to all-electric is too high, and skilled tradesmen available to do the work are hard to find.

Installing solar panels for solar power is not straight-forward, and should be made easier.

As a pensioner with a small fixed income, I am unable to partake in home improvement opportunities. Things that everyone needs, energy, water, health care, education, roads, etc. Should never be in the hands of private enterprise. We have the technology and ability, right now, to provide free sustainable energy at a cost equivalent to what we currently spend. It will take 3 generations, provide thousands of worthwhile jobs and technical know-how.

Anything less is corruption.

Because government has done little in the past decade to reduce emissions, I added extra solar and a battery to my home. My annual electricity costs are zero, despite air conditioning and charging.

People who most need to reduce their costs may not have that option. They need help.

I have owned an old weatherboard house for over 30 years. It was build in the 1880s. Through simple improvements like draft sealing doors and windows, installing extractor fan sealing systems, double glazing, on all of the existing Victorian windows just by adding high quality perspex with a 10mm air-gap, and installing the best available maximum R-rating insulation everywhere we could to existing and new walls and ceilings, and changing to high efficiency heating systems and appliances, we have, over the years seen our energy consumption drop by about 50% and live in a really lovely comfortable house.

I now really want to change from

gas appliances to all electric but the high costs of heat-pump hot water and heating systems are a barrier. I believe they are beyond the financial reach of many people, and their benefits are not sufficiently understood by most people I meet.

We have put a few solar panels on our roof. The monthly return is minimal. We're currently looking into getting more, using public funding help. We can't afford an EV car. A hybrid is out of the question as we travel many Zkilometres to get to cities. We have an all electric house. We have joined a n electricity co op that offers cheaper rates than our previous provider an fits with our social justice values. We're trying hard to do our bit to help the planet

and keep our own costs down.

Lack of finance prevents me from upgrades and items such as air- conditioners and heating.

The reintroduction of the "Pink Bat" scheme would, of course, save huge amounts of energy use .

Obviously the costs to get the materials and/or tradespeople to come here.

Also it's a catch 22, if you can afford proper roof and wall insulation and double glazed windows to keep the heat and cold out you can safe money whereas if you can't afford it you'll have to pay

more for cooling/heating eyc

I have installed roof top solar for power generation and solar hot water. I have not had to pay for electricity since I did these things. It was a costly outlay, assisted by Government (State) subsidies for which I'm most grateful. I would go off the grid if I could afford a battery. It would relieve the grid and would support decarbonisation which is very important to me as a contribution to lowering our greenhouse gas emissions. I buy energy and water efficient appliance which are affordable, so not the top of the range but still good. I have fans and air conditioners in some rooms for when the weather is unbearable. I have tank water for the garden too. I do what I can to support environmental sustainability. So many of my friends do the same.

Agreement with property owner

We would like to install more solar panels to feed into the grid, but they are expensive.

We would like to switch to an electric car, but apart from the expense, it is not easy to find accurate information about safety

and performance.

We have solar panels but have found them not very efficient, perhaps because batteries are not yet in our price range.

I want someone to come out with an ethical and sustainable list of alternatives to the Big Polluters. I got stuck with Origin when my local electricity supplier went bust and want to change immediately but have had trouble accessing the information I need to make an ethical choice.

There are no technical or financial barriers I have to overcome. Here on the south coast the main barrier is cultural. People don't want to accept that global warming is an existential threat to our way of life. 6 Degrees cooler and we have an ice age. 6 degrees warmer and we have mostly desert and grass lands. We are already at 1.5 degrees and heading for 4 degrees in a few decades. Energy efficiency is a key strategy for reducing emissions. Energy efficiency has never been easier than right now.

Adapting from earlier advice to use gas for heating to present advice that now names gas as a problem and advocates electricity.

We wish we could afford solar batteries because we are not getting a fair rate for the energy we do not use, that goes back to the grid. Energy companies have had years to provide battery back up but have failed their customers

Rooftop Solar Panels are the key opportunity.

Cost of converting.

We are affluent enough to have installed battery storage and solarpanels so dont have to pay for power. It is tragic that mandatory standards havent been brought in to the building industry to reduce greenhouse emissions and household bills

My house is poorly insulated os it is cold in the winter and often too hot in the summer during the day. I resent the price hikes which are lining the pockets of energy providers who are killing the planet.

I live in a two-storey house, with double-brick on the ground floor and hardiplank on the upper floor. The upper floor was impossibly hot during the summer months, and we were forced to install air conditioning in order to make it liveable. Just before COVID hit, we decided to have insulated roller shutters installed on the windows facing east, west and north. The temperature impact of this decision was incredible. By my estimate, the upstairs area is about ten degrees cooler than before. In fact, the change is so great that we no longer need to use air conditioning at all. In fact, when we turned the air con on last week, we found that the batteries had rusted into the controller, due to lack of use!

Unfortunately, the shutters were

not cheap, and this was the principle reason why we did not install them earlier. Our next project is to replace our gas hot water system with a heat pump. Again, heat pumps are not cheap, and we are weighing up whether to stick with the gas heater while it still has life in it, or replace it now. If the government provided subsidies for people to shift to more energy efficient systems and appliances, it would reduce energy bills and cut emissions. These subsidies would not have to be great - just enough to encourage people to make the shift.

My partner and I have invested in an expensive solar system with a battery (we are still on the grid). The grid does not allow us to feed into the system what we can actually produce (Essential Energy said the government is not interested in modernising the grid so that more can be fed in). After an investment of almost $20.000 we are still confronted with this limitation (which would increase the availability of solar power to everyone) we are still faced with a daily service charge that does not reflect our contribution to the energy safety for the whole of society. Our surplus just disappears as it can't be fed into the system and our battery can't store it all. Batteries remain extremely expensive and out of reach for most.

I live in a new development, where the developer installed gas hot water and a gas cooktop. We should be encouraging, if not directing, developers to use all electric appliances. In addition, the development has rules against outside window shades; being able to block the hot sun in summer before it enters the house would significantly reduce my cooling costs.

We are both on pensions, Disability Support (Age) and Carer.(Age) I need to use a spa to keep my body moving but the cost of electricity makes it hard to do that, so I have to miss some days when we turn the spa off to save our money.

I put money aside each week so that I will have the money to pay my electricity account, but that money comes from my working account so the loss of it is felt.

I call on the Albanese Government to take all cost factors into account when divising their new plan. If they see that someone has a spa don't immediately think that is frivolous and can be done without, but to see that in my case at least it is life saving.

Please Mr Albenese, see poverty for what it really is right now and right here. To be honest you do have to throw out the old markers by which these things were adjudged, and see them in the present.

Thank you for your attention to this letter.

Marie A Cowling 14 Duri Street

Duri 2344

( via Tamworth NSW)

inappropriately built home for Australian conditions.

We have a 2kv grid connected rooftop solar system and a separate rooftop solar hot water heater. Our hydronic heater is gas fired and we would like to convert it to electricity, but this is not straightforward. We would like advice and support.

The cost of solar panels and battery banks

Opening house when cool in the morning. Closing windows and blinds when necessary to keep out the heat. Using air conditioning/heating and other electric appliances only when necessary.

After installing a small solar array and a new hot water heat pump to replace a gas hot water system, plus removing gas cooktop and oven and replacing with an induction cooktop, our latest electricity bill was the supply fee plus GST only, meaning that we didn't pay for grid electricity. Our hot water is heated for free by solar PV on a timer. Hot water accounts for around 33% of energy bills. If governments started to combine solar PV with hot water heat pumps in their proposals, users would see a decrease in energy bills immediately.

Opportunities - everything can be done with electricity from renewable resources. Barriers - cost!

The cost of a household battery to store the surplus electricity our panels produce, or the absence of a community battery. The lack of a local business to quote and install double glazing to replace existing windows/doors.

Lack of national Grid. Costs. Solar Power policies

Too much money going into the company's pockets for no service

Concern about Climate Change

Upgrading to electric appliances

A integrated suite of sustainable products and appliances best equipped to provide a sustainable and efficient electricity use. The lack of knowledge of builders and trades in the installation and combination aggregate impacts of these systems. The lack of knowledge and availability on ground source heat pumps, home wind technology to integrate with solar power.

Out of date building regulations, highly inefficient housing standards that waste considerable power through leakages, inefficient electrical goods like clothes, dishwashers and cookers. All regulations for these are at least twenty years out of date. Alternate power sources are required such as solar on roofs along with good subsidies to bring the costs and power usage use down.

Reliance on gas for hot water

Unable to install more than 30kW solar calls

Affordability is the biggest barrier. Would love some rooftop solar and to be able to switch from gas to electric for heating/cooking.

Living in a retirement village with heritage listing limits our opportunities to move to more energy-efficient less polluting sources of energy. We are heavily dependent on gas. Heritage requirements prevent the use of solar panels. Even external blinds are subject to restrictive rules. I would like to see a better balance between heritage requirements and energy efficiency.

I believe landlords should be subject to requirements to provide efficient cooling and heating and/or insulation. That could be achieved by phasing in national energy standards over some years, perhaps with assistance for organisations and individuals

providing social/affordable housing.

Opportunities are double glazing of doors and windows, improved external wall insulation.

Photovoltaic panels are common in the neighbourhood, so regularly cut out in supplying the grid during the day. A local power network with battery storage would store excess power, providing it during the night and when there are power blackouts. (There's limited local electricity generation from wind turbines, with the city reliant on very long interconnects to the rest

of the power grid.)

cost

Energy costs are rising but solar panels do make difference in the costs there is opportunities for storing some of that energy using battery technology. However hot water stove and heating is gas but we have put in a reverse cycle air conditioner

battery for our solar is not economic, recent gas appliances - will be a while before they need eplacing

Cheaper power would make life much easier.

Cheaper prices for electric vehicles would do the same, while reducing the amount of pollution.

Government supported or sponsored home solar power generation and water heating would also make a big difference.

Using my solar panels when the sun shines on them

We are off the grid and have not had an electricity bill for 7 years. We have solar panels, and a bank of batteries. These work well and create enough power for our needs. We also have a backup generator but this is very rarely used

We have insulated our house and installed a 10 Kw solar system with 48V batteries and it is saving us the full cost of our energy needs. We will aquire an electric car as soon as it becomes viable. We need our Government to bring this about as soon as possible.

I have done lots to improve the energy efficiency of our home by installing thermal blanket roll insulation directly under our colourbond roof, additional insulation above the ceiling in the attic space, a roof-mounted, 3- panel solar hot water system with circulation to a large hot water storage tank under our house, a grid-connected, 6 kW solar electricity system, installation of LED lights everywhere, installed ceiling fans in all rooms plus we have wide verandas around our house to keep the sun off the walls. Unfortunately the walls & floors of our brick veneer home weren't properly insulated during construction & only single glazed windows were installed. This needs to change & it should be standard practice to properly insulate all ceilings, walls & floors, as well as double or triple glazed windows & sliding doors! We also need to reduce the cost of solar electricity storage battery systems so homeowners can use this stored energy at night, to further reduce energy demand during this part of the day. I would also like to increase my solar electricity to at least 10 kW but due to local power infrastructure constraints, I have been clipped by Essential Energy to a maximum output of 4 kW ! If storage batteries made economic sense, I would have installed them already! We need governments to do more to make these more affordable!

I live in an all-electric, NatHERS

8.4 Star home, designed according to passive solar design principles which minimises the energy requirements for heating & cooling. Most of the electricity requirement is supplied by solar panels + home battery which means my home is a small consumer of grid electricity. Sustainable homes like mine are, I believe, the way all Aussie homes should be designed and constructed. Efficient homes keep the occupants comfortable year- round without high energy consumption (and expensive energy bills). Going all-electric eliminates the need for expensive and polluting natural gas for heating, cooking and hot water. Electricity produced from solar panels and stored in a home battery further reduces the energy bill.

When the passive heating and

cooling methods aren't sufficient during extended hot or cold spells, a reverse cycle air conditioner (heat pump) does the job.

The end result is a comfortable, light filled home that has an average electricity cost of about $1 per day, less than the grid connection fee of $1.35 per day.

My lived experience demonstrates that the Government should provide a regulatory framework in which designers/builders are required to provide efficient, all- electric homes powered by solar

panels.

Heating in winter. Currently have electrically boosted solar hot water and a slow cumbustion wood heater. Our household carbon footprint can be best reduced with upgrades to reverse cycle heat pumps

Electric house (standed), no aircon

The importance of light coloured roofing and exterior house paint; importance of adequate eaves to reduce thermal gain; need for consideration of house design and siting to ensure maximum assistance from nature in making homes livable in summer and winter. Access to solar power for rentals, eg ability to lease offsite panels. Adequate insulation in all homes, including rentals

Our personal household is fine with rooftop solar and battery storage. Fuel costs are an issue for us, as aged pensioners. Our main concern is the inaction of the Nationals / Coalition in our federal and state governments. We are signed with Coffs Coast Climate Action, but have not been successful in any campaigns. As a

long-term environmentalist involved in protection of our native forests, I ask the Albanesi gov to ensure you address land clearing as a key issue in climate change issues.

Forest protection needs to go hand in hand with any strategic plan to shift to renewable energy and ensure transition to PRIVATE plantations, NOT clearing publicly owned forests to be reforested with monoculture. I applaud the fed government initiative in inviting community input to their plan.

Affordability of low-emission energy generation and storage.

Efficient energy that is affordable, not run by greedy corporations. Also sustainable, renewable energy that has the lowest impact on our environment. Please make it healthy for future generations & our environment.

Uncertainty as to whether we will be living where we are much longer.

I have insulated my home as best I can. I have solar panels and wish to entirely electrify my home and life. The barriers to proceeding are the feeble feed in tariffs I recieve for generating electricity from my solar panels and the current costs of energy. These costs reduce my ability to replace my gas heating, gas water heater and ICE vehicles.

I have a 2 year old house energy consumption is split between gas and electric appliances. I should have gone all electric and increased my roof solar capacity (currently at 6 Kw system).

We have found that increasing insulation to roof spaces, sealing gaps that cause draughts around, walls, doors and windows make a big difference to heating bills and thermal comfort in winter and summer. Upgrading light fittings to LED, and using external blinds to block out summer sun also really help.

Changing over gas cooking to electric induction is easy and reduces pollution from using gas inside your house as well as GHG emissions. Solar PV is really cheap and can make a big indent

in your power bills

Barriers to finding and deploying Capital to make changes

I have a reasonably energy- efficient home and our energy needs are met with electricity, solar power and wood. We would like to use electricity to power our car, but the options are very expensive.

as pensionerscost of energy required to heat and/or cool our home

Energy efficiency and comfort during different seasons

I am aged and disabled. I use air conditioning and qualify for a cooling concession. I use a heated spa for physiotherapy. I built an energy efficient house and I have solar panels but the bills keep getting too high for me.

A key opportunity is to improve the energy efficiency of our house. For example, installing insulation and double glazing, shading windows, moving away from gas to induction cook tops and educating people on how to minimize power usage. We have installed double glazing and completely insulated our house.

We live in an outer metropolitan rural area and rely on bottled gas for cooking. It is extremely expensive. The annual delivery costs of the bottled gas have also risen.

My wife and I are over 80 years and my wife has health issues. Higher energy costs make it difficult to maintain a comfortable temperature in our house. It is fairly obvious from industry data that wind, solar and battery storage are far cheaper than fossil fuels but at present are not accessible to the wider community because of distribution issues, which need to be addressed as a priority.

there are no EV charging stations where I live. This means I cannot invest in an electric vehicle. All levels of government should be looking at legislation that improves the implementation of EV charging points in carparks.

Domestic geothermal systems can provide heating in winter when solar electric panels are producing less.

The high initial cost could be offset by government subsidies for long term gains.

Money to have solar panels installed and change my gas appliances to electric

The cost of living is skyrocketing because fossil fuel companies have maintained a stranglehold on policy and the media for decades, yet cheaper alternatives have been available

Red tape

After putting on panels my biggest problem is after dark as battery option is too expensive

For a first home buyer, buying any existing home in Australia in an existing suburb means accepting living in dangerously cold and hot conditions. Even if you can afford to pump your house full of conditioned air, it's likely that it will still not be at a healthy temperature range. Upgrading appliances can only go so far to solving this problem, the problem is deeply embedded in the walls of the dwelling and requires deep retrofits. Many countries are accelerating and encouraging these deep energy retrofits and reaping the benefits of improved occupant comfort, health and lower household emissions. Poor ventilation, inadequate insulation, leaking gas stoves, condensation and mould - by improving the performance of our housing in this country we eliminate the health impacts from these risks.

As I am Autistic and I rent supported living, my mum, my landlord and my support company are the ones in charge of that.

However, I want all of our energy to

be as eco-friendly as possible.

Cost of purchasing a battery or availability of a community battery

Wedesigned our hometo be energy efficient 20years ago and would like to transition to an electric car but the choices and cost are more than we can afford.

Cost of changeover to Elec. Appliance installation & purchase costs prohibitive.

I am a tenant. I am very keen to electrify and have solar. Our house has no insulation. It is extremely hot in summer. I have concerns over Gas cooking.

Barriers are misinformation on products claiming to be better than they are. A lack of electric charging stations with type 2 plugs and or info on plug adapters .

The cost and disruption of insulating the walls of the house.

Efficiency is the first fuel. The quality of Australian homes on thermal performance is disastrous. We have worked on sealing and insulating our house, have solar, replaced gas heating with heat pump, and our next step is to remove all remaining gas appliances. Gas is a primary fossil fuel and has no place in our energy system any more. We have driven a fully electric car for ten years to get off fossil liquid fuels.

All of these things are cheaper and

better than the old way.

I have solar panels at front of house, trees to the back & collect my own water. On extreme hot days I water leaves & all plants at the back so when the southerlies arrive the moisture on my plants cools down my house. To beat urban heating we need more trees/shrubs/climbers to shade the concrete jungle we live in.

Inefficient water heaters for renters and badly built premises that are either too hot in summer and too cold in winter.

Our home is already almost entirely electric (no mains gas) and we have 15kw of solar but our bills with almost no change in usage gas has more than doubled in the past 12 months. We'd love more solar and batteries but the costs, of batteries in particular are still prohibitive.

Primarily cost

We have a passive solar. Home

8.8 star. It is energy efficient and extremely comfortable to live in, a constant temperature all year you' ve and lots of natural light we feel healthier mentally and physically. Our electricity bill last year was

$6.60. As retirees this is fantastic. We are not connected to gas. A north west block orientation should be the primary orientation for all new housing estates to allow for passive solar design.

In my household we are aware of our energy consumption and purchase electric appliances to assist in this but consumers appear to be the only ones making an effort to reduce consumption.

Self sufficiency should be the priority for all households but costs to establish are the barrier.

While we have solar panels we would very much like to become further energy independent by adding a battery to save the energy that we generate during the day to use at night. The expense of batteries and adding further panels makes this a non starter, even though we revisit the strategy every year.

A barrier is the financial cost of upgrading to electric air conditioning and an electric hot water system, and ultimately getting a battery installed.

Barriers is income am a pensioner

I want to move from gas hot water to a more efficient electric system, a heat pump. However, I am not eligible for the Vic gov rebate because I am on gas - if I had an inefficient electric water heater and wanted to replace it with a more efficient electric I would get the Vic rebate - how unfair and contradictory is that!!

But basically, we need to make conversion to solar systems & all electric houses even cheaper through greater rebates for solar,

for insulation, etc

I want to replace my gas hot water system with the most efficient electric system and have the gas meter removed from where they replaced the meter on my front verandah while I was away!

After WWII there were restrictions on due to shortages of materials the Queensland Government put 2 bedroom restriction on house size! Avoid waste.

It may be too late but something should be done to preserve what has been built in the older houses with all the solid building materials. Proper planning and tree selection can make a big difference to temperature control. Also aesthetics for mental health.

With a bit of luck and commitment to energy conservation achieved most goals. Our house has solar and batteries, good insulation ceiling fans and our car is EV. The most difficult thing has been dealing with lack of government policy and support in these areas. Public need more leadership through tabling of options available through market place

Randwick

Lack of access to community Solar battery or alternative paths to store solar energy means we can't rely purely on solar like we otherwise would. Our small home was built with passive solar in mind, so we have good design, high insulation ratings, good air flow. However I know most new builds don't have proper regard to any of these principles so rely on energy to cool/heat the home. We need higher / greener build/design rules and community solar batteries.

The cost of bottled gas is extortionate and relative to the greed of major corporations that benefit from government subsidies.

Solar panel batteries could be more affordable and better rebates for installing panels

Energy cost, it's far too high

We designed and built an CIF energy efficient home that has enabled us to live comfortably without the need of air- conditioning. Have installed solar panels (battery ready), all external windows and doors are double glazed and installed a heat pump for our hot water needs. We were fortunate enough to have the knowledge and resources to do this and believe that this option should be available for others.

Having to breath particulates in the air from gas heater and stove top

It takes a long time to make houses we have owned more efficient due to the cost, but we have added insulation, solar hot water, solar PV, all appliances are now electric including one car. Now energy and transport is relatively affordable.

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Stop putting profit and pollution before people

On a positive note I've built a home 4 years ago, designed with sustainable elements, living space facing north, all windows double glazed, heat pump, solar panels etc etc eco elements - low power bills, very comfortable winter & summer, low bills

my suggestion is, it should be a requirement through building permits, houses are placed on residential land, facing the north etc etc instead of volume built home built for price not comfort

There is a need for more effective use of gas central heating or an affordable alternative to gas that will reduce emissions and making heating a home more effective.

Switch gas to fast electric hot water when opportunity arises. Smart house design to North. Insulate underfloor. Turn off lights every time leave room. Use vegetation around house - deciduous. Live with, know the seasons - wear a jumper inside when it is cold, avoid the heater immediately!

Being a rental property, we don't have solar + storage on the building which is disappointing. We should be pushing hard to have owners of rental properties to invest in renewables and energy efficiency.

Using electric items and upgrading away from gas is important. Using solar and keeping power bills down is helpful but this has been a cost outlay.

My house is old and very cold in winter. I wear a lot of clothes. Gas bills have hiked up again.

Electricity bills are rising too. Even though renewables are making electricity cheaper, the retail price follows gas prices our pricing system is wrong.

The cost of upgrading the household we live in to high efficiency appliances and improving the household energy to reduce energy consumption is prohibitive.

suburb of New Farm where I live in the last 10 years money spent on gentrifying or extensively replacing properties has ' gone through the roof' aided I. Part by government policies which subsidise the already wealthy owners. Money for new extensive transition to alternative energy use much much less so...so.

I am a public housing tenant, and my home is hard to keep warm in winter and cool in summer, although it is in the process of being upgraded, the lack of insulation makes it difficult to maintain proper temperature conditions, such as those laid out by the WHO of 18c minimum temperature in winter, also whilst the Victoria government has many incentives, if you are a homeowner to electrify your home, e.g. subsidies for changing gas hot water to electric, as a public housing tenant, we are excluded from being able to take advantage of the potential cost of living savings, also with solar panels, as a pensioner it has been suggested that if I wanted to take advantage of these wonderful incentives I could pay for them myself, just how a pensioner could possibly afford to do such a thing is unimaginable, and disappointing to say the least. Cost of living is the biggest issue in the community, but as a pensioner one is excluded from these incentives,

Green, sustainable, ethical suppliers. Energy efficient ways of staying cool and warm.

Energy efficiency.

My waste not want not attitude combined wfth being conscious of diligently monitoring energy consumption for ensuring minimum costs wherever it's always possible to,

Finding the cash to make the purchase

Presently we must think about alternative sources of energy for which solar is the most effective, each roof area may be utilized for this.

I am a pensioner with no other income. I pay over 2/3 of my income to rent an old uninsulated unit which is surrounded with concrete. So the cost of keeping cool is much more than I can afford.

Renting! Can't upgrade the insulation, add solar panels or anything.

roof insulation thanks to peter garret

Because I had some spare funds I was able to install and pay off PV system, heat pump hot water, induction cooktop and small reverse cycle air conditioners in three rooms. We have become energy sufficient except for evenings.

It is my submission that

1. People on very low incomes should be provided with a package of these four items.

2. Retailers of domestic appliances should stop advertising gas items and promote efficient electric items. The benefits of small and efficient should be incintivised.

3. Governments need to radically wind back and stop subsidising fossil fuel producers.

4. There is an urgent need to ensure regulations across all sectors favour clean renewable energy but not favour non-green technologies such as blue hydrogen or nuclear power.

Everything

When I go to buy a house there is a big diffeence in price between one that is energy efficient and one that isnt. One is therefore strongly influenced to go the cheaper route but the builder doesnt tell you about the long term costs of a house built without solar passive desgn and insulation, they just put on a huge A/C and let you pay the bills.

Heat pumps for heating and roof solar panels are my future opportunities that I'm saving for

We have a gas stove, heating and hot water that are embedded in our house.

Unfortunately there are plumbing issues that mean we have not found any plumber who will install solar hot water.

However we have installed solar electricity which has reduced our electricity bills considerably, and until the reduction in feed-in tariffs last year we received checks rather than bills from the electricity retailer. We are converting more and more cooking to electricity, with purchase of an induction cooker and more use of microwave and convection oven. Soon we will no longer need the stove.

Our final stage of conversion is awaiting installation of a heat pump for our water, after which we will discard the gas stove and end our relationship with the gas company.

financial difficuty

Non-insulated walls. No double glazing.High cost to remedy these weaknesses.

I have solar which is a great help. But gas is still a expensive necessity. With the cost of everything continuing to inflate. Being pensioners just makes it that much harder. But we got to keep the wars going. Wars before people. Nothing changes

Simply put: cost and accessibility. Other councils subsidise and offer loan options for home rooftop solar but ours doesn't and this makes it unaffordable. I live in an older 80s home that offers little to no insulation. I've tried to purchase electric appliances with decent ratings that operate at high efficiency but in this economy, it's very difficult to accomodate the upfront investment. The cost of energy needs to be lowered with mandatory and regulated standards.

We have an need to increase the feed-in tarriff so it encourages small generators

We need to establish micro grids across Australia all connected to the larger grid

we need policy which returns the

energy sector to public ownership - Government owned and operated

My hot water system and stove are gas powered. Upping the price of gas will have a bad effect on my family finances.

All electric appliances - cook top; air conditioning. Solar panels assist with energy savings. Two EV cars make travelling easy around the city as well as in country areas and fossil fuel petrol, which is polluting, is not needed.

AIR COND

Improving home energy efficient on a pension, with no energy rating system for most homes, recognised by state govt, local councils or realestate agents.

Can't afford a battery.

I am a ninety year old widower now living in my two year old unit in a rural town. In common with most modern units being built today they are provided with gas hot water, gas cooktop and air conditioners. All lighting is energy saving.

I say all this to show that the building industry is not helping cutting the use of fossil fuels in the many high rise unit developments being built today. I am aware there is some movement to correct this but is not yet manditory in all new developments. Incentives to get out of gas in existing premises should be eventually introduced.

My east/west facing unit has a deck front and back. On hot summer days I hardly ever use my air conditioner by opening the sliding doors to both decks creating a beautiful cool draft, even on a still day. Not everyone can do this but better building practice and insulation can assist the way we survive.

Have solar panels

Cost of installing new, energy- efficient appliances, solar panels, batteries and hot water systems. We have installed solar panels but much of the energy produced is lost to us due to the cost of batteries - and ends up going to the grid. Also, the feed-in tariff is only a fraction of the charges for electricity from the suppliers.

I live in a 19th century house, which gets very cold in winter, due to lack of insulation. As a single retiree, I cannot afford to spend any more on the infrastructure of my house. Unfortunately, I rely on gas for heating and hot water; upgrading to electricity (which I would love to do for environmental reasons) is beyond my financial capacity.

I am currently in student accommodation. But, when I am at home we choose to run the Aircon less often because of the costs, but that is becoming more difficult due to the increasing heat. I have noticed the temperature rising where ever I am and as a young person I am truly worried about the future state of our nation.

Key opportunity for installation of photo voltaic panels and replacement of electric storage hot water with solar or other more efficient electric heating. Key barrier to me achieving this alone is financial - as a pensioner.

Upgrading solar and adding a battery, pricing for batteries is still out of reach to many.

opportunity to go solar and off the grid hampered by legislation that doesn't allow it in WA; cost of installing double glazing and installation; dodgy power supply in the summer and outages during winter which makes switching from gas cooktop/water heater to electricity impractical; cost of installing solar hot water system.

As I am an 82 year old widow living on an overseas pension and with limited mobility. I never turn on the air-conditioning and only keep a light on where I happen to be at the time. I also keep switches turned off at the wall & as I live alone - limit myself to one lavastoviglie (dishwasher) and one washing machine wash per week- the rest I do by hand.I had solar panels installed within a year of moving in to my present home.

All these measures are to keep my electricity bill affordable. I have a gas stovetop and gas water heater with an AGL contract and earnestly hope

that the company will keep their prices within reasonable limits. Otherwise I will have to transfer to another company who does.

We have solar panels, upgraded to electric appliances- at our own cost

Transferring to electrical appliances eg hot water stove heating.

Sealing house to prevent heat loss.

Costs of gas

Affordability is the greatest barrier. Alternative solutions and advice are the next greatest barriers.

Having a fair compensation for the energy generated by my existing solar panel array.

It's bloody cold in the Blue Mtns and I won't live here without central heat which is gas. Hate gas ! We will move north soon

My house is an 1890s workers' cottage, hot in summer, cold in winter, with poor draft control and no feasible insulation in walls, floor, doors and windows. The new roof is insulated as much as space allowed.

But it has a three kiloWatt photovoltaic array, a two panel thermosiphon solar hot water system and a 49.2 cent per kiloWatt hour feed in tariff, and aligns north, so i'm laughing.

A home battery in exchange for my feed in tariff could be a

consideration.

Having access to safe, reliable and cheap energy supplies

Our house is old and draughty. Replacing some of the windows with double glazed ones and installing insulation in the walls and under the floor has improved this a lot

I live in the Central Wheatbelt of Western Australia, a region that is typically subject to several heatwaves every summer--a situation that has become significantly worse during the course of my 65 years living here due to global heating. The summers are noticeably hotter than they were in my childhood fifty to sixty years ago, and the meteorological data support this fact. This means that I rely on air conditioning and, on milder days (low-to-mid 30s Celcius), pedestal fans to keep me reasonably comfortable. Living as I do on a very modest self-funded pension, I struggle to meet the ever-rising costs of electricity bills, even with a 1.5-kilowatt solar panel system augmenting my power supply.

There is no way that I can afford to

upgrade the insulation, solar PV system or air conditioner on such a limited income, let alone consider having my roof painted with a light- reflective product--a very effective measure taken at my mother's house, located in this same community. Unfortunately, the situation is bound to get worse as the years roll by and global heating accentuates these problems. And all this without even mentioning the increased risk of megafires associated with longer heatwaves, drier conditions and higher temperatures during both days and nights. I'm a keen gardener, having worked for many years as a horticulturalist and having been raised on a local farm, so there's also the challenge of paying for ever-increasing water costs to sustain the vegetables and ornamental plants on my property. The opportunities for adapting to the impacts of climate change are immense for those who have the financial means but, alas, I'm not in that fortunate position. However, with a very modest level of government support, say with subsidies to assist me to purchase and install some of the aforementioned technologies, I am sure that I'd be able to improve my standard of living very appreciably.

We are retired so the cost of putting more solar panels on our roof and adding a battery is too high at this stage of our lives. We also use some bottled gas for winter heating as well as a wood burning stove using our own firewood. Upgrading to all electric would be too expensive both for changing appliances and for heating at current prices so we need the electrical supply system to be fully renewable to bring costs and emissions down.

We have a solar hot water system and a 6.6kW Solar Panel system. These have helped us reduce our energy consumption dramatically.

We have rooftop solar and an EV and when prices permit we will use the EV for battery storage.

However our house has sliding glass doors. Energy efficiency standards would have helped with that had they been in place when it

was built.

Money

As a strata committee representative I strive to improve our buildings energy efficiencies and sustainability outcomes. We have made substantive changes in this space with a 100% improvement in our NABERS rating. There are many other opportunities though in the strata space. I'd like to see recognition of the impact that gains in this sector can have and support to enable further change. A greater emphasis on NABERS ratings for proactive buildings would be helpful. As a change maker with a passion for sustainability outcomes, the challenges are significant. I would like to see more tangible support for change makers like myself & recognition of the work we do.

Gas is too expensive

I am a retired pensioner. I've had solar panels for years and would like the battery but cannot afford.

I live at coogee, so no heater or air conditioning

Trying to keep the house cool in summer and warm in winter is becoming more and more expensive. I do have solar hot water and would like to go fully solar but again it is very expensive for a teacher to pay for

I have done my best to use Green Energy as I have the maximum solar panels allowed presently on my roof. I also have Solar Water heating. I recycle and treat all grey water and water that lands on my roof or surface water that would otherwise run off to the street. I demand the government build and install (and allow me access) a local community battery that I can store my excess daily power and retrieve it whenever I want. I demand that this system be rolled out across Australia as soon as possible.If that battery should become

Delays or non-availability of zero emissions products

Siting when built, Insulation, Shielding windows Renewable energy Solar +ot Water

Electric stove on low wattage

I am able to pay for upgrades but many people can't.

Cost of replacing appliances &

weatherproofing house.

I have heat and cold intolerance and cannot live without air conditioning. Energy prices are unaffordable. I have gas for hot water only and I cannot understand why. They don't change out the bottle but top them up. The fluctuations in usage don't reflect my circumstances, they double dip with equipment rental and have admitted they often top up neighbouring unit tanks in error.

They refuse to leave a card in my door to ensure its my tank they have topped up. I find them unethical and would stop using gas if I could. Essential services should not be supplied by profit making companies that are not human centric. Get rid of gas now!

we are tenants

Can't afford to replace gas hot water or cooktop. Could do so only with government grant or interest free loan

We are lucky to live in our own home, so we have installed PV, giving us the option to go fully electric, and finish any reliance on gas.

I live in a home with good roof insulation

double glazing , blinds and a double brick house my energy needs are low , my house stays relatively cool, I do not use air con, i use the blinds during the day. funding people to properly insulate their homes can greatly reduce

daily costs

Insulation and air motion

My house is badly designed for temperature control. It has poor insulation and it would be too costly to modify it so that an air conditioner could be effective.

The extremely high living costs created by government at all levels makes it very difficult for anyone to have enough money to be able to pay the mortgage, buy food and pay utility costs. Government poor policy is the main driver in increased energy costs, renewable energy is the biggest driver in increasing energy cost.

We have installed a large solar system together with a battery, our power bills are virtually zero. All Australian households should do a similar thing or be assisted financially to do so.

Home design in Australia continues to ignore best practice in relation to energy efficiency

Energy efficiency

Opportunity- solar panels and good insulation in E Coast Tas

I cannot abide the horrible nexus between fossil fuel energy prices exploding while global temperatures due to climate change also soar.

Heating my home, currently on gas ducting heating, has become too expensive during winter and for the recently installed split system air conditioning had to spend 3 grand even though the state government helped with the energy rebate by paying 1 grand

It is too much, caring for a partner with a disability and not being able to provide a comfortable

environment

Too expensive to change gas appliances to electric appliances, but varying temperatures cause difficulties if not addressed.

As retirees on Aged Pension it has been a challenge to make the changes to our lifestyle that necessary climate change action demands. Very limited savings, particularly from being Black Saturday Bushfire survivors, means that financial outlays have been stretched converting to solar electricity, heat pumps, and from LPG heating and cooking, wood fired heaters etc (with some limited assistance from State Government). Public transport in the regions is nowhere near adequate for most modest travel requirements so choice is limited. We cannot yet afford an electric vehicle, but, neither can we afford to keep paying the current increasing vehicle fossil fuel costs (which also help prop up the major polluting fossil fuel conglomerates including dictators in Russia and the Middle East). However, we now live in a modest energy efficient home using solar electricity, heat pumps, insulation, and double glazing for low cost green power, heating, and cooling.

Knowledge, cost, skilled workforce, being a renter

Converting hot water, cooking, cooling & heating to all electric & renewables would currently cost me around $12k-14k for the new appliances required. I have 4 kw of solar panels installed and efficient gas hot water and heating. My annual gas bill is approximately

$500-600 annually, my electricity bill is only $ 0-160 annually, if not

less.

I have recently moved house from one that I had installed solar panels and am looking to do the same in this place, with a battery. It is very important to me that we reduce our use of fossil fuels, and make use of renewable energy, so having access to solar and wind energy through my energy provider is very important. It also will save me money in the long term

Not sure

In the Millennium Drought we learnt to live with much less water.

We can rise to the challenge and follow a similar pattern, we can learn to use far less energy.

All energy sources including renewables like solar and wind required large amounts of energy to be established:

Embodied energy.

If we rug up instead of turning on the heater, if we open windows and use 50 watt fans instead of aircon. We can reduce our energy requirements.

Then we can address the longer term need to close coal and gas plants. We must of course FORBID GAS FRACKING

Let us promote walking to the US, promote the use of small cars when cars are needed.

We can expand rail freight and get long haul trucks off the road.

Then we save on road building and repair.

Recently I took it upon myself to build a 15kw hour battery a take my new house build totally of grid with solar energy. initially I was skeptical that it would work and that the complexity was going to be a barrier. 2 months later living with the system it is obvious that the loudest opponents of this technology are lobbyists for the energy industry. I now pay no money for the clean energy I am making, in fact I have a surplus that goes to waste as i refuse to connect to the grid which would mean paying for, for profit corporations for the use of there infrastructure that they shouldn't of had the opportunity to purchase in the first instance.

To sum it up every house hold in

Australia could be of grid with solar and a cheap battery, making enough power through the day for all there energy needs with a surplus. The next no brainer is all of them using there house battery's (also from there electric cars) supplying grid power when and where needed.

We are a retired couple, we dress warmly when it is cold. We hardly ever turn on the heater. And never use the aircon. We have 3.5R insulation in the roof cavity, and we use a 45 watt electric fan if it is very hot.

We planted shady fruit trees so our garden is cool.

We need to electrify everything and move rapidly away from gas for households and businesses. We also need better building standards and make it easier for homes to be retrofitted to make them more thermally efficient. The government needs to spend the money they currently give as subsidies to fossil fuel companies (currently over $11billion each year) to make this happen.

I am a pensioner and my heating, hot water, and cooking is all gas. I would find it very expensive to install solar panels and transfer to electricity. But with gas prices going up and up I may have to borrow money to do that!

We have rooftop solar but batteries are too expensive to purchase. Our whole easement (6 houses) has solar, and we could network if there were structures to do this

first, i find it shocking that we have to help the government to think about how to face energy management. Secondly, there are no or not enough rules and regulations in terms of human habitat. there are buildings from the 40ies/50ies that have never been checked for their energy efficiency and it's all left to the individual to brace themselves for a shockingly hot or a horrendously cold weather. not to mention rain. enough ! we are not sitting in a brand new

building with unlimited A/C

when renting one cannot install or do anything to make life a little easier.

As a renter so much is out of my hands with energy. Our rented unit is excruciatingly hot in summer and freezing in winter. And because there are no minimum standards, there is nothing I can do to motivate my landlord to make our home more energy efficient

Saving money, reducing green house gases, increasing efficiency in maintaining a comfortable environment in the home

For a first home buyer, buying any existing home in Australia in an existing suburb means accepting living in dangerously cold and hot conditions. Even if you can afford to pump your house full of conditioned air, it's likely that it will still not be at a healthy temperature range. Upgrading appliances can only go so far to solving this problem, the problem is deeply embedded in the walls of the dwelling and requires deep retrofits. Many countries are accelerating and encouraging these deep energy retrofits and reaping the benefits of improved occupant comfort, health and lower household emissions. Poor ventilation, inadequate insulation, leaking gas stoves, condensation and mould - by improving the performance of our housing in this country we eliminate the health impacts from these risks.

Barrier to energy efficiency is large cost to double glaze and better seal aging sliding glass doors and windows

having solar, our bills were money in the bank. we then knocked down (relocated house) and build and lost our 40c/Kw. we now get a fraction of it and use more as we now have ducted air. same power, same block of land, same owners... why?

I have already upgraded most of my appliances and installed solar panels, cost of this was a significant factor, low grid feed in rate does not help either. I bought the house with insulation already in the roof but would have fitted insulation if it didn't have any. I use a heat pump hot water system, which is set to run in the middle of the day when my solar energy is at it's highest. Timing is key to energy saving, use of high energy appliances like the dishwasher during the day when producing max energy from the solar panels and such. In my previous home I fitted insulation myself and it didn't cost much, the effect was noticeable on hot days.

The cost is high and I am a pensioner. Difficulty in getting good tradesmen to install solar system, appliances etc.

We have installed solar panels a few years ago. Would love to have a battery to store for night use but cost a bit prohibitive at the moment.

comfortable in different temperatures

I'm a renter and have no say what hot water service & Heating I have in my home. My hot water service is not efficient and my house is freezing In winter as it needs to be retrofitted.

I'm on a low income and receive no concessions for my essential utilities. My electricity and gas bills are very high and hard for me to pay

Upgrading to electric cooking and buying an EV

We live in a 1960s house, originally a Council-built asbestos box, that was partly renovated, fully reclad and insulated in 2011. It does face north, and is modest in size (100m2) but is compromised by a lack of mass, roof orientation to E/W and metal single-glazed windows. We don't actively cool it, and have an efficient AC for winter heating (of main room). We've continued to retrofit (underfloor insulation, roller shutters to west, blinds ...) but still use gas for cooking, and have yet to embrace rooftop solar energy (although it's a better option as technology improves, e.g. micro-inverters, batteries). Our bills are low because we're two adults and use energy sparingly. We are ageing, but not yet old, so cope well with hot/cold, so far.

Electric appliances, solar panels and an energy efficient house are keeping our energy bills at a minimum.

Rooftop Solar

We resisted the pressure to have gas household heating but the gas cooker and water heater were already installed in the Lifestyle Community home we bought. We changed to an all electric household with solar and our energy bills are much less than our neighbours. We have a cleaner home, are able to cool and heat with reverse cycle air conditioning for a healthier home environment and more money to spend on other aspects of life.

The cost of solar panels and battery packs is too expensive.

prices of household batteries falling rates for household solar power being sent to the grid

Keeping my home comfortable in different temperatures

as an older Human - on this Planet

- Stop ADANI - first it the biggest rip of of Australia and the planet - we own gas and coal - so the goverment should set a low low price if not free to all house holds for safety and comfort and safety in this country we as a country should let the energy companys rule us and abuse our people and we should set a side coal and gas for all austalians - they should work for australia not australia making them rich thank you !

The shadow of large buildings erected in the last 5 years has cast a shadow over our property such that we can no longer use the sun for natural heating. We did not need to heat our home before during winter. The A/C was turned on for 2 or 3 days only. Now it has become 20 - 30 days. We have no roof space for solar.

Changing gas water heater

The house I live in was already fully insulated. I was able to fit solar panels, stop using gas, fit an induction cooker, but I cannot afford a battery.

Keeping home comfortable,on a pension.

no rebate

I think more effort needs to be put into promoting storage of renewable energies such as solar, wind and water so that it becomes cheap enough for most homes to get the an individual system for their home and in Government owned buildings

We're a family of three, living in what can be described as an architecturally mundane 1950's weatherboard house in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne. We've owned this home for 14 years. We've always had ambitions to improve the house, concentrating on energy efficiency. While we've lived here, we've done quite a bit of work in that area. A rainwater tank connected to a pump provides for the toilets; all lighting is now LED; we've replaced two-thirds of the weatherboards (mostly west & north facing) and installed insulation in the wall cavities, installed double-glazed windows and installed new heat- pump hot water. We're determined to wean the house off natural gas completely. This has been an expensive process so we're fortunate we could afford it.

We want to upgrade our gas fuelled appliances with electric ones. We have a price to do this for

$25,000. The Govt gives us $800 rebate for the HWS replacement, but nothing for the ... gas heating and gas cooktop replacements. The Govt should introduce rebates for these extra 2 replacements.

Thanks, Noel

The costs associated with owning a battery and replacing my gas hot water and cooking make it impossible for me as I'm an Age Pensioner. I can't afford to transition and I cannot afford to pay my bills.

I couldn't afford air-conditioning this summer and I've just received my Alinta gas bill and whilst my usage has decrease by 30% the cost has increased by 50%!

Double glazing is expensive

Have gas only for stove top, hot water & heating. Never use heating as reverse cycle cheaper to run.

We have rooftop solar which is good. If feed in tariff was paid at half of the cost of supply from the grid (instead of the 117th it is) I would be better able to afford the repairs that would make my house comfortable. The comfortable house would then help me stay healthier thereby saving the government money. Additionally, supplying all households with rooftop solar and connecting that to community batteries, would help ease the demands on the inadequate transmission systems. Lastly, it should be mandatory for all new buildings (domestic and commercial) to have solar installed, and recycling of grey water, as well as rain water tanks.

cashflow; urban industrial temperatures

We are just about to install two larger Electric split systems so we can wean ourselves off Gas heating as we have Solar panels. We could only afford the Solar panels due to the subsidy and low interest loan State Government program (still paying off) and can only afford the Split system investment after taking money from Superannuation funds. I retired 12 months ago and my wife can't work due to a Chronic illness and receives job keeper (she will apply soon for Disability Pension) and I receive the Aged Pension.

As a 26 year old, I thought I would own my own home by now.

However, priced out of the market I am forced to rent. Even when the rental market was more reasonable, it was almost impossible to find rental homes which were energy efficient and/or used green/sustainable energy sources. So not only am I forced to live against my values of creating a greener, more sustainable future (leaving fossil fuels in the ground), I also have to pay hefty power bills. Just another big expense which makes it all the more difficult to save for a house deposit, keeping me and countless other young people trapped in this cycle, falling as the middle class disappears.

Not to mention the discomfort of

living in places which are poorly built, cold and drafty in winter, and sweltering in summer. There needs to be legislation to make rental properties more green and sustainable too.

Since installing solar panels in 2011 and a battery in 2013 we have spent less on electricity, survived power cuts and outages and been minimally effected by rising power prices. We recently re- insulated the roof, which has made a big difference. I would like to replace our gas instant hot water system with a heat pump and our car with an EV in the near future.

Cost is not an issue: if you are lucky enough to have a house and can afford to pay your electricity bill you can afford these upgrades and will be saving money from day one. The biggest barrier, I believe, is inertia: no-one actually wants to know how and why their lights come on. They just want it to happen. This, to my mind, is the biggest barrier. After years of campaigning and cajoling and making the argument for solar I have come to the conclusion that social marketing and legislation are

the best ways to get this done.

When looking for a place to rent in a regional area, or purchasing in the city where I am from, there appear to be an overabundance of new homes with gas, not induction or electricity in kitchens. I would like to see more homes mandated to build with electricity in the home and not gas.

There are no opportunities.

The pre-eminence of corporate profit is the driver of barriers for my household and all households when it comes to home energy, energy efficiency, upgrading to electric appliances, and keeping any home comfortable in different temperatures.

Sliding glass windows and doors allow only half to open for the breeze .hopper windows allow full breeze also they can be partly open in the rain. Casements can be adjusted to trap breeze

I rent where I live. I've always rented as I've never been able to afford to buy my own place. I'm subject to the whims of the landlords/investors and real estate agents to the types of hot water, heating, stove and heating/cooling systems that I have. They are often antiquated and use a lot of energy. It is time housing investors and real estate agents stopped being able to have this control over often vulnerable and marginalised renters. We are already pushed to the brink with the immoral and exorbitant rents we are now paying. Having hefty power bills on top of the rent is leaving people like me at breaking point. There should be mandatory low cost power systems/solar hot water systems in every rental with the costs covered by the housing investors themselves and not passed on to the renters via even more extreme rental prices.

As old gas appliances like hot water, cooking and heating are replaced, there ought to be incentives to make the switch to electric alternatives. The plumbing and other relevant trades could be subsidized and educated in the new electric alternatives to make it more likely that a household will switch to electric.

Storage heating unit like in slab hydronic or electric could be subsidized for new builds in conjunction with smart meters and usage of renewable grid electricity. Mandate good insulation for all new builds especially for rental properties. Hold landlords to a higher standard to help drive wider adoption of energy efficiency measures and lower prices for all.

I would like to install solar but it is too expensive. I would also like to insulate the house better, and a rebate would make it much easier to do this.

The logistics of disconnecting our gas stove and installing electric stove

Opportunities: buy an EV, once they are more affordable; ditto for battery so we can go off grid; replace gas stove with induction cooktop.

Barriers: price.

Funding for efficiency upgrades such as double glazing and insulation local limits to solar panel output due to local infrastructure.

I'm elderly and cannot tolerate high temperatures or very cold, both of which are happening more frequently and for longer periods. I rent my home, therefore unable to make some changes. It's too costly for me to purchase new appliances and yet my older ones are using more electricity at increasingly high energy costs.

cost

Keeping the home comfortable particularly during summer. This can be difficult considering the government is undertaking geo engineering.

I am a 74 yr old pensioner with slender means, yet by applying well known and common sense knowledge am able to live simply but comfortably, meeting all my needs without any debt.

I have only 1.2kw of solar panels yet my 56sq m single person home is adequately supplied and all power bills of any kind covered.

Additionally an annual rebate from feedback tariff defrays my water bill (and that is itself mitigated by tanks which collect app 50,000 litres annually from house and shed, amply running the house fully on rain water with plenty left over to put towards peak summer needs to grow fruit and vegetables- another saving).

When my home was design adapted in collaboration with an off the shelf home company I increased the insulation in walls and ceiling from R 2.6 to R6, added a suspended polystyrene insulation layer underfloor, and insisted on double glazing. Over a period of eight years the up front costs for power and water have been covered (as if I had been paying average yearly power/water costs for one person)- but from this point on it is free. There have been no maintenance costs in this time for panels or water pump.

I also made sure the house was oriented to face north, with no windows on the west face, minimum eaves of 600mm, and pergolas to north and east, as this makes a huge reduction in how much one needs to use a reverse cycle air conditioner. In summer aircon is needed for perhaps only 2-4 hrs on only app. 5-7 days when temperatures exceed 33degrees. There is a screened sliding glass door on each face of the house to catch the local east/west and north/south summer breezes. I designed the landscape surrounds with deciduous fruit trees that after two years created a natural airconditioning effect, with shade, beauty and food.

My completed house and landscape cost $104,000 so please noyone try to tell me that taking an holistic and long term approach to energy design in low cost housing would price them out of the market. We can each of us deeply affect our future by making these simple and obvious choices.

I would have thought that even mildly intelligent developers could see that commitment to better long term outcomes, and education of consumers via on ground demonstration modelling throughout new developments, would have them leading the pack, with secure profits and an improved image. Councils also- they do have the power to approve or refuse to approve a DA on the basis of essential standards affecting resource and energy use and equitable social outcomes. I believe there is a groundswell of support for basic measures, such as those taken above, to become the norm, and agree with the idea of mandatory standards being applied.

We're fortunately able to afford energy efficiency upgrades, and have made many, including new solar panels and battery, more insulation. We're planning to buy an electric car, when availability and cost allow

House is >100 years, poor design plus difficult & expensive to upgrade.

We have solar panels on our roof but no battery as batteries were (and still are) expensive.

Purchasing a battery is the next step for us.

Last year our old gas hot water system died and we replaced it with an electric one, which we heat during the day between 8am and 4pm so the heating can be solar- powered. It stays hot throughout the night.

We use gas in the kitchen, so the next step there is to swap to an induction cooktop and electric oven.

I'd love to have an electric vehicle, but we don't have a battery for our solar power yet to charge it from. Apart from that, electric vehicles are too expensive and there are too few charging points around the country.

I'm so relieved that we have the solar panels as they decimated the power we had to buy from AGL. Since swapping the hot water system to electricity, our gas bills

are much lower too.

As we are renting we do not have any choice in the type of energy in use. Hot Water, Heating and the Stove are all gas. Our landlord would probably not change to renewables unless there were worthwhile incentives to do so.

Getting out of gas

Upfront costs of transitioning to energy-efficient appliances is a key constraint.

Dealing with a relatively inefficient

home. This is the consequences of decades of poor building codes.

The high cost of solar batteries is the single largest barrier to real household energy efficiency, in my view.

I live in a Housing Commission unit. It faces north and receives good sunshine. I feel that the State Govt. could use the opportunity to install solar panels on all Housing Community roofs, similar to mine, to increase green electricity generation to feed into the grid for the benefit of all users.

finance for battery to back up solar panels

I'm a renter

As an elderly person I need to keep my home comfortable whatever the weather. I have solar panels now which have reduced my electricity bill, but I pay a high price for the gas which heats my home in the Victorian winter. It would be expensive to change to electric heating, but otherwise I really try to conserve energy and save the planet!

Cost of using electricity means we are often cold in winter and use blankets. No heaters. We use LPG for our cooking and although price has been stable we are concerned about using it too much so eat sandwiches a lot which is not that good for us. We have solar panels and would feel we are doing more about energy efficiency if we could purchase a battery..

11 of the 12 units in my block are rented so the owners will not support or pay for a solar power system, particularly panels on the roof.

My unit is very leaky so I have to run air conditioning to maintain a reasonable temperature in winter

and summer.

We have spent our own money as well as used government subsidies to move our appliances from gas to electricity. We have also used our own income to insulate our home. Government assistance has been a very motivating tool to make us change our life style.

We are very fortunate in the fact we are fully electrified except for vehicles. Our factory (leased) is hot in summer and cold in winter which effects our manufacturing process (we constantly need to adapt our process for temperature change). We do have solar on the roof (not enough) and have forward contracted our energy for renewable supply which was surprisingly competitive in the current market. At home we are fully electrified (except for vehicles)

- a decision we made during a

recent renovation. We still need to do more insulation to help with temperature moderation. We hope to install solar and batteries in the next 12 months.

Having high gas bills to pay, I have to sacrifice having a more nutritious meal, going out more often, and dressing better instead of still wearing clothes that are old , out of style and not fitting properly,

unable to meet up with friends mote often to go to public functions or to dave up for recreations.

Also, with such high costs in gas bills, i could not buy up to date equipment that use less energy; also it limits what I can buy in the grocery and have to go without eating meat most days in order to save to pay the gas bills; turning to using electricity would save much more and give a better and healthier life style

I am retired and therefore have limited resources

We're looking into getting a solar setup, and would love to have electric cars but they aren't currently available or even at a good price point

We use a tank so we need a pump. When the power goes off (sometimes for half an hour, twice for 3 - 4 days) we cannot flush the toilet, wash dishes or pour a glass of water. Last winter the power went off (due to storms) for 4 days. We had to use only our wood stove to stay warm and our toddler grandson was staying with us (still in nappies). We had a generator, which we used to power the pump and the computers as our son and daughter-in-law were working from home. Our house was built 20 years ago, so it does not have double glazed windows. I have put more insulation in the roof. It's double brick so it doesn't have a vapor barrier or insulation in the walls and, in winter, it gets down to minus 3 or 4 where we live. We would like to make our house more energy efficient and upgrade to an off grid solar to prevent extended periods without grid power.

For me I am lucky and have a full electric household with solar. My only limitation is how much solar I can put onto my small roof!

Even though my home is new, there are a number of things that were not done right to make it more energy efficient, eg better wall and roof insulation, reversible ceiling fans, insulated garage door, lighter coloured roof sheeting.

We are fortunate to be able to upgrade appliances when necessary and keep our home comfortable in different temperatures by living within our means. Many other families would like to improve energy efficiency of their homes and rentals but with rising costs are unable to afford the changes needed to keep their homes comfortable.

The biggest problem as I see it is Privatisation.

I put in 2 heat pumps and solar panels on my roof 12 years ago before I retired. I wanted to keep warm and knew I would have considerably less income once retired. The feed in tariff was good. Now it has dropped considerably. There needs to be a decent feed in tariff in Tasmania. I would like to install a battery, but can not afford it.

I have been saving up and replacing my windows with double glazing . This helps a lot. I have another 4 to go before the whole

house is done.

Have made considerable financial sacrifices to replace all gas appliances and have the gas disconnected. At the same time installed solar panels. The key remaining action for me is to have a battery that would make the panels so much more efficient by reducing my grid draw. However, that remains outside my financial ability.

I was able to improve insulation and passive-energy efficiency of my home.

These actions were costly, and so I aim in retirement and now have a mortgage. But at least I have drastically reduce my use of fossil fuels.

All these steps need to be made possible/easier/cheaper for all Australian homes.

Climate change is an existential threat, it is about time governments began taking real, practical and effective action.

To allow more gas and coal mines is suicide.

increasing costs

Changing from gas to electric.

Gas connection is forced onto people in apartment blocks

Being in an appartment block

Existing, older homes like mine cannot easily be adapted to be energy efficient. How do we overcome this as most homes in Australia are energy wasteful and poorly designed.

Super-insulating the existing weatherboard home and upgrading from single-glazed old windows to well-sealed, high thermal efficiency, double and triple glazed windows.

My apartment building dates back to 1916 so while it's double brick and therefore well insulated, we could greatly improve its energy performance if we were able to seal all the gaps around doors, windows and floor boards.

We also have large window areas and we should insulate them - Australia is decades behind other countries in installing energy efficient windows.

With our flat roof we could also install solar panels and transform our black, heat absorbing roof into a reflective surface, (or at least absorb the heat not transfer it into the space below.

But lacking the knowhow and the money, we only dream.

Accessing solar power with a home battery

We have moved into a converted warehouse where the top rooms are ovens in summer and some of the old shutter windows are not sealed. Time will tell how much this increases our energy consumption. We will be focused on improving insulation, closing gaps that let in drafts (and mossies!), moving aware from gas and potentially adding solar.

I am fortunate to live near the sea with sea breezes in summer and milder temperatures than a short distance inland.

This rented 2-bedroom unit is in a 3-unit brick building which could and should have solar panels to make electricity costs less. We are provided with one ceiling fan in the main bedroom and one small portable electric heater with a fan. All kitchen appliances are electric.

We consider ourselves to be most fortunate. This is not the story for many people we know and meet.

What we have should be the absolute basic requirement in this country. There is no need for gas which must be discarded, along with coal, PRONTO!

Live in a strata unit building. It is complex to install solar and battery power.

I think landlords should have government assistance in putting solar panels on rental homes and maintaining them, without having to increase the rent. I am very concerned about using the air conditioner for fear of how much the bill will be, and I am very angry that the gas and electricity companies make huge profits each year, but continue to increase our rates.

Being able to gradually change to an electric and solar energy home

Key barrier is cost

Our house is all electric, have rooftop solar and we brought an electric vehicle to save money and participate in climate change. But there is a long way to go with electric vehicle chargers, better mileage, efficient saving devices, batteries, vehicle to grid. We need research into those fields instead of subsidies to polluters!

I have a washing machine that doesn't work at night,but will work of a day ? I have heard that a farmer in the outback was able to run a hydro system from a running ck that supplied a whole town,this made electricity cheaper for his town. Running water is cheap and clean cood this be a better way to

create electricity?

At every step of planning and building - foresee running costs. Provide covered outdoor areas (decks and courtyards to capture breezes. Try to spend time AWAY from aircon..we become totally reliant on it - workplace/car/home.

When I bought my house the roof was not insulated. I am unable to insulate my roof due to the difficult access. If there was a mandatory requirement for the roof to be insulated when the building was being built (1999) this would not be a problem and I would not have to use air conditioning to cool the bedroom down from the 30 degrees it regularly gets to.

Increase subsidies for installing and adding to rooftop solar and community batteries

With the soaring cost of electricity and gas, we find ourselves suffering through hot days and cold nights more than ever before, because the cost to use air conditioning or heaters is far too great

When looking at building recently horrified that the builder wanted to install gas appliances instead of electric, didn't want to install double glazing, treated a solar system as an optional extra. This was a builder who advertised themselves as green. It's crazy that it's still okay for builders to build houses without eaves making them hotter, little consideration given to having a sealed house and working with local weather to heat/cool is still up to the consumer to demand instead of being standard practice.

Currently renting a property which

has no heating, no cooling and just silver sarking under the tiles which is useless. The house is hot in summer and freezing in winter.

We have solar power but are still connected to the grid because we can't afford a battery. That means that our electricity cost still fluctuates and rises regardless of what measures we take.

Upgrading electrical appliances is a process we have been going through for the last few years as they reach the end of their lives.

As pensioners with limited resources we always seem to be paying out to somehow balance the costs and minimise our carbon

footprint.

The opportunity that we had, and which I would like to suggest become mandatory for new build situations across the board in Australia, is that we could align our house north/south and make use of the passive solar opportunity to be shaded in the high summer and open to the winter sun.

The alignment of the building on the block, the depth of the overhang on the north-facing roof, and windows clear to the winter sun so that it shines onto the slab and warms the winter house. All these things make a huge energy difference in our house and could easily be making a difference in every new development from now onward, before we even start talking about power sources and consumption.

Living in a high rise, there isn't much opportunity to bring in alternative energy sources. Drafts are good to keep apartment cool in summer, but drafts and leaky windows lead to high heating costs in the winter.

As a pensioner it is difficult in this period of soaring cost of living. I did invest in solar panels which are working well to decrease both cost of electricity and environmental impact. Converting my water and heating appliances from gas is currently beyond my reach. I am terrified by the announcement of increased gas prices. I already use extra clothes and blankets in cold weather. Please help pensioners with conversions and fuel subsidies.

I also worry for the world my

children and grandchildren are going to live in. We need to focus on using environmentally sustainable and the least destructive energy we can. I look at my grandchildren and cry sometimes as I fear for what this planet will be like for them.

Climate change driven disasters are now common around the planet. Severe storms, flooding, landslides drought and wildfires are constantly in the news. There is no safe place. Please help me, our children and our planet.

The technology available to make our home efficient in terms of its whole footprint is expensive and is often considered like a luxury or hobby or life choice. Clean, decarbonised renewable energy, however obtained, should be the mainstream as should insulation, double glazing and solar passive design, and five star efficient appliances, transport, and efficiency standards across the board. Manufacturers and developers should be tightly regulated to provide only highest standard products. They should also be held accountable for the massive waste burden they place on households in terms of poor packaging solutions and short-lived products that go to landfill and endlessly and unsustainably consume the planet's resources.

I think that all new homes should be required to have rain water tanks and solar panels and wall and roof insulation. Ban diesel engine cars and utes, and have minimum fuel efficiency and quality standards until all cars are electric.

Cost of Retrofitting Insulation for 1939 fibro weatherboard homes

Our home was designed to environmentally friendly Standards and we conserve power and gas usage when possible. Our energy costs are acceptable at this stage.

Cost

For years gas has been the cheapest option to run home appliances, such as those for heating water and cooking so I payed for gas to be connected to the house as would have other less well off families. I recently wanted to change over my gas cook top to electricity but would have had to pay a substantial amount to do rewriting to get electricity connected so had to stay with gas. I am 75 years old so any major change in my appliances is unlikely to be an advantage to me financially in my lifetime.

I really want to help the environment but which ever way you look at it it is going to be difficult for those with less means to make the change to electricity is they have gas so gas prices have yo be kept as low as possible, especially for the elderly who want to stay in their own homes.

Cost. I have two electricity and one gas meter when I only need one electricity one which should be solar.

At the time of building, The best choice for appliances - cooking, hot water, was gas.

I chose accordingly.

Now I cannot afford to replace appliances and systems.

Solar panels are unaffordable. I use a heat pump to keep my house warm. Now I dread the arrival of the electricity bill.

Cost of electricity

When we have these very hot days I need to cool the house efficiently with the least impact on the environment and my savings

Cost.

Renting makes it hard to do any changes to the house, you cannot ad insulation, hard to put up better curtains, and cannot replace old reverse cycle air conditioner that could be running inefficiently. Large winter bills is the main problem, and being on a single rate electricity with big hot water making big bills. As a low income student,

it is extremely difficult to be able to

afford to keep warm in winter and cool in winter.

We MUST be 100% renewable or nuclear for deaths due to pollution and global warming.

Currently I am looking to downsize to a Villa or Townhouse and looking at the properties available only two out of hundreds can make any claim to be an energy efficient design. It is worse when I look at the new designs that claim high energy effiency ratings.

Architect and house designers have so far made no attempt to produce dwelling in accordance with the spirit of the Six Star Legislation.

All that is available are boxes with east west orientations with large air conditioning systems bolted on.

This is simply not energy efficiency. Another problem I see is that it is rare to see solar water heaters but instead there is almost a complete domination by instantaneous or storage gas systems.

Kitchens are similarly almost all gas cooktops and ovens.

I don't think this is a coincidence. In my opinion there must be some level of corporate corruption behind dismal energy performance of our dwellings because legislation is being ignored and options and advice to new buyers is not being given.

The clear aim is to make home owners forever dependant on increasingly unaffordable gas and very expensive heating and cooling in place of simple to implement solar passive designs.

Developers and government should be throughly ashamed of there lack of action and concern for

its citizens

a lot of things more than u imagine so much

Renting a house with inefficient gas heating, gas hot water and gas cooking

We are fully solar.

Expensive heating, expensive cooling, lacklustre hot water system that does not work properly and has had its capacity cut down, solar panels are unaffordable, batteries are unaffordable

Cant afford to keep Air Con on the humid days

1.Using native (if possible) deciduous trees for shade in summer and sunlight/natural heating in winter (it works!). 2.Use OUALITY insulation mediums to cool in Summer and retain heat in Winter (it works!!). 3.Design or redesign homes and buildings to encourage airflow through living and work areas by using windows and doors working in conjunction with room design to encourage maximum regulated airflow as required (it works!!!). 4.Encourage the use of fans both fixed and moveable instead of air conditioning (I have no air conditioning and only use fans and live a comfortable life). 5. Encourage the increased use of Home Solar Panels and Wind Generators to either supplement energy useage and divert excess to the energy grid or aim for 100% Home power generation (I'm working on that!!!!). 6.Upgrade electrical appliances with the best energy rating that are quality made and made to last.

Have Solar Panels, would like to upgrade to Led lights but too expensive to convert. Would like heat pump water system but only contacted by dodgy dealers. Would like to upgrade a 1986 air conditioner to a more energy efficient inverter air conditioner but cost is a factor, a subsidy and payment plan would be very important.

I have no problems, I have Solar panels

Barriers are lack of incentives for energy efficient and properly insulated buildings and profiteering utility providers who coerce governments for unneeded financial support to increase their profits, and gas companies who charge exorbitant domestic prices to subsidize their underpriced exports.

costs are a barrier. A continued reduction in cents per KW hr we get back for putting energy back into the grid is criminal! -has made it much less useful financially for us. Better to go off grid all together but of course we would have to start over with a completely new solar system...

I have a 6.6 KV solar power system, having upgraded from a previous small system. The new system has paid for itself, providing my house with free power and a substantial cash credit. The software that comes with this system provides useful information on the power generation and its history. I also have a solar hot water system with a gas heater back-up. I would like to swop this for an electric heater back-up. I have a gas ducted heating system, five years old and an evaporative cooling system with its separate ducting. Ideally I would like to change the heating system to one powered by electricity but this does not appear to a simple swop job.

So potentially I am in the market for

two gas to electricity changes but so far I have not discovered any simple solutions.

Some double gazing, window blinds, and shade blinds all help with cooling and insulation.

Costs involved in upgrading We have solar panels but we

perhaps need a few more to have a strong effect on our electricity. We also use electric appliances, including ones to heat and/or cool our home.

Cutting down on comfort to reduce cost.

When it's cold my house is freezing inside. When we have baking summer time temperatures it's like being in an oven. It's usually cooler outside than in the house. Air conditioning may help this but that's not exactly a cheap exercise when the cost of electricity is going ever upwards. The real issue is a house built in the early 1960's that has no wall insulation, thermal barrier or vapour wrap makes for a home that is essentially being controlled by the weather conditions.

To make these kinds of alterations

is an almost impossible expense for most.

Energy efficiency for members of the community who can least afford continue to be priced out of the market by little more than greed thus making this nothing but a pipe dream. And I think it's the people who can least afford these things that really should receive the most help.

white roof and exterior walls (roof temperature never exceeds ambient), R4 batts in ceiling, walls, floors. Door and window seals, distributed aircon. Trees intercept sunlight over part of day. Strategic use of blinds, curtains, windows and doors to maximise internal use of comfortable exterior ambient temperatures. This has significantly reduced interior temperatures in hot weather and minimised use of aircon. In cold weather aircon use is reduced significantly.

Using solar power instead of gas/ electric stove/using heatpump rather than gas driven floor heating

When renovating our home we lived in it for 12 mths to better understand the implications & impacts of weather &/or climate & its liveability. So we made choices to open & maximize the available airways through louvres & double opening doors to create air flow through the entire house so that air conditioning is not required!

Financial difficulty changing from Gas to Electric...hot water and stove top and installation of solar panels on roof.

We are keen to properly insulate and retrofit double glaze windows. We've done some but not been able to afford to do all of it. We are often freezing cold in winter and overheat if the temperature gets above 32 in summer. We are saving for an induction stove. We'd like to switch all our appliances to electric

Biggest challenge is my house is not insulated and I would have like building codes to have stronger regulations so all future homes are built to be energy efficient.

Affordability of renewable s is still difficult as I am trying to go off grid but can't quite afford it

Cost

I'm fortunate to have been in a position to install solar panels many years ago. As soon as could I replaced gas appliances with energy efficient electric. Now apart from needing to keep an eye on providers changing rates for my power, over 12 months I don't pay for my energy.

I would like to have a community battery to contribute to. Would like to see every roof have solar panels and every neighbourhood have a community battery. The sooner we leave fossil fuels in the ground, the better for our environment, our economy and everyone's future.

Cost is barrier.

- access to independent information is needed for making informed decisions regarding selection of appropriate appliances, solar panels, batteries, installing companies etc. I want to limit my environmental impact by having improved energy efficiency and reliability as well as recycling of older products. Eg selecting and installing a battery or joining a virtual power network have lots of pros but also cons - it is a complex decision and not all products/companies are not necessarily reliable.

- replacing functional but older

appliances is a costly exercise and has its own environmental issue in terms of disposal, unless recycling

of components is readily available

KiloWatt pricing disparity with electricity retailers is the key factor discouraging battling ausie householders from taking up solar panels and batteries to power our nation into the future . The effect of undervalued privately generated power is low investment in the research and development of technology that will provide alternative storage and independence from renewables for individuals and the nation as a whole. Please legislate at a minimum that the power generated by private solar panels can not be purchased by the grid retailers at anything less than 80% parity with they demand we pay them .. kilowatt for kilowatt . Let's level the playing field a bit and give everyone a fair go in the renewable energy market .

Financial

cost is main barrier

lack of home insulation, high prices for energy

Cost

Keeping home comfortable in different temperatures.

Opportunity to upgrade solar system from current 1 kw but the barrier is that I lose the 50 cent / kw buyback. Opportunity to improve insulation but the barrier is insulating the external walls would be too costly. Opportunity to replace car with an EV but barrier is the high cost

Renting and low income

we have a solar panel, looking to

cut the gas usage and change to induction cooking

Power bills are our largest bill by far. With the weather becoming more extreme we are using more power for heating and cooling each year. Add to that loss of work from the pandemic and increasing interest rates - there is less money than ever to spend on essentials - like healthy food for our two young

girls.

The initial upfront costs.

I would like to change my gas cooktop and back up hot water heating to electricity as I as I already have solar panels on the roof but I don't have available money as I am on a pension.

I have solar panels, but I don't derive enough benefit from them without a battery. But batteries are still too expensive for their expected lifespan.

My house has narrow eaves so it heats up more in summer than it would if it had been built with wider eaves.

We live in housing commission , so we can't put solar panels , double glazing or rain water tanks on the house , and the government won't retrofit our home either .

Good planning and orientation of the house, being aware of keeping cool with closing windows, using tinting & curtains, maximising evening sea breeze to avoid air con, effective use of insulation

I have a properly insulated ceiling in this house with all windows that can be open slightly and locked securely that can capture air movement from any direction. I have solar panels and use electricity when the sun is shining mostly. Gas is permanently shut off. My electricity bill is $9/$12 in summer and $12/$14 in winter all for an overall investment of $4000. This could be done all over the country.

Availability/access to technology and cost of installation, travel etc for tradies to come out.

Keeping house comfortable in varying temperatures. Wanting solar energy, but I rent this

property.

Cost and lack of subsidies

Windows

Money needed

I am in an apartment and there is no solar here and no charging stations in the garage. I would like to know that the energy that I am using comes from renewable sources. I'd like to change from gas hot water but it's difficult in an apartment without help in the form of subsidies or other ways to encourage the strata to make the change.

House design parameters: Why do governments allow houses to be built with black coloured roofs?

They soak in the heat and make it necessary to have air-conditioning.

/ight coloured roofs are more energy efficient at no extra cost. Also many modern houses do not have any eaves, which are designed to shade the house and particularly the windows from the sun.

expense

How can the National Energy Performance Strategy improve energy performance of residential buildings for people in social housing?

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030 Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing

Build all new housing to at least a

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torrens Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves a 5 star efficiency rating and has

rooftop solar by 2030

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community

Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Upgrade social housing to at least 5 star energy efficiency.

Build all new housing to have a rating of at least 7.5 stars and be powered by renewable energy. Also require that all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and other social housing be retrofitted or replaced to this standard by 2030 at the latest.

All social housing to be powered 100% by renewables by 2030. Any future housing from 2035 to be powered by either nuclear or renewables.

Review existing social housing construction for adherence to current standards and halt payment to any builder who is below standard until they can show a plan for correcting their work.

Upgrade existing housing to include any viable passive features such as additional shade structures, retrofitted cladding improvements, additional

insulation, etc.

I agree with the above

House designs to be solar passive, reducing running costs and minimise carbon footprint

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Upgrade all existing dwellings to be powered by renewable energy to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030. Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5-star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Upgrade all dwellings to be powered by renewable energy to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Bring every dwelling up to five stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

People in social housing need to have the same opportunities as homeowners, as we are all contributing to the problem and need to be part of the solution!

Combine roof solar with air conditioning and the strategic use of vegetation, especially trees.

Educate consumers/tenants - when houses are upgraded or if newly built before new tenants move in. Talking face-to-face, explaining how things work and should work, and coming back a couple of months later to see how things are going is essential.

We've wasted too much time already, we need to get everyone on board asap - that's what smart

countries do.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Renewable energy affordable for everyone

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

put solar panels on roofs.

By funding the improvement of social housing stock to meet energy and comfort standards aligned with carbon neutrality, and building more social housing that meets our exceeds these standards.

Responsibility of landlords to provide maximum standards of insulation in buildings and capacity to have electric appliances.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Everyone should be able to access comfortable, affordable to run homes. All homes should be made as energy efficient as possible and run on renewable electricity. A 5 star energy efficiency rating should be the bare minimum for upgraded dwellings. We are facing unprecedented weather extremes already.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030. Invest in Sponge Cities and urban canopy as a first priority not a second thought.

Stop allowing road and built infrastructure being developed in close proximity to the ocean shore and waterways. Move critical infrastructure from areas

that will flood

To have all Social housing updated to be much more energy efficient and including all social housing to have solar and battery storage supplying energy, whether to an independent dwelling or a block of units.

Upgrade current public housing stock to at least 5 star rating- everyone deserves to live -and live somewhere reasonable. Insist in high energy efficiency for new builds - and not all changes have to be at once- solar panels act as de facto insulation in summer by stopping the sun baking the roof and heating the house. A double effect- free energy AND short term relief in summer.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Retrofit to bring every home to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

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All of the above, and also start educating Australians about energy efficiency and the part they can play in achieving zero emissions.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least a 5-star equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded to ensure there is no reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so it's electrified, achieves at least a 5-star energy efficiency rating and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Yes I agree. People in social housing must not be left behind.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever

possible.

Upgrade existing social housing wherever possible to meet energy efficiency standards.

Require that (and where needed subsidize) every dwelling (including social housing, which must quickly expand to meet the need) meet NatHERS 5 star energy performance rating by 2030.

Require new housing builds to meet NatHERS 7.5 stars and be powered by renewable energy. Provide price signals to speed up the the research, development, and implementation. Such as subsidies to dwellings to be powered by renewable energy,

and or taxes where they fail.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy. Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030. Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Upgrade houses to be powered by renewable energy. Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing. Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030. In fact, all social housing to be upgraded to 5 star energy rating by 2030 is not only good but necessary.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified to at least 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030. This is a great opportunity for creating

RE EVANT jobs.

All of the above

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5-star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

This is an area where targets have failed miserably. We should be building houses to the highest energy rating available at the time of building.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Enable subsidised insulation fitting.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

A) Social housing dwellings should:

1. have a requirement of at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030. Better if it was set at 8.

2. be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

B) Social housing that cannot be upgraded, needs to be replaced pronto (within 6 months - lots of modular options out there, plus Tiny Houses) to ensure there is no reduction in housing supply to ensure there's no homelessness.

C) Any new social housing must be built to at least 7.5 stars level of energy efficiency and be powered by renewable energy.

D) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing needs to be retrofitted so that it's electrified, achieves a 7.5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

E) Mandatorily engage, enlist, require that people, Indigenous or not, contribute with their labour and skills (train them too so maintenance is sustainable) to make these valuable upgrades to their social housing and new builds in their areas. When we have ownership of our homes, sanctuaries, we tend to look after them more. Being involved in retrofits, upgrades and new builds helps people psychologically and socially. Plenty of evidence for

this around the world.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Got a big ask there - points 1 and 2 a bit hard to make happen, point 3 probably impossible, point 4 sounds good, and point 5 sounds even better.

The national energy performance strategy needs to cover off private rentals and social housing. It needs to ensure that these premises are electrified and will meet a 7.5 star energy efficiency rating by 2030

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

All of the above, but only build large houses for large families. Build small houses as well. Stop the waste

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Subsidize conversion of buildings to at least 5 stars energy efficiency.

Make all homes powered by renewable energy and efficient

Increase energy performance to 9 or 10 stars by 2026, which can easily be achieved with proper design (passive solar, cross ventilation, etc.); retrofit existing houses with natural materials (hempcrete, straw bale, light clay straw); have a maximum house size to reduce resources wasted on unused spaces; ensure First Nations homes are built with natural materials suited to the local conditions and 9-10 stars energy efficiency rating with roof top solar.

There needs to be energy performance standards for all residiential buildings in Australia. My local council offers energy ratings for residences. The guy who came to do the rating told us how to turn the thermostat down on our hot water system. This wound up saving us considerable money, not to mention CO2 emissions.

Install solar - provide financial assistance - provide batteries - new houses should be completely powered by renewable energy and built in an energy efficient way, e.g. as passive solar houses.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Have better government rebates on purchasing energy efficient appliances,solar panels and batteries

Upgrade these dwellings to at least a 5 star performance by 2030.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing with

solar power.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

All of the above!!!

The installation of solar panels and community or "block" batteries, upgrading houses to improve energy efficiency or replacement of said property if more practicable. The construction of any new social housing to be at the upper end of the energy efficiency standards - the Government setting an example.

Solar Power & Battery System off Solar. Reduces Grid demands

Nationalisation

Start introducing high insullation and double glazing incentives so prices don't go up. Educate in tafes and industry on retro fitting options, straw bale and renders on the outside in the form of easy fit panels.

All the abovementioned

All new housing 7.5 stars or above; retrofit social housing and housing on First Nations communities to achieve 5 star or above; upgrade or replace housing that is not powered by renewable energy.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

as above

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Legislate to require housing agencies to provide a certificate of energy efficiency and comfort

rating to prospective tenants.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Any appliance that does not meet the required energy saving requirement should not be allowed to be sold in Australia.

Make this Law. As Above

All above

Bring every to at least 5 stars by 2030. Replace housing that cannot be upgraded so that housing shortage us not made worse. Retrofit ATSI public housing to at least 5 star rating, including solar power by 2030 or earlier.

Set a minimum green star level for new social housing builds. Set a date to retrofit gas appliances to electric and improve the energy efficiency of existing buildings.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Better standards for building the accommodation.

We have a homlessness crisis. We must build thousands of new public houses and Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Bring every existing dwelling to at least 6 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to meet the Passive House standard and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit existing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 6 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

All social housing should be upgraded to ensure the best possible energy performance.

Bring every dwelling up to a 5 star standard by 2030

New social housing should be the best and brightest example of good design. Medium density is capable of being the most efficient form of housing. We have to stop getting this wrong.

Communal solar with batteries and grey water harvesting would

be a good start.

Have definite timelines for the above and work with state governments to achieve these. Include First Nations housing in all the above.

Provide tax incentives for major upgrades to energy star ratings on existing buildings. Add Solar to all community housing structures before 2030

Accept home composting is an energy saving solution that's affordable

Run a lottery where by all proceeds go to retrofitting with oak housing

Social housing including housing for First Nation's people should be raised to a minimum of 5 NaTHERS stars across the country before 2030 - this has massive occupant comfort and energy reduction potential. It will change the lives of those living in social housing. See https://office. org.au/project/retain-repair- reinvest/ for an inspirational example of what is possible to achieve with existing social housing.

Dwellings should be entirely

powered by renewable energy and gas stoves removed from use

- reducing indoor air pollution and asthma risk.

All new houses should be built to

7.5 stars minimum - offering massive savings to the occupant through reduced energy bills and the government through reduced health costs.

Campaign and pressure the Governments of the world and the companies supply eco-friendly, green energy to make it as affordable as possible, for as many people as possible.

Introduce and enforce building standards, support innovation to build in new more efficient ways - the government has the ability to push boundaries in a way that private enterprise does not. The government could lead the way in new building solutions including 3D printing, renewable and recyclable building materials such as straw bale, mud brick, even new fungus products. Numerous companies are developing truly amazing solutions, partner with them, support them and the answers will unfold

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

5 stars was last century's need. It should be way up to cope with the future. Houses should be built to last longer. Retailers sell a lot of building products that just wont last or not fit for purpose.

Bring existing dwellings up to at least 5 star rating and all new buildings to 7 star by 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

To move forward we need to go backwards. Look at the ways indigenous people lived. Simple lives with simple needs & none of this energy driven economical greed. On which greed is against the ten commandment of the bible to which Politician & courts of Law make you swear on to tell the truth. So why are we unholy when we are sworn in..."

Insulated all the roofs

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Upgrade ALL social housing properties to the highest standard possible for insulation & renewable energy production.

The National Energy Performance Strategy can improve energy performance of residential buildings for people in social housing through the following:

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Legislate that all new commercial and residential buildings must be powered by renewable energy.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

upgrade all houses to be powered by renewable energy

bring homes to 5 star energy performance by 2030

build new homes to 7.5 stars, powered by renewable energy

Do the same for all social housing

Upgrade existing social housing where possible with insulation, solar & batteries etc.

build more and better housing Incentivise developers to provide more social housing in projects

through negative gearing.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030. Tax incomes above

$250,000 per annum so that they repay their parasitic avoidance of same.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy. Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030. Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

All new housing at 7.5 stars, all existing dwellings to at least 5 stars and powdered by renewable energy.

Introduce a program to change over to electrical appliances with the money that the government spends on subsidies for the gas

industry

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Stop putting profit and pollution before people

Min star rating for new homes 7.5 stars - powered by renewable energy

All Social housing, rooftop Solar & 5 star energy efficient rating min

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

All above

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Educate families on the importance of electrifying homes.

Invest heavily in social housing and its maintenance. Employ onsite concierge people to help manage local issues ( as in the Common Ground project) It's cheaper to give people a place to live than to rescue them when they get sick and injured from living rough or in insecure places. Establish energy sharing schemes like community batteries

Solar panels on community housing

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance, before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Require high energy performance standards (at least 6 stars) for all by 2025.

solar for every home

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Solar hot water retrofitted and on all new dwellings

Re-purpose housing that cannot

be upgraded

No response

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2025.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

All buildings need to achieve a 5 stars rating for energy performance by 2030; all buildings should be upgraded to be powered by renewable energy, replacing houses which cannot be upgraded; and retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so it is electrified , achieving a 5 star energy efficiency rating, with rooftop solar before 2030. All new housing should be built to a 7.5 stars energy rating, powered by renewable energy.

5 STAR

We have recently sold old 40 year old house that we had insulated to R& and installed double glazing to most windows and installed solar ower and hot water. We looked at over 40 houses in the same regional city in the same price range ($700- 800 000) and none of these houses had any double glazing, only one had solar electricity and 2 has solar hot water. Only 3 had properly insulated ceilings (but hard to know). We had to buy another old house for 650000 and start the whole energy efficiency upgrade again ourselves at the age of 80 years. This illustrates how negigent local and state gave has been in this area, and how builders and realestate organisations are guilty of perpetuating the poor standards in Australia. Its a national disgrace.

All 2nd hand and new houses

should be sold with a proper Infrared camera report to show roof anfd wall insulation and draught proofing etc. - before installing solar etc.

All new housing to be 7.5 stars and powered by renewables. Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewal energy. Roof top solar and batteries for all indigenous homes.

Decades have been wasted in getting on with what science realised had to be done years ago. THE NATIONAL ENERGY PERFORMANCE STRATEGY, if

able to be instigated and carried out properly, may well be our saviour. With all this there must be an advertising campaign to reign in the"red herring" mongers in our society. We have to change our ways and with the right political support, we shall.

Retrofit social housing to at least a 5 star rating of energy efficiency rating

Every dwelling should be brought to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy efficiency by 2030.

All new houses, public and private, build to at least 7.5 stars,

powered by renewable energy.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

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Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Retrofit social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5*rating for energy efficiency & has rooftop solar before 2030

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible. Consider social housing and people living in poverty who

need extra assistance.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Rooftop solar for all social housing. Reverse cycle air- conditioning.

Insulate with non-flammable

insulation.

All of the above

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Bring existing dwellings up to a 5 star rating for energy performance by 2030, including dwellings for indigenous people which are mostly way below acceptable standards. Such a program must occur in consultation with indigenous people using appropriate designs. We know that when people are consulted at the design stage, the outcomes and maintenance are far better and achieved at lower cost. All new housing should be built to a 7.5 star energy efficiency rating based on appropriate design and construction and use of renewable energy.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

All the above.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Give subsidiaries for rooftop solar panels and tax the rich

Subsidise people wanting to put renewable energy systems in their houses

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

I demand all the below: Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030. Make all the above possible by stopping all forms of subsidy and tax breaks to every form of of fossil fuel producing miner and fossil fuel burning energy producer. Prohibit all present new projects that have anything to do with fossil fuels.... everything. NOW!

Mandatory 5-star energy performance standard for all new buildings.

Design of social housing Retrofit current housing

Upgrade their homes so that they too can benefit from cheap, renewable, electric power. If this can't be done tear down those homes & rebuild 5+ star energy homes for them. Developers have had it their way for far too long.

Renovate homes to achieve

comfort to standard by 2030.

Existing social housing should be upgraded and be powered by renewables asap. New social housing should be powered by reweables, and built at hight efficiency rate. Rooftop solars be put in place. This should be for all social housing, either new or retrofitted.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

The accommodation needs to be retrofitted immediately with efficient technology and material to make it the highest rating possible.

build quality homes with 7.5 star ratings

Do all your examples here and add insulation minimum higher level "R" rating for better efficiency and cost savings.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing. Build all new housing to at least 7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy. Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it is electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Why should rental properties be so special, I own my house but still cannot afford many things that would reduce my energy consumption. I would love double glazing and underfloor insulation, I have solar electricity and hot water heating, but these things are only affective during the summer months and cannot meet demand on overcast days or the winter time.

Ensure all new residential builds conform to higher efficiency standards. Retro-fit older properties with solar power.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Landlords to increase their rooftop solar before 2030

1. Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

2. Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

3. Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

4. Build all new housing to at least 7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

5. Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Question 15

15

How can the National Energy Performance Strategy improve energy performance of residential buildings for people in social housing?

Tip: You can use these examples, or write your own:

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030

Again I support the examples given.

Give First Nations people urgent practical evidence that we really value them and their culture by working with them to rebuild their communities.

Bring every dwelling to at least 7 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a

reduction in housing.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Yes all this and promote small houses with better quality and avoid large houses that use massive amount of materials.

Basically if its not fit for purpose then start again.

All social housing should have the highest energy star ratings and be fitted with solar and battery storage there is really no excuse. Of course this helps support the poor building industry who has being doing it so tough for the last 20 years.

Yes improve insulation and cross- ventilation in social housing.

Promote better climate aware design in new housing.

Promote tree planting so footpath are pleasant to walk on and thus reduce use of vehicles for short trips.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

use a star rating or a letter/number rating like in Europe and deadlines to comply with a better rating. offering extra incentives for renos and new buildings including positive energy management measures.

Install solar panels on all houses which includes landlords and double glase all windows for better insolation.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible; and replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Social housing including housing for First Nation's people should be raised to a minimum of 5 NaTHERS stars across the country before 2030 - this has massive occupant comfort and energy reduction potential. It will change the lives of those living in social housing. See https://office. org.au/project/retain-repair- reinvest/ for an inspirational example of what is possible to achieve with existing social housing.

Dwellings should be entirely

powered by renewable energy and gas stoves removed from use

- reducing indoor air pollution and asthma risk.

All new houses should be built to

7.5 stars minimum - offering massive savings to the occupant through reduced energy bills and the government through reduced health costs.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

I think we should:

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Rooftop solar, energy efficient appliances, insulation standards, solar batteries or maybe a community battery, education, employment in managing their own community generation hubs on remote communities, people need to have a stake in this or they will not appreciate it.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible and replace housing that can't be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Bring every dwelling to at least

7.5 stars equilavent for energy performance before 2030 and has rooftop solar before 2030

new housing to be built to improved standards

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Support/encourage good design and siting of modest and highly efficient social housing, and use that to model performance for the broader housing sector. Upgrade and replace social housing, to an energy efficient standard.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy.

Upgrading to an afl electric households is not expensive

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

All the above plus

all of the above

Demand the BASIC system for all new dwellings

All of above.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Please upgrade all social housing to meet 5 star energy performance targets. Build all new dwellings to meet 7.5 stars and powered by renewables.

Retrofit all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander homes to at least 5 star energy rating and place roof top solar on these homes

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030. AND PENALISE THE BIG COMPANIES WITH

HUGE FINES don't allow fracking. In the meantime tax the crap out of them so that they are uneconomical to rip Australians off.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders social housing so that it is electrified and achieves 5 star energy efficiency rating and fit with solar panels

Social housing esp ATSI needs retrofitting so household expenses can be reduced and standards of living improved.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least

7.5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030. Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least 10 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 7.5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Switch to renewable energy wherever possible. All new housing to be zero carbon and all electric. Timeline to retrofit with insulation, fans, cross vent, rooftop solar, heat pumps.

1. build all new housing to at least 4 stars and powered by renewable energy. 2. Retrofit social housing to have rooftop solar before 2030. 3. Replace social housing that can't be upgraded, ensuring no reduction in numbers.

Upgrade all dwellings for power by renewable energy where ever possible.

All strategies will fail unless there is both a local a worldwide voluntary reduction in population. All people, and all aspects of human living conditions and behaviour, must adapt to this change, or suffer the increasingly apparent future ill-consequences.

Build all you housing to an efficient rating

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Aim for min. 7.5 star rating for social housing

Lift the standard of all existing houses and apartments to 5 stars, powered by renewables wherever possible.

Set a standard of 7.5 stars for all new builds, ensuring they are powered by renewables.

Retrofit ATSI social housing with

rooftop solar.

Money spent to increase economic activity by the poor does not increase inflation - Modern monetary theory.

Upgrade social housing insulation and to be powered by renewable energy - urgently

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars, renewable powered. Set up Aboriginal run cooperatives to retrofit or rebuild their social housing to the standards above.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Ensure all social housing swellings are at least five star or equivalent for energy. Fit homes with rooftop solar.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

es to the examples above

Bring every home to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5- star equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is no reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least 5-star energy efficiency, and

has rooftop solar before 2030.

Dwellings should be at least 5 stars for energy performance before 2030. Dwellings should be replaced if they cannot be upgraded to 7.5 stars with renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it is electrified and achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating and has a rooftop solar by 2030.

Thanks you.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.Build all new housing to at least 7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

all of the above

Concentrate on financially supporting all vulnerable people to change to renewable energy. This would pay dividends in the long run. We need to think big and plan for the long term.

Upgrade all social housing dwellings to be using effecient renewable/solar energy. Continue to use stars system to measure efficiency and renewable energy use. Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander dwellings so the people may benefit by the use of efficient energy /solar power before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

The NEPS can encourage every residence to have a 5 star rating for energy performance using a combination of government incentives and owner's money.

Electrify everything - talk to Saul Griffith & get serious about new social housing - build more and to the highest energy rating possible. Existing housing should be retrofitted to be electrified and insulated to bring up to standard. Private landlords should also be made to comply to new standards

- there may have to be national carrrot and stick approach to private rental landlords. An incentive to get the upgrades done and a timeline with penalties if not done within the timeline.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Make all social housing energy efficient, replacing appliances and fittings to achieve this in existing homes, while legislating all new builds to a high standard of efficiency.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars and also ensure that the design of all new houses makes them environmentally friendly.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable power where possible. Replace housing that can't be upgraded, ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing with solar panels and electric

appliances.

Add solar systems and replace all gas appliances. Develop realistic and accurate energy performance standards rather than the current joke system.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Social housing needs to be upgraded to be more energy efficient. Future social housing needs to meet the standards of a clear climate effective policy.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded to renewables. We need more housing not less, sustainable living standards is

best

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 6 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least 8 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 6 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Bring every dwelling up to 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded wherever possible to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to 7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5

star energy rating

5 Star energy rating system.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Make it mandatory for new apartment developments to include a portion of apartments for key worker housing, as they do in the UK (while strengthening minimum energy ratings for all homes). This also makes the private sector contribute to social

housing stock.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

All of the above. (You have it all worked out in the appropriate

argon which I don't have!)

Up date all indigenous housing to the highest power and environmental standards.

No new coal or gas mines. Enable all buildings to be converted to electrical fittings only.

Allow all buildings including strata to have solar and batteries installed. Upgrade strata metering for distribution of power and costs

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy and replace dwellings that cannot be upgraded, and build all new housing to at least 7.5 stars, and powered by renewable energy.

Upgrade all dwellings to be powered by renewable wherever possible and at least 5 stars equivalent performance as soon as possible [preferably by 2030]. Replace housing that cannot be upgraded so there is no reduction in housing.

All new housing to be built to at least 7.5 star level and with renewable power.

Bring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing up to at least 7.5 star energy efficiency rating with rooftop solar by 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Would be good for everyone to have a subsidised stand alone solar system.

My earlier comments on housing are important. LET BREEZES do a lot of the work. The old Queensland homes had the right idea. built off the ground - some high set, stud cavity walls with the ability to cool off when the sun left them. Additionally that simple structure has been very cyclone- proof.

BUILDING STYLES MUST NOT CONTINUE WITH THE CONCRETE SLAB AND BRICK

CONSTRUCTION in the heating

climate..we will need more and more electricity!

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Subsidise the costs for increasing the efficiency for insulating buildings

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Replace properties which cannot be brought up to standard. Build new homes to highest standards. Power social housing with solar. Same or higher standards as for other residential homes.

Introduce a timeline for

conversions.

All of the above

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

We would all love to reduce our energy use and impact but those hardest hit by the price rises are also least financially able to make needed changes.

Help those people first, then extend both incentives and regulations.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

All of the above

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

vision of 2025

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2027.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS)'

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing,

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy,

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030,

And build more social housing! We need more, we need 100,000 new social houses each year!

All homes should be fitted with minimum 5kw Solar power, Solar or heat pump hot water heaters, and electric efficient air conditioning

Bring every dwelling to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible

upgrade homes to be powered by renewable energy before 2030 -to

7.5 stars. retrofit aboriginal and TS Islander social housing so it's electric at 5 star level and with

roof top solar .

And with public schools

All the above.

Upgrade buildings and help people financially to do upgrade if needed

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

all of that

Don't know enough

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

The National Energy Performance Strategy can improve energy performance of residential buildings for people in social housing in these ways: Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.Build all new housing to at least 7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

All new housing to be majority powered by renewable energy.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030

- set targets and upgrade housing to be electrified and powered by renewables where possible

- minimum standards for all new

housing re energy efficiency

Provide grants for Solar arrays and batteries for social housing projects and retrofits .

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Retrofit dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible. Build all new housing to at least 7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in

housing.

Stop the mass immigration and

mass housing

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5

stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by

renewable energy. Make this a law.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewables wherever possible.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Retrofitting ALL social housing with up to date equipment , and no connections to gas !

Bring every existing dwelling to 5 star and new housing to 7.5 stars powered by renewables

Upgrade th energy efficiency of all dwelling

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy.

Build all new housing to be powered by renewable energy. Retrofit all Aboriginal and torres strait islander housing to be energy efficient and have rooftop solar fitted.

Ideally this should begin to be

achieved immediately and by completed by 2030.

Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030.

Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar

before 2030.

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Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030; ensure other social housing is powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.

Build all new housing to at least

7.5 stars and powered by renewable energy.

Retrofit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social housing so that it's electrified, achieves at least a 5 star energy efficiency rating, and has rooftop solar before 2030.Bring every dwelling to at least 5 stars equivalent for energy performance before 2030. Upgrade dwellings to be powered by renewable energy wherever possible.

Replace housing that cannot be

upgraded, to ensure there is not a reduction in housing.

How can the National Energy Performance Strategy improve energy performance of residential buildings for renters?

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes. Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy

Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia. Introduce requirement.

Solar panels and electric only households to be mandatory in new builds from 2024 or similar date that is realistic.

Fund the reclaiming of rare minerals from old solar panels. Ensure manufactures can only produce goods once they have a

non landfill disposal method.

Introduce timelines for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances

Prevent gas connections for new builds

Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with Community Sector Blueprint by 2025

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes Prevent inefficient appliances being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse

and Energy Minimum Standards

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community

Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Introduce minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals and allow the CFEC to fund landlords to upgrade rentals.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Prevent state and local governments connecting new builds to gas, and introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025. Also prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy

Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Make landlords responsible for paying any excess power use and strengthen tenants' rights. And make it non-tax deductible.

Standardise requirements for non-potable water storage on all new builds and require any renovations, beyond basic maintenance, upgrade water storage for on-site usage. This aims to reduce pumping requirements and defer expenditure on new, large-scale, water infrastructure with associated capital carbon

emissions.

I agree with all of the above. I also believe built in obsolence for white goods needs to be stopped. It is a strategy to increase manufacturers' profit. It not only depletes our finances, it also depletes our mineral resources & uses more energy because they have to manufacture more goods.

The NEPS can improve the energy performance of residential buildings for renters by introducing a timeline for phasing out gas and installing electric appliances powered by renewables; working with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds; introducing mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025; enabling the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes; preventing inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS)

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. House designs to be solar passive

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out all gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables. Many properties are held by landlords in the rental market. The National Energy Performance Strategy could enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out all gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables. Many properties are held by landlords in the rental market. The National Energy Performance Strategy could enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Switching fossil fuel machines to efficient electric versions and powering them with clean electricity (like rooftop solar) will halve the costs, use a fraction of the energy and create zero pollution. And building better, more insulated homes should be a no-brainer.

I'm calling for the National Energy Performance Strategy to include goals, targets and mandatory standards that lower the cost of energy, make homes safe and comfortable, protect people from extreme weather, and cut climate pollution.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Phasing out gas will be a great help, but we need to use every available action as soon as possible to make up for 50 years of very little effort.

The world wide average increase for temperatures is 2 degrees C. The predicted average for Australia is 10 degrees C. Without a proper effort to get rid of fossil fuels we are in serious straits. At the moment any plan is better than the sham we currently have. Stop listening to the rorters and establish a proper plan. To develop such a plan start listening to climate scientists and engineers. Forget CEOs from energy companies they do not care as long as their profits keep coming. You are at risk as well as every other citizen.

Educate consumers about energy efficiency, usage and renewables. It's not rocket science, but from my experience, most people, including politicians have a very hazy understanding of ways to reduce energy usage.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Help lower income people like ourselves convert to renewable energy

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

go to solar power.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables, require minimum energy efficiency and comfort standards for rentals and support/ require landlords to upgrade rentals to meet these standards (eg pretty good house or passive house)

New buildings to be fitted with electric appliances, not gas.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds.

Obviously by requiring much higher insulation standards.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

I am sad to be renting a property with gas hot water and stove. Gas connections should be phased out as soon as possible.

In our last home we replaced our gas hot water and our gas heating with heat pumps. Solar panels then covered the energy use of the hot water system. We replaced a gas cook top with induction. It was fantastic to cook with.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Change over to electric induction cooking.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

All rental properties to be provided with solar and battery storage. All rental properties need to have updated energy efficiency ratings that have to be complied with.

The quickest and easiest would be to stop new builds being connected to gas, and for all layers of government to work together to both put a timeline on conversions, and provide incentives to accelerate voluntary conversion

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

We need to introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing it with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes - without the cost being added to renters.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

All of the above.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

I agree with all the above

Phase out gas supplies, especially to new builds.

Add energy efficiency requirements as a pre-requisite to

renting, similar to other countries.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to regulate to prevent gas connections to new builds, that is all new homes should be all-electric.

Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

There should be a timeline for phasing out gas appliances and ensure that new builds and rental properties comply with it.

Improve efficiency rating requirements for goods sold in Australia via the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards.

Ensure high quality standards with sufficiently increased quantity of PV goods sold in Australia.

Require mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025. Carbon (or other) tax new gas (and other fossil fuel) connections in new

buildings.

Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

1. Ensure that all rental properties are insulated and double glazed

2. Do not allow tax deductions for rental properties which are not

properly insulated

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS). Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS)

Phase out gas systems and introduce electric systems run by renewables, and allow no new homes to be connected to gas networks. Allow the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes. Also, prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by updating the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards in line with the community sector blueprint by 2025

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

All of the above.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

The will and technology is already in place. All commercial properties should already be running themselves. Simply charge landlords a fee based on the efficiency of their property. I would not support helping them with public money.

I can not understand why Australia persists in allowing gas appliances to be sold for use in homes, on health grounds alone. It is like asking people to heat their homes with kerosene heaters.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fine landlords for failing to provide suitable and energy efficient homes.

Don't 'phase in' anything, act NOW!

In my opinion whenever old gas appliances need replacement to be replaced with less polluting, preferably renewable powered appliances.

As well as prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy

Minimum Standards (GEMS).

1. Put on notice, through legislation and incentives, all fossil fuel industries that fossil fuel sales are to be phased out asap, at max over 10 years. The nation's businesses need a timeline and support (not always funding support) to move themselves into the new future we all want for future generations. Most of us oldies will be dead by the time really good things happen. But we have to start asap.

2. Stop all new (ie from 2023

onwards) fossil fuel extraction projects. That means stop them NOW. Work with State governments (they gave us solar rebates, yaay) to cease all new fossil fuel extraction projects and any new pipeline construction for the purpose of moving fossil fuels. Include businesses so they can work out how to transition to renewables for everything we can possible think of.

3. Legislate to ensure any appliance imported into, or sold in, Australia from 2023 onwards by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS). This is critical.

4. Legislate to compel landlords to upgrade their rental properties to energy efficient homes. Set high standards of energy efficiency for their rental properties. I'm not in favour of minimum standards, standards should reflect what we, as a nation, need now. This will help renters too.

5. Put a levy on landlords if they do not upgrade their property to meet high energy efficiency standards as per new legislation. So instead of getting embroiled about negative gearing, charge them when they don't upgrade their premises. It is the poor who occupy rentals as a rule and they are then slugged with higher energy costs due to energy inefficient rental properties and crappy appliances. The landlords should pay to make their properties more livable and cheap for renters. I was a landlord and would gladly have done this if I were to be slugged with a fine each year that would in a few years cover the costs of putting in renewable energy power generation and good insulation in ceilings. Incentives for landlords may help but gosh they get so much these days. I think they can

afford it.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Sure, all of that.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

I agree with all of the above

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Subsidize landlords to upgrade and electrify buildings. Introduce a landlord tax for those that do not upgrade and electrify buildings.

Builders are stillinstalling gas heating! Crazy but its cheaper to quote. Stop this! Stopinefficient appliances

Phase out gas in existing rentals within a short timeline; ban gas in new construction; ensure rentals are retrofitted using natural materials, like hempcrete with some government support (not full government support); prohibit the import and sale of inefficient electrical appliances ASAP.

The government should set a timeline for phasing out sale of non-electric appliances. These should include hot water systems, cooktops, motor mowers, leaf blowers, etc. There should also be a date set for the end of non EV sales.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Introduce stricter new building standards for new builds to create more energy efficient home

Phase out gas and replace with electricity powered by renewables.

Check efficiency of all new electric appliances to strengthen (GMES).

Introduce mandatory minimum

electricity standards for all rentals.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

All of the above!

Subsidize landlords ( as private property owners as mentioned in my previous answer) to convert their gas appliances and improve the energy efficiency of the properties. Set a date after which gas can no longer be connected to new homes. Improve the required efficiency standards of all new appliances, set a date after which gas appliances will be banned where electric alternatives are available.

Allow for on premise Solar Power

// Battery Systems off Solar Nationalise the lot of them

Ensure more gas is released into this country, rather than exporting it, until sufficient, alternative power is available. Then phase out the use of gas along with getting cleaner transport.

Working with state governments: phase out gas and replace with electricity generated by renewables; new developments to be carbon neutral and no gas connections; allow CEFC to assist homeowners and renters to move from gas to electricity; and strengthen GEMS;

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS)

as above

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Strengthen GEMS, enable CEFC to loan funds to landlords for energy efficiency upgrades at reduced rates, legislate to require landlords to provide an energy efficiency and comfort rating certificate to prospective renters.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Also, this wouldn't be such a problem now if governments had the foresight to taken action many years ago to improve building codes to meet higher energy efficiency & fire resistant standards!

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

All of the above are good ways to go ahead with in some way. With my previous answer.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and electric powered appliances, switching to renewables. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals, while also putting a restriction of landlirds merely passing on any costs to tenants. This could work to reduce the number of investment properties, drive down house prices, and work to ease up housing shortages. Prevent inefficient appliances being sold in Australia.

Set a date for landlords to replace the gas appliances (just like the new smoke alarm date).

Assist renters to buy green power.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds & existing homes to upgrade.

Find a way to motivate Owners Corporations to do things like solar panels.

Renters must be a part of the transition to clean energy via these methods:Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds.

Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Allow Renters to own the Capital improvements for which they pay from Savings they make.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

t economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

At a most basic level, there must be Australian Standards applied to ALL appliances sold within Australia to ensure that they comply with strict Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Offer subsidies for landlords to upgrade existing rental properties and build better new ones with world class insulation, solar panels and heat exchange systems.

Introduce a definite timeline for phasing out gas and get as much as possible powered by renewables.

Do not allow energy efficient appliances to be sold here, nor gas connected to any new buildings.

Introduce minimum standards for rentals.

Raise efficiency standards for appliances or put a tax on dirtier ones. Introduce new standards for homes where those to participate in fixing the issues of climate change (home Solar + battery systems) can participate in the national electricity market (arbitrage and FCAS) and get paid for their assistance.

Accept food waste composting at home to make soil saves transport energy and other embodied energy

Renters have limited ability to influence the efficiency of their household, they are bound by the constraints of housing stock that is available to them - and it has traditionally been dominated by low-performance houses as there is no incentive for landlords to provide anything more than at.

The government needs to create mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards inline with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025. Landlords should be able to access funds through the CEFC (Clean Energy Finance Corporation) or similar to fund energy efficient upgrades to their properties. We also need to stop selling and installing certain products at a state level - such as gas appliances and inefficient

electric appliances.

Run online ads and TV ads to promote a nation-wide/global campaign to encourage all individuals, businesses and residential building owners to switch to 100% eco-friendly energy.

My previous answer responds to this - construction and energy efficiencies criteria apply to all buildings and should be tied to the property owner rather than the property resident. Current rental laws need to put the owner back into the spotlight when it comes to being responsible for their investment. Perhaps property owners pay different taxes/rates based on the efficiency rating - whether that be when selling or renting. The challenge is to not pass this onto the renter so perhaps the renter can claim rental reimbursement for inefficiencies if there is a lack of effective insulation, no solar or rain water capture, etc.

Somehow landlords need to want

to make their properties more efficient - Europe has various schemes that formally rate properties which are tied to resale value

Provide landlord incentive to install solar panel systems on tenanted properties.

These are great initiatives. Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Subsidies should be on the infrastructure not the appliance. Our strata wont pay for the infrastructure for people to change to subsidized eco products. So no one takes advantage of subsidies.

Give timeliness for landlords to phase out gas and introduce solar or other renewable energy.

Make body corporates responsible for conversions in their buildings with a timeline. Some financial help for landlords

to comply.

Mandatory thermal performance inspections for new homes and renovations. Compulsory double glazing and properly-installed insulation. A building passport requiring ongoing inspections and disclosure of energy performance on sale or rental.

No new gas connections and incentives for heat pumps, induction stoves etc.

Improved MEPS and finance for

upgrades of existing homes.

It's not about performing strategies for improvements, it's more about turning back to the land for survival. We create problems that then need to be fixed. In a way we take a direction then reflect on what went wrong, making it difficult to reconnect to those we did not respect. Why not reverse this situation by gaining respect to connect, then reflect before taking a direction.

Phase out gas bring in electric powered by solar on every single house, building with energy efficient appliances.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Support Landlords to upgrade their properties with Solar & insulation

The National Energy Performance Strategy can improve energy performance of residential buildings for renters through the following measures.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Legislate against gas connections to new builds.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS)

Mandatory energy efficiency standards

Phase out gas - set timelines to do so

A big one would be to set standards for new electrical applicances - so that they last longer, and are repairable. Let's stop the huge waste & resulting pollution of our throw away

society

Work with local governments to update housing standards on new builds to be more efficient.

Allow CEFC to assist landlords to electrify homes.

Prohibit sale of non efficient

appliances

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables. Tax the corporate sector higher and police CEO incomes that are criminally high to the point of being white collar theft of public monies.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Help owners reduce their prices and go full solar

Strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy minimum Standards (GEMS). Introduce timeline for phasing out gas. Ensuring power supplied by renewables and necessary infrastructure is in place. Introduce minimum energy efficiency standards in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025. And enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), to help fund upgrades, to make it achievable for the low to medium incomes.

Stop subsidising International polluters.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Stop subsiding big companies

Stop putting profit and pollution before people

Stop gas connections to new builds - prevent inefficient appliances been sold in Australia

- strengthen the energy & greenhouse min standards (GEMS )

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

All off above

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Take gas appliances away and create a law from landlords to instal solar, electric heat pumps and electric cooking appliances. Also no new gas stoves or water heaters to put in new homes

Insulation rebates, landlord incentives for solar hws

yes lets do thisnow

When homes are upgraded they should be changed from gas to electric, and include solar panels to help ease the cost of living

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Each one is responsible

Require landlords to provide highly energy efficient homes Introduce strong protections for renters who suffer in poorly- efficient homes, including significant rent discounts to enable renters to pay energy bills associated with these homes.

See earlier points.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Facilitate solar panels on rental properties, for example through tax incentives

Encourage owners to install insulation in rented units

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

In order to get rid of gas, we need to work with State and local governments to prevent gas connections to new homes; a timeline needs to be established to phase out gas so that electric appliances, powered by renewables, can be provided.

Assisting the funding of landlords so that mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals can be achieved by 2025

is also important.

TO MANY PEOPLE ON THE PLANET

Not just rentals - but start with proper policing of energy efficiency standards and ratings for new homes, as well as older homes. Ensure the standards are upheld and can be trusted - criminalise the fake use of standards that is currently rife.

Make (and involve) Real estate organsisations and agents comply with and use (ie. adverstise) all aspects of energy ratings in house sales and purchases.

No more new gas connections for new builds. Mandatory efficiency standards for landlords to implement.

Living solely in my unit, my gas and electricity costs are not high but I do feel for those families with young children facing the flagged costs for gas and electricity.

There are others living premises that are costly to heat and cool. We must not forget those in rental properties and landlords must be helped fund and upgrade and electrify properties.

Encourage landlords to install solar panels

Ban new coal, oil and gas projects.

Introduce a closure timeline for coal mines now, and provide affected workers and communities with alternatives. Nationally, no more hand-outs to coal, oil and gas corporations.

Make all gas exporters pay taxes and royalties.

Establish a publicly-owned power generation company in NSW. Install solar on all public buildings, including schools.

Invest in locally-owned community renewables, such as community batteries, providing electricity storage for households and businesses. Grants and low- cost loans for solar for

households who cannot afford it.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

In order to improve residential renters The, Albanese government should;

First: phase out gas and replacing it with that, a powered by renewable energy.

Secondly; prevent gas connections onto new buildings

Thirdly; introduce mandatory energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the community sector blueprint (by 2025)

Fourth; enable the clean energy finance corporation (CEFC) to upgrade and electrify homes.

Lastly; prevent an efficient being sold in Australia buy strengthening the and energy minimum standards (GEMS)

I don't know

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards.

All of the above, plus NatHERS energy ratings for rental homes.

All of the above

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

All residential buildings, whether rental or owner occupied need to have gas appliances phased out and have these appliances replaced by electrical appliances powered by renewable sources. Through the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, landlords and home owners with low incomes could receive funding assistance to make housing more energy efficient. This would need to be enforced so that real reductions in emissions are achieved. We also need to strengthen the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standard so that inefficient appliances are phased out and prevented from being sold in the future.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

All the above.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Deport all executives from foreign fossil fuel companies

Introduce a timeline now to phase out fossil energy

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Again I was unable to finish my answer above so ditto to me continuing here! I demand the government must introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

You must work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds.

You must introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

You must enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes retrospectively.

You must prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS). This includes that Australia seems to be presently a dumping ground for huge hulks of metal powered by obscenely large petrol engines from carmakers in the US.

Replace fossil fuels with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Yes low interest loans for landlords

All Australian buildings must be converted away from gas & fossil fuels to renewable electric. Put significant financial hindrances in place for all other such energy use. The fossil fuel industries have known about this for at least three decades & have made NO attempt to improve their efficiency or change their ways. They are fighting tooth & nail to continue as they have done. Let them die as other companies have done in the past eg Cobb & Co when cars

came into being.

Require landlords to provide their

properties to standard by 2025.

regarding renters: landlords should be subsidised by CEFC to upgrade and electrify homes.

State and local governments should work together to electrify new homes, and prevent gas connections. A timeline for phasing out gas should be adopted, so all appliances are powered by renewables.

Inefficient appliances should be banned from the market.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Act as if we are facing a crisis, to propel every possible improvement in efficiency and technology, instead of pussy footing around the place.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

All of your examples here and new bldg codes are needed to have all new construction as must have renewable energy and electrics in place too. Phase out fossil fuels completely.

Set a firm timeline for phasing out gas and replacing it with electricity generated by renewables.

Gas is not an issue, if we reduce the use of gas and use electricity we are only moving the emissions from one place to another and more electricity generation infrastructure will be required. In the past we used off peak cheap electricity to heat our hot water when energy consumption was low. The greens pushed to use gas to reduce electricity consumption and would not and still don't listen to common sense on the subMect.

Enforce energy efficiency standards for proprietors of rental housing.

Strengthen energy efficiency standards for new appliances and

white goods.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Prohibit landlords from earning income from homes not meeting best practice energy rating standards.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Fund landlords to upgrade + electrify rentals

Here are some suggestions:

1. Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

2. Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

3. Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

4. Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Question 14

14

How can the National Energy Performance Strategy improve energy performance of residential buildings for renters?

Tip: You can use these examples, or write your own:

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Make it compulsory for landlords to update their rental properties by not allowing rent increases if they don't comply

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

I support the examples given.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community

Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

We need more social housing available with appropriate standards for renewable energy use and preventing gas connections to new builds.

All the above is vital.

Set energy efficiency targets that result in financial penalties if the standards are not meet over time. This would apply to developers and landlords.

No they don't need any funding to achieve this they can add it to the negative gearing and deductions they are claiming in tax.

Naturally using council clean energy guidelines for new builds would automatically speed this up and legislating efficient appliances.

Stop all GAS FRACKING phase out thermal coal.

Set a date for the phase out of gas water heaters and gas space heaters.

Tax large inefficient homes and encourage small well designed energy efficient house design. With prizes and tax breaks.

Encourage vegetables and fruit grown in suburban gardens.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds.

All of the above-

technically, they should have thought about this about 20-30 years ago but they are busier painting Manly all over rather than addressing the urgent matters

Prevent inefficient and conduct by business and people and employers.

1. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

2. Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and

electrify homes.

I want to see that we:

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Renters have limited ability to influence the efficiency of their household, they are bound by the constraints of housing stock that is available to them - and it has traditionally been dominated by low-performance houses as there is no incentive for landlords to provide anything more than at.

The government needs to create mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards inline with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025. Landlords should be able to access funds through the CEFC (Clean Energy Finance Corporation) or similar to fund energy efficient upgrades to their properties. We also need to stop selling and installing certain products at a state level - such as gas appliances and inefficient

electric appliances.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

I think we need to:

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Mandate insulation, shading of windows, fitting of energy efficient electric appliances, rebate the cost of fitting solar to the roof of rental properties or make it subject to negative gearing over several years.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Stand. (GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacingwith electric appliances powered by renewables

Build better energy performance homes

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Provide incentives (including via CEFC) for phasing out gas and introducing/upgrading electric appliances; at the design/siting, development, building and ongoing management stages. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards (at a high star rating!) for all rental properties, and for all appliances sold in Australia.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

A Time line to phase out gas & replacing with renewable electricity.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

set a new standard in to help stop green house gasses and stop factory farming to lower our methane gas levels - lower electric and gas prices - not ever one likes electrical some like gas

- and that should be taken in to account - and was as a country should control our natural resources - not business company's

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

All of the above

All of the above

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Please set a timeline for phasing out gas. Prevent the connection of gas to new buildings.. Give incentives for landlords to transition to electricity

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS). ALL OF THE ABOVE

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electrics powered by renewables

Encourage landlords to upgrade and implement minimum standards, electrify homes. Etc Phase out gas.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

A timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables. Onus on landlords to meet electrification standards. Give renters the option to choose green energy suppliers and / or install solar and / or replace gas appliances with electric and get compensated by landlord.

Work with state and local govts to prevent or cease gas connections to new builds. Or have costly fines in place to deter this from happening. 2. Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Oz.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electrical appliances and heating powered by renewables. Fund landlords and public housing organisations to upgrade and electrify homes.

All strategies will fail unless there is both a local a worldwide voluntary reduction in population. Increasing but insufficient numbers of women and men are choosing to spare their children, and everyone else's, by not having any children. All people, and all aspects of human living conditions and behaviour, must adapt to this change, or suffer the increasingly apparent future ill- consequences.

Prevent inefficient being sold in Australia

There should be mandatory low cost power systems/solar hot water systems in every rental with the costs covered by the housing investors themselves and not passed on to the renters via even more extreme rental prices.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Mandate insulation standards and sealing of openings, and set timelines for electrifying appliances.

GetUp has some excellent ideas! Here's their list. Set a timeline for phasing out gas, replacing with electric ones powered by renewables.

Encourage/pressure state and local government to prevent gas connections to new builds.

Bring in mandatory efficiency standards for rental houses, as so helpfully outlined in the Community Sector Blueprint by Healthy Homes for Renters.

Ensure the CEFC can fund landlords to electrify the houses they rent out.

Stop the sale of energy-inefficient appliances by strengthening GEMS (Greenhouse and Energy

Minimum Standards).

Require rental landlords to upgrade insulation standard to charge rents above a low rate by 2025, and all rentals upgraded by 2028.

Similar rental limits unless homes/units are efficient electricity only by 2025, and all upgraded by 2028.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to subsidise smaller income landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

No gas connection to new builds by arrangements with state and local governments.

Strengthen the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards for appliances.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Phase out gas as soon as possible and replace with electrical appliances powered by renewables. Make these appliances affordable for people with limited incomes.

Encourage solar panels to be installed on all homes and new builds.

Rental caps are essential, calibrated according to credit for each energy efficient feature of house and garden. Landlords should not be subsidised by taxpayers money to meet mandatory energy standards, as they already have tax incentives. We should be remembering that the quality of homes, however temporary, affects the whole well being of persons who live there. If the home is inadequate there are profound ongoing costs to the public purse and services like the health system, or to workplace efficiency, children's educability etc.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to improve energy efficiency including electrifying rental properties.

Prevent inefficient appliances

from being sold in Australia

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

I would think that there could be many ways to approach this - the ones below sound like good places to start:

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with renewables. Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia.

Introduce mandatory minimum standards for rental properties in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the CEFC to to fund

Landlords to to upgrade and electrify homes.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Require landlords to facilitate solar production and improve insultation

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

all of the above

Financial help for the elderly to electrify our homes would be wonderful.

I do not believe phasing out of gas will be beneficial and would not want the government to target preventing gas connections. I would like the CEFC to undertake upgrades to electric homes and to strengthen GEMS standards for efficiency.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

The NEPS can introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for residences in Australia - both owner occupier and rental properties.

We need a national standard for energy performance and building standards for all new builds and also a national programme to renovate existing dwellings. It must be national with no exceptions for any states/local councils. It must exclude any new gas connections with the possible exception of manufacturing and hospitality kitchens.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Prevent gas connection to new builds and introduce a timeline for replacement of existing gas fittings

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

The National Energy Performance Strategy can improve energy performance of residential buildings for renters by: Introducing a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Working with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introducing mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enabling the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Preventing inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Prevent inefficient appliances being sols in Australia by strengthening Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS0.

Phase out gas appliances/connections asap. Set and enforce actually effective mandatory energy efficiency standards, not the current 'tick a box' nonsense.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Government needs to incentivise business and investors to provide climate aware housing.

Have a timeline that's short term to phase out gas

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Renters need local and state governments to set clear targets, standards and guidelines for developers to meet in relation to build and services supply (electric rather than gas) or nothing will happen. Government set standards will be required to change the financial return equation to include environmental returns.

I lived in the UK for 10 years. There it was mandatory to get an energy efficiency report to sell a residential property, and they were moving to enforcing a minimum efficiency rating for homes.

They required annual gas/boiler safety checks by landlords which not only had a safety benefit but would also help maintain energy performance. Some local councils (eg. Brent) also required landlords to obtain a permit and used that

to enforce safety/efficiency standards.

Overall, these types of regulations would be helping improve energy efficiency of the nation's building stock, reducing energy consumption costs for renters and contributing to helping meet climate targets.

In Victoria, there are some incentives/subsidies for improving household efficiency/reducing carbon footprint. It would great to see those expanded and

nationalised.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

All of the above

Stop all new connections to gas for industries and residential property.

Set a time frame to replace all gas appliances with electric appliances.

Stop all imports of gas appliances within 1 year.

Only allow heat pump or more efficient dryers to be made, imported or sold.

Enable the CEFC to fund landlords to upgrade homes that are more energy efficient without raising the rent. Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia.

Bring in a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electricity powered by renewables.

Prevent gas connections to new buildings, working with state and local governments

Bring in mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the CEFC to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify home.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new buildings.

Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify hoes

Gas has become extremely expensive & landlords would need to be funded to change to renewable.

Let the public see the plan for NO GAS and NO FOSSIL FUELS...

a speedy and realistic plan for transition to renewables. And what of green hydrogen..how quickly can we have these systems under way? How quickly can we use them to green-power our electricity for electric vehicles etc?

Certainly fine dirty industry.they very often won't reduce their emissions without a hip pocket nudge. Yet encourage them too - to participate in cleaner operations.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Not sure - all sounds positive but we haven't been renters for years.

Question 14

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How can the National Energy Performance Strategy improve energy performance of residential buildings for renters?

Tip: You can use these examples, or write your own:

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds.

Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

We can't do everything overnight but there is urgency here.

1. Assistance for pensioners to change to electric systems.

2. Subsidies for solar conversion

3. Regulations for new builds in both commercial and domestic sectors to have high energy ratings and electricity rather than gas connections.

5. Mandatory basic standards for rental accommodation and means based assistance for landlords to comply.

6. Minimum standards for appliances in terms of energy efficiency.

7. Stand up to the gas buyers. Our gas should be cheaper for us than overseas users! What were they thinking when they made those deals?

8. Commercial users to be given incentives to create more effective and efficient practices.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

All of the above

Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Strengthen the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards by preventing inefficient appliances being sold in Australia

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Immediate timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables and solar hot water

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables. Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds, Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025, Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes, Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS)

Totally agree with the above.

All rental properties should have efficient air conditioning as part of their lease

Introduce a timeline for phasing out and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables

introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

All the above.

Enforce clean energy codes

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

all of these and ban any new fossil fuel extraction applications.

Mandatory standards for rentals by 2025

Introduce a timeline for phasing out fas & replacing it with electric appliances powered by renewables.

There are so many ways the National Energy Performance Strategy can help improve the efficiency of buildings for owners and renters. For example: Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Prevent fossil fuel appliances being installed in new builds, ensure all buildings have solar panels and neighbourhoods have community batteries

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

-Enable funding /subsidy for landlords to upgrade and electrify homes

- set/increase standards for appliances so they are efficient

- set minimum energy efficient

standards

Provide tax incentives for Electric vehicles , EV chargers, batteries and solar panel arrays.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals and provide energy upgrade processes; regulate production and sale of inefficient appliances.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by

renewables.

Renewables aren't the answer

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by

renewables.

Introduce a timeline that is enforceable by law - for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by

renewables.

Solar PV and Solar hot water can be installed on rental properties by the landlords, with half the energy savings being given back to landlords as a tax break, in other words the government will simply subtract the amount off their annual tax bill until the system is paid for. Any new property built and rented would be required to have substantial

systems in place.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Retrofit old houses with solar panels and the like , and make sure new buildings are built to clean energy standards .

Introduce timeline for phasing out gas & replace with electricity preferably from renewable sources

Install solar panels on every roof in the country and install energy efficient appliances made here instead of importing them

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS).

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replace with energy efficient electric.

Mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rental properties.

Provide funding for landlords to upgrade and electrify homes. Prevent sale of inefficient

appliances in Australia.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds. Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

Out of my depth

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables; assist landlords and renters to purchase these and electrify their homes; stop the sale of inefficient or gas-powered appliances; work with the construction industry and architects to ensure all new builds are gas-free.

Work with state and local governments to prevent gas connections to new builds.

Introduce a timeline for phasing out gas and replacing with electric appliances powered by renewables.

Introduce mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals in line with the Community Sector Blueprint by 2025.

Enable the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to fund landlords to upgrade and electrify homes.

Prevent inefficient appliances from being sold in Australia by strengthening the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards

(GEMS).

How can the National Energy Performance Strategy reduce climate pollution?

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Implement simple and household- friendly sharing/trading of solar electricity.

Implement plans to remove coal, oil and gas from all energy use by

2035, if not before.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2025.

Set energy standards and targets for every household, for new buildings and more importantly for every industry and sector to be consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5degrees.

Tax the rich, tax industry and tax retailers who use single use non

bio-degradable packaging.

Have better standards for new and existing residential and commercial buildings to achieve zero carbon homes and commercial buildings (all electric and renewable powered)

Make targets that are measurable

Provide incentives

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2025.

Australia needs to set long overdue fuel efficiency standards and then extend to economy wide and industry sector energy performance targets. Building standards need to be improved to achieve lower energy homes.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution. Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Support the efforts of individual householders with targeted financial support to convert to more efficient methods of heating and cooling. Provide incentives to landlords to improve the efficiency of heating and cooling for rental accommodation.

Substantially invest in charging stations for EVs. Provide incentives to buy EVs, including to industry so they can invest in EV fleets. This will improve access to second hand EVs making them

more affordable.

Set energy performance targets across the whole economy, including all sectors which consume energy, that keep pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C. Importantly this must specify that all new buildings be zero carbon in the sense that they are efficient, all-electric, and sustainably powered before 2028.

Start a public discussion on nuclear with an aim to achieving power generation from at least one plant by 2035. Create a nuclear industry research centre around Port Augusta/Whyalla/Adelaide to take advantage of the existing power infrastructure, the heavy industry, and the proximity to Olympic Dam.

Setting mandated targets for industry standards that require them to demonstrate how they meet best practice. All publicly listed companies in Australia, regardless of where they are listed, will produce this statement as part of their annual report, as will all "major or significant" private companies. If, on being audited, they are found not to have taken every reasonable step to develop sustainable practices then their business is to be halted until they can show a clear plan towards sustainability. Subsequent audits must show adherence to the plan or reasonable cause as to why not. See the Mines Inspectorate and department for similar approach to safety.

Concurrently, reduce risks around uptake of sustainable practices. Require insurance to cross- subsidise so that uptake of sustainable practices are not penalised and are de-risked for companies.

The National Energy Performance Strategy can reduced climate pollution by setting energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C; setting economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors and increasing standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes(efficient, all-electric, renewable-powered) by 2025.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Solar passive design, to reduce the need for energy to cool

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Subsidise households acquiring stand alone solar systems so that the public don notmhace to rely on polluting, money hungry fossil fuel corporations.

Alternatively build solar farms to service regional areas solely with

solar power

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C to save our earth, environment, animals, oceans and people.

The biggest climate polluters are not individual households but large companies, so the likes of Woodside need to be targeted by the strategy.

The National Energy Performance Strategy needs to aim at limiting global warming to 1.5 C (or less!) by setting economy wide targets and increasing standards so that new homes will have to be zero carbon by 2025. The sooner we can act the better, as we have wasted about 50 years of possible improvements, and we need to act in every way possible to minimise the impact of years of inaction!

Stop opening new coal mines and stop fracking coal seam gas everywhere.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Set strong coals to change to renewable energy and phase out reliance on fossil fuels

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

go to free natural energy.

Setting energy performance targets consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5° or below, setting and enforcing industry and sector pollution targets, and setting high build standards for new homes to be sustainable and climate friendly (eg pretty good house) and supporting the upgrading of existing properties to meet these standards.

Also, Australia should not sell any coal anymore, it does not make sense that other countries are still burning coal.

Eliminate use of gas in favour of electrification.

Divert monies subsdising fossil fuel companies to just transitions of workers, as in forestry and mining

By organising to reduce and eventually eliminate all dependence on fossil fuels

National Plan not hampered by state differences. Set energy efficient design standrds for buildings across all states

Australia should achieve energy efficiency equivalent to the top nations globally eg Germany or Norway. Incentive and support systems should be globally benchmarked and a best-of-the- best derived and implemented for Australia

We need energy performance targets that deliver comfortable homes but are also consistent to limiting global warming to 1.5C. Industrial buildings must be the same. I have worked in many an energy inefficient and uncomfortable building.

All new builds should be of the standard I have found myself only recently able to purchase.

A new National Energy Performance Strategy must have a strong plan to lower the cost of energy, improve efficiency, make homes more comfortable and energy use efficient, and climate actioning, by setting mandatory energy efficiency standards and targets, to meet 1.5 cap, economy and sector wide targets for industry, and standards for zero carbon houses by 2025.

Increase standards for new builds

Concerned individuals like me can make all the sacrifices in the world but it wont make much difference without an Australia wide regulatory framework that sets limits on emissions. This must enforce all sectors including industry, transport and government at all levels to limit emissions in line with scientific recommendations to keep global warming below 1.5. There must be no clever get out clauses like offsetting for fossil fuel companies. Not only emissions from industry and transport but target laws for new buildings for zero carbon performance. Real and enforceable regulations will give investors in renewable energy confidence in the market going forward.

I work in Renewables and live in a Renewable Energy Zone.

Renewables take time to go through approvals and is reliant on major new transmission line infrastructure. Residential homes with sufficient solar and energy storage could be such a quick response to a major problem and also lower energy cost significantly to residents in rural Australia as well as in the cities. Time is precious, the cost of climate change is already high. Through supply of subsidised or free battery storage to households who already have solar systems installed, or supply of solar systems and storage to people that don't, could provide a quick solution that will also provide affordable electricity to residents and retain energy to the grid. Start the roll out in NSW where demand is the highest.

There is no reason why residential

homes could not be energy self sufficient by 2030, which alleviates the impacts of energy shortage and peak prices until Renewables are fully generating enough capacity.

Setting targets that are consistent with keeping global heating to 1.5- 2 degrees C

The ways to reduce pollution are many, varied, and been known for years. But to prove I'm not a robot/spamming the system, the Strategy can set targets, both for emissions and the economy (carrot and stick), and perhaps almost most importantly, increase standards for new builds. This will have a remarkable effect on consumption and general attitudes- which will make further reform easier

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2025.

We need national building standards that ensure all new builds are energy-wise and thermally efficient, all-electric, and renewably-powered. This should be enacted immediately.

We need to make sure industry is actively decarbonising. Not just households.

We need to set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C.

Regulating fuel efficiency and emission standards even further would be a good start. An large investment in public transport options also a good idea.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025. Make solar power PV mandatory, and ban connection of gas, make provisions for EV charging to be mandatory in all new builds.

Mandate roofing colours and materials that reduce island

heating or residentail areas

The energy sector is the most significant contributor to climate change and must be the focus of any measure to combat it. Within that industry, agriculture and transport use the most resources and thus should bear the most responsibility.

Focusing on economy-wide and sector-specific targets, especially for pollution-heavy industries, is crucial. This should include setting energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C and providing research grants targeting ways to increase energy efficiency and decrease pollution outputs.

On a smaller scale, subsidising household efficiency measures (e.

g. solar panels, water tanks, batteries etc.) would increase the number of people who can implement positive changes. Funding for community groups and small businesses to make these changes would help spread this kind of infrastructure across communities.

Standards for new builds should be changed to focus on being zero carbon (efficient, all-electric, renewable-powered) by 2025.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2025.

Follow building standards that are common in other countries, mandating insulation, electric instead of gas, etc.

Tax gas and other carbon-emitting fuels, to encourage adoption of less harmful alternatives, in the same way that tobacco tax discourages smoking.

Adopt a standard for smart meters and control of appliances, to optimise use energy during peak generation and avoid consumption peaks that require peak-load generation such as gas turbine

power stations.

Energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C are essential.

Economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry should also be set and regulated so households are not the only contributors.

Standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025 must be set

asap.

subsidies for renewables and remove subsidies for fossil fuels. and make the mining of such fossil fuels responsible for the full cost of their activities i.e. the environmental and social damages

.

We should have mandatory energy efficiency targets. It would be helpful if there was a financial penalty applied to major sources of pollution and the revenue given to households to help them purchase energy-efficient appliances

Require better minimum passive thermal regulation standards in built, sold and rented homes.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025. Require annual Carbon emissions from all major emitter organizations to lower carbon emissions each year, in keeping with Australian climate treaties, or pay a high tax to those in their industry who have lowered emissions. Carbon Capture and Storage is demonstrably a fossil fuel boondoggle, move those wasted public subsidies to net benefit sectors like renewable

energy and energy storage, ASAP.

By addressing tenants' relative impotency to implement necessary climate change measures.

Amplify Indigenous voices of sovereignty that was never ceded. Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

1. Do not approve new coal and gas

2. Introduce a carbon tax on fossil fuels, both domestic and exported

3. Facilitate renewables

4. Ensure that all houses and units face north, not west

5. Fix the energy-rating system, to encourage north facing windows in temperate parts of Australia (don't encourage the building of windowless boxes)

6. Remove discrimination against non-standard building techniques (e.g. earthships, with thermal mass)

7. Deregister town planner and architects who don't understand these things. Ask why, for instance, new blocks of flats in Canberra are still being built facing west!

8. Don't allow neighbours to plant very tall trees that will shade solar

panels

Greater subsidization of home battery storage, and/or or de- centralized battery storage that all solar producers feed into and draw from. Fuel standards. Public awareness campaigns on gas- guzzlers. Greater public education (TV) on the risks Australia uniquely faces. DO everything we can to set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

The government should set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with stopping global warming altogether, which will require urgent and wide- sweeping action. These policies must include companies/industry and not put all the blame on individuals. Companies should not be allowed to pollute with impunity, and there must be economic consequences for doing so. Also, achieving carbon zero homes by 2025, and making buying electric vehicles viable for families in Australia.

Provide better rebate opportunities for household appliances and electric vehicle purchase.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2025.

Increase subsidies for households to invest in rooftop solar and battery, electric heat pumps, electric vehicles.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2025.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5° C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero-carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Targets have never proven to be successful. They are always set below what is possible. What use is a Government that is unable, or unwilling, to implement best practice. Improving lives is mandatory, reducing the cost of living is mandatory, not poluting our planet is mandatory. We need action right now. We need someone in power with a vision, the wisdom to recognise the path and the will to implement the plan. It is all possible right now. The only downside is some old, no longer relevant big businesses will go under. The upside is obvious, on top of which, new progressive and relevant companies will emerge.

Propaganda is cheap. Set a notional liquid fuel ration level per person based on how much fuel Australia can actually produce and refine. Publicise that limit, pointing to defence and food production constraints were imports constrained by trade action in Asia.

Get rid of the carbon credit system.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Make insulation, double glazing or equivalent, heat pump technology for hot water and building heating and cooling mandatory building

construction requirements.

Introduce a price on carbon! It is the only factor to have universal impact on emissions and selfish lifestyles.

Provide insulation and energy efficient planning in housing design, industrial construction, and methods of manufacture.

Start acting as if our lives and life on Earth depend on immediate actions and forget about bogus scams, such as 'carbon farming', 'Traditional Burning' and 'carbon offsets'.

Reduce population and STOP immigration immediately.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2025.

1. Cease all subsidies to fossil fuel providers. I'm an AGL shareholder but don't want profits or dividends at the expense of the nation, the globe or environments on this planet. Create legislation and policies to stop subsidising fossil fuel companies.

2. Set energy performance targets agreed to internationally to stop global warming above 1.5C.

3. Set targets and incentives for all industries to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. Ensure energy performance targets apply to every single business and enterprise in the nation.

4. Legislate for building code standards to be upgraded so that only energy efficient and water efficient construction takes place for all buildings, domestic or commercial.

5. Help poorer households to get solar power in their homes as a priority. Help all households get more solar power operating in their

homes.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only

contributors.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

All of the above. Maximum effort to save the planet beginning NOW. Before it's too late.

The energy performance strategy needs to spell out the targets we need to achieve and what we need to do achieve them. It needs be the basis for legislation and regulations that are properly enforced so that targets are met.

By setting targets to reduce pollution with incentives to change to cleaner energy in all areas of life.

Ban the use of black roofs on houses and get serious about keeping vegetation in our environment. I believe houses now are far to large with not enough green space around them.

Governments need to talk to Climate Council not developers

We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet.

Stephen Hawking

Increase standards for new builds to achieve carbon zero buildings and subsidize conversion of existing buildings from gas to all electric.

Toughen standards for new buildings to achieve targets to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees

Develop a nation-wide education campaign on how people at home and in businesses can massively save energy; retrofit existing homes and commercial buildings; drastically increase energy performance of new homes, including through the use of natural materials, like hempcrete, light clay straw, straw bale, etc.; ensure all cars imported have low fuel consumption; improve transport so that personal car use is drastically reduced.

As stated before, energy efficiency is key to reducing emissions and energy costs. The government needs to introduce building standards for new structures that ensure that those structures are eco-friendly. There should be no new gas connections. Apartments should have access to solar panels and recharging facilities. All structures should be properly insulated.

Increase the ability of the electricity grid to harvest what private homes are producing in solar energy - it's a shame to not harvest this energy while we are all being killed by the climate catastrophe.

Encourage the use of electric appliances, with a mandatory phase out of gas for new installations within two years (the specific timeframe may not be feasible, but the idea is to get off gas ASAP.) Implement a scheme to reduce the cost of replacing gas appliances with electric, especially for low income households. Push industry to use non fossil feedstocks as much as possible.

energy performance targets limiting pollution, improving building standards so houses, buildings and industry are energy efficient and carbon neutral;

Limit or discontinue the export/sale of fossil fuel such as LPG and coal to overseas countries

Make solar and batteries affordable for households

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution and global warming.

Set targets for industries too. Consult with environmental eco housing providers to ensure new

houses and businesses are better.

Increase standards for new builds to be more energy efficient by installing solar PV on every home and having hot water heat pumps and making homes all electric.

Start investing in community batteries that use excess solar PV production during the day that can then be used at night.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025. AND encourage owners of existing homes and industry to get off gas and install and use only renewable energy sources by subsidizing the cost by low interest loans.

The setting of a future date for the implementation of fuel standards for transport. Setting higher energy efficiency standards for new housing. A Government program to subsidise the replacement of gas heating and cooking with electric appliances and the use of energy consultants to assist private households to determine energy efficiency improvements to their home. (I recognise the previous Labor government got a lot of flak over the home insulation program, alot of it confected by its political opponents, so proper planning would be essential). A standardized EV car battery that allows it to feed the house overnight.(Some EVs can do this, others can't.) Also standardized plugs at charging stations.

True National Grid. Utilize Solar More

All the above

Clear policies for transition to renewables.

Set energy performance targets the reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5, particularly relating to industry.

Lead the way, make it a massive recognition and reward for industry leaders to gather existing knowledge to apply to existing homes and businesses (largest polluter). Run a competition with a national tv program, weave in all aspects of how important this is into the commentary. Make manufacturers who use water pump waste out up stream so they are the first user. Make the cost of all products include the waste management and energy production, make it their issue to solve not someone else's. Don't fund anymore gas and oil, infact penalise and incentivise sustainable activities with a time frame to stand alone. Manufacture in our own country so we are not so dependant on transporting materials or products around the world.

Nothing is currently occurring; we are just dealing with energy supplies rather than reducing the pollutants already there. Setting targets for all industries must be installed, with new and higher targets set every three years.

Energy performance targets that honestly target reducing climate damage. Setting targets for government, industry and commerce. All new homes and commercial buildings to be carbon neutral. Assistance for current homeowners to convert from gas to electric.

Incentives to get consumers off gas

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Reduce financial barriers for installation of solar, provide real incentives for adoption of private green energy, and encourage EV uptake with financial subsidies.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2025.

We know what to do - we've been lagging overseas standards for new home construction for decades and we are paying dearly for it now!

all the above

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry. No new gas wells, fracking or coalmines. Legislate to require landlords to provide a report of energy efficiency and comfort to prospective renters.

Limit peoples use of cars when it's not nessary to drive

Use renewables for all new builds

By encouraging the purchase and use of electric cars.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025. We also need to increase the minimum fire- resistant rating in an effort to fire- proof homes.

At the level of a family home, we use a wood heater to heat our home during winter but try to minimise its use. We need to make available much more efficient & cleaner burning wood stoves to reduce smoke & CO2 emissions. Using our reverse-cycle air conditioner to heat our home is not an option for us as it consumes a huge amount of electricity at this time of year when solar electricity production is at its lowest!

Set standards for all new build homes to achieve a zero carbon standard (ie efficient, all-electric and powered by electricity from renewable sources) by 2025.

Assist owners of existing housing stock (both owner occupied and rental) to upgrade their major energy appliances (eg heating & cooling, hot water) to modern, electrical devices.

Electrify everything!

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Educate all government levels about the wasted energy in commuting and redesign cities and urban areas for safe active transport, better public transport and re-imagining 'last mile commuting' to include e-scooters and other portable commuting options.

All mining Co. are substerdsed by the government and given grants to to explore and build mines.

When they sell their product in Australia it should be at Australian prices not world market prices, it should be sold to Australia first and any excess to the world. The Government should make this a law and any Co. that doesn't like it get out of Australia. The LIbs will not go for it so put it to the peoples make it their choice.

Increase standard for new builds to achieve better energy performance.

Ensure industry is held to high standards for energy and water usage

Phase out gas as a source of energy in homes.

Increase the minimum green star requirements for new build commercial and residential builds. Assist with retrofitting and renovating existing structures to increase their energy efficiency.

Install demand management devices to manage electricity. No new or expansion of existing fossil fuel projects.

Increase standards for new builds to have zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered). Offer incentives for existing homes to upgrade & change. Achieve targets by 2025.

Set targets

Globally we must contain global warming below 1.5C. This requires a concerted global effort led by rich nations such as Australia to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Australia has the climate and geography to be a clean energy super power - we just need to get on with it and stop pandering to the fossil fuel industry.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2025.

All new buildings ( residential and commercial ) should be net zero as soon as possible, National construction code 2025 should address this. All the tools are available to achieve this and the industry will respond but needs to be given a message to make it happen, we need targets set.

There is plenty of scientific evidence to use to set targets to reduce emissions for all sectors of the economy to align with the Paris Climate goals.

incentives are needed to increase the speed of uptake of electric vehicles and to ensure industry fully electrifies as quickly as possible.

We need to continue to increase the pace of implementation of renewable energy infrastructure across the country including upgrades to the electricity grid to adapt it to a decentralised generation system.

Make Capital Available by giving back some of the excessive profits being made in the Energy Sector to consumers to use.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2025.

t economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Encourage the use of electric cars (we have one).

Introduce a carbon tax - to discourage carbon polluters. Increase energy efficient standards on new houses.

Firstly, it requires that there is a regulator who remains fiercely independent and that there are set targets that reduce pollution and that these are strictly enforced by the regulator.

Secondly, it must be realistically assumed that industry is properly regulated. A toothless regulator is useless. We need a properly funded and independent authority that can ensure that pollution is limited from all sources, especially those industries that are known to be major contributors causing the Climate Crisis.

Thirdly, there must be new standards set to make all new buildings zero carbon. These standards must be enforceable.

Set targets across the whole community including industry that aim to reduce fossil fuel usage by 2025

Housing standards are a no brainer here. Why are there still houses being built with black roofs and no solar panels. This has to stop. There are also still "off the shelf" house and land packages that do not implement even the most basic of passive solar design such as orientation and layout.

The National Energy Performance Strategy should include the following:

1. DOMESTIC -Ambitious best-in- world requirements for rain water tanks, 12kW solar panels and insulation

2. COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS-

Heat piles. Most big buildings are founded on bored concrete piles. These can cheaply be fitted with loops for circulating refrigerant.

These heat-exchange systems are much cheaper to run than air fan types.

Big initial outlay but very small running costs and bug benefits over a long time.

Set energy standards that people can afford and will reduce climate change factors.

Set standards for all new buildings and projects.

Rapid changes to tax the polluters who are extracting our finite resources. Incentives to electrify everything and policy to make it attractive - EV vehicle to grid energy sharing systems and trading platforms are key.

Recycle all food waste by composting to make soil, end climate pollution from waste food

By increasing the Ernest efficiency of appliances , cars and all goods the onus is in the manufacturers to get it right too often we have had to work it out for ourselves

The government needs to set energy performance targets that reflect science based targets like limiting global warming to 1.5C. This also needs to drive a market that encourages high performance appliances to be manufactured and imported into Australia. We currently are a dumping ground for the cheap appliances that other countries wouldn't accept. It drives the perception that efficient appliances are too expensive, but it's only because of their scarcity in this country.

We keep building inefficient homes, we need to increase the standards in the National Construction Code to target zero carbon homes by 2025. This also means that we need a nationally consistent standard for measuring embodied and operational carbon in construction, which the NCC is uniquely positioned to determine. We need to stop installing gas appliances in new houses, when we know that the reticulated gas network has no long-term future in Australia, all-electric homes are more efficient and allow households to reap the benefits of solar power.

Industry also has a part to play and needs energy performance targets set for them, again so that they can be incentivised to improve the performance of their operations and find innovative ways to progressively lower their emissions. When carbon border adjustment taxes begin to be applied, our industry needs to be ready, and that means starting to prepare now.

Climate pollution can be reduced by implementing building standards and encourage innovation in the sector to achieve zero carbon homes and businesses - both for new and retrospective improvements. The commercial sector has to play their part and the government could provide incentives (e.g. preferred supplier preference, access to discounted solutions, marketing support, etc.) to reduce their carbon footprint - but not handouts or subsidies. The federal Australian government needs to impose restrictions on the importation of goods in terms of their environmental footprint and ability to be recycled. For example, imported machinery, whitegoods, vehicles and even packaging have to meet predetermined efficiency ratings and be recyclable with additional offset taxes or a ban in place where those criteria are not met. Invest in infrastructure that supports low emission solutions including a decentralised model at a community level such as regional and community power supply solutions leveraging the most suitable options for individual areas be it wind, solar, hydro, biowaste, etc. And innovative waste recycling solutions that aim to minimise landfill, methane emissions and generate useful products aiming for a zero waste cycle. Better and more efficient transport options - let's improve our transport network, especially trains both for passenger and freight to move away from so many heavy vehicles on the road that not only consume fuel and an enormous amount of consumables such as tyres, but contribute to noise pollution, accidents and damage the roads. With better and faster interstate train travel we can reduce our dependency on high emission air travel.

Importantly, this needs to be done in a way that people want to be involved, want to get on board because they see the benefit whether it be their hip pocket, quality of life, future for their children and environment, etc.

Assist current gas users with costs to changeover to electricity.

We need to support landlords and tenants to go solar.

Also these are sensible measures. Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

No new fossil fuel is a no brainer. All of the above suggestions and campaigns saying it's cool to consume less and share. Opting for efficient lifestyle has branded us as lacking ambition !

All new buildings to use renewable energy with no gas inclusions.

Allow landholders to refuse gas pipelines across their land.

Set economy-wide targets for

industry.

We need an economy-wide approach to reducing energy waste. This increases resilience and self sufficiency nationally as well as saving money. Today's energy prices make this the first thing to do.

We need to electrify everything and hasten the transition to 100% renewable energy. The gas and oil industry is dead, they just haven't realised yet. We can be energy independent when we are 100%

electric and 100% renewable.

Setting targets is never going to work. Changing the designs of how we live will. Build with nature not against it..

Bring in regulations for rentals to be energy efficient. Ability to switch electric hot water systems off and on manually (cold areas automated for below freezing to turn ON) Insulation in ALL roofs across Australia to be free or at least subsidised. All walls to be insulated in new builds. All households in Au to have compulsory solar on roof feeding grid - paid, maintained and owned by government.

1. Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

2. Set standards for new home builds to achieve zero carbon homes by 2025 and introduce incentives to improve older homes.

My main concern is removing as many toxins from the environment as possible and to stop environmental destruction by mining companies. Also, to divert tax payer funding of the mining industry and divert it towards sensible renewable energy production.

The National Energy Performance can reduce climate pollution a number of measures that they are already aware of.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Increase minimum standards for all homes, businesses and suppliers.

Return electricity supply to

taxpayer ownership.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2025.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025. Make sure all rental housing is energy efficient, has effective insulation, has all electrical appliances, has solar panels with batteries and car

charging ports.

Set energy performance targets now

Definitely increase standards for new builds, but also more rebates for solar & insulation for established houses

Set energy performance targets to limit global warming to 1.5C

Set targets for all sectors of our

society.

Tighten legislation re emission from industry.

Consumers should know how much carbon is emitted to create individual products.

Tax large vehicle emissions. Support /legislate for electrification

of road haulage trucks.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

As mentioned, we need higher standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes that are designed for passive solar principles, all-electric and renewable powered, by 2025. Plus retain trees or require planting and retaining trees to cool suburbs naturally.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors. Reduce industry subsidies so that they're subject to operating in the same economic environment as the rest of us.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Drop energy orice

Increase information, standards and incentives for new builds. Set:

1. Real energy performance targets that will reduce greenhouse emissions, limiting global warming to 1.5C. 2. Economy-wide and sector targets

for industry.

Take off exploration subsidies to multinational companies the gas in the ground actually belongs to the Australian people

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025. And provide incentive so tenants can enjoy the same benefits, including access to

EV charging.

Stop putting profit and pollution before people

Increase standards for new builds

A national strategy could encourage developers to plant more trees on housing developments, mandate solar panels and heat pumps and fully insulated homes.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2025.

Easy use sustainable power choices such as Solar. Stop being greedy and stop gas companies taking gas and using there own pricing. We have the resources of sun and wind let's use it

Outlaw new gas connections. Mandate all electric for public buildings ,,,,

Solar panels on social housing would help to ease the cost of living on low income households and help reduce 1, emissions 2, ease the cost of living on social housing tenants

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to less than 1.5C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes that use 90% less energy by no later than 2025.

Current buildings must increase energy efficiency to the extent that energy usage is at least halved, by no later than 2025. All homes and buildings must use renewable, sustainable and environmentally friendly sources of power.

Set targets economy wide to get out of gas and coal

Put obligations on landlords to provide energy-efficient homes Set stringent energy performance targets to allow better energy grid performance and the achievement of climate change targets

Require industry to meet stringent energy performance targets Upgrade the grid to account for disseminated energy input, from solar and other sources, rather than the centralised generation paradigm that is now outdated Fund urgent research into renewable energy and energy storage to enable the grid to cope with disseminated energy generation and free us from the need for fossil fuels

Increase home and building standards to require truly energy efficient homes, commercial and industrial buildings.

stop raping our country for profit, reforestation

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Everyone knows HOW

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Ban gas in all new houses and facilitate electrification of cooking and heating.

Emissions standards on vehicles

Encourage smaller new home sizes witjh comprrehensive insulation

If we can get the Russians to kill more Ukrainians And Ukrainians to kill all the Russians. It will help climate change. Less people in the world. I know the tanks will burn a lot of diesel. Which will create a lot of carbon. But the end result is what is wanted

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2024.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2025.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2025.

All of the above ie. set energy performance targets to reduce pollution; set economy-wide targets for industry; increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes. As well as this creating a policy about fuel standards for cars is important. Unlike other Western countries Australia has no fuel standards for cars. It we did reducing pollution further would be on our agendas. instead we are

chocking in diesel pollution which causes considerable illnesses and

death.

STOP BREADING PEOPLE

More than just setting standards or targets - check and monitor these in all old and new homes, councils, and states. Current standards are fake and not checked by authorities. So builders and tradespeople flout the system and and home buyers (and sellers) cannopt trust or use the standards.

Industry targets should be set for industry with a limit to carbon credits. All new houses should have new standards - facing north, effective insulation, roof top solar, batteries, which should be subsidised by government. This should be paid for with a super- profits tax.

I fully support the suggestions in the GetUp petition. They can be done and achieved and all our lives will be better off. It will not be all achieved before 2025 until the electricity grid is able to take all the extra load. and this is in the planning stages. All fossil fuel related subsidies must end.

Reduce fossil fuel powered transport

More ambitious energy performance targets for industry. Nationally, the emissions-cutting target of 43% is inadequate and not consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C.

Zero carbon homes should be the target for new builds, both public

and private.

Create financial incentives to help people switch over from using gas to using (renewable) electricity where possible.

As a nation, we need to find a way to get rid of fossil fuels. I am willing to register to be a part of a local government agency anything that I can do as a young person to ensure my future, and the future of my children, my grandchildren, and so on. As a young person it is frankly terrifying to see the state of of our world of climate change yet. I know that we can change this a couple of years ago we had 12 years to reverse the damage. I believe that has since produced, but if we eliminate fossil fuels and work research to find better solutions, there is a chance that we will live on for many more generations.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2025.

Set real zero goals consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C - not at some nebulous time in the future, but right now. Later will be too late. Get out of bed with the fossil fuel industry. Increase building standards for homes and commercial buildings to be REAL zero carbon (not net-zero, which is greenwashing) by 2025. Set targets for all industries based on REAL zero carbon goals - it is not fair to dump the whole responsibility on householders.

Stop being a climate lagger and

start leading the world in emissions reduction. With the amount of sunshine and other natural resources Australia has, we should have been real carbon neutral decades ago.

Ask the State & Federal governments to legislate so that developers & construction companies must build only zero carbon homes ie.all electric, renewable- powered homes with at least one rainwater tank installed.

Set targets to reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C.

Set sector/business targets so households are not doing it all.

Stay informed on the science

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

They can put pressure on large companies esp to pay tax

Shut down mining, burning and export of fossil fuels.

A Clean Air Act with teeth, applied vigoriusly to coal fired power stations.

National vehicle emissions standards for all new vehicles, equivalent to European standards. Pollution ratings for second hand

vehicles.

All of the above

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2025.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

We need nationwide energy performance targets to reduce pollution and limit global warming. We need targets for industry as well as households and transport. We need new homes to be built to achieve carbon neutrality but also need design and funding help to achieve much lower emissions and better energy efficiency for existing older homes like mine.,

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2025.

All the above

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2025.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Nationalise all energy sectors and kick out foreign corporations

Tax the big polluters and no more fossil fuel developments. No more gas and coal projects

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

I could not finish my answer above...I now continue. The

battery storage system should be able to be accessed by the grid if there is enough power. This would be only power each individual agrees to and earn all contributors the 'going rate' for being available whenever it is used. This information should be availble to all users in real time so they can review their needs on an hour by hour basis. Further I demand the government sets energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C as a minimum but consider going harder and faster to reduce emissions to zero by 2035 at the very latest.

I demand the government sets

economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Set economy wide energy performance targets that will actually limit global warming to 1.5 C

Set appliance performance targets Set targets for industry who are the main contributors Building standards

Make hot plates for low production solar use

Meet & exceed our Paris agreement. Ensure new standards are sufficiently high that renters & the less well off can live in a comfortable home without paying inordinate heating /cooling bills etc. We need zero carbon homes, other buildings such as workplaces, shopping centres & entertainment venues & cars.

Develop a policy to rewire

Australia.

Global warming must stay under

1.5C as evident in international scientific recommendations. We must treat climate change as an emergency, and set pollution reductions accordingly. That means both industries and households are part of the solution. Regarding industries, we must radically transit to sustainable green energies, and stop all new coal and gas extractions. Regarding households, we should increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes by 2025, and transit existing homes to efficient all renewable powered outfits. This must be underwritten by law, and made achievable by subsidies.

Provide grants or interest free loans to all home owners on Cenrelink benefits to electrify their gas hot water and cooktops. Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C. Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Set strict rules on house electrification and insulation, and remove all contamination allowance by the generating bodies.

insulation in the home ceiling good windows and window coverage home

Stop paying Fossil fuels "Subsides" and have them and all extreme wealthy pay their fair share of tax. Also get a lot stronger to shift into renewable energy systems and electric vehicles asap. This will all radically help govt and citizens, and put a stop to Climate Changes. Absolutely insane to not do this and keep on with the current destructive status quo. Think of our children and the future, PLEASE.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Climate change is a natural phenomenon that people have no control of. Carbon dioxide is not the problem and without it nothing will grow and this means no food. The idea of reducing emissions to change the climate is foolishness that will achieve nothing other than increase energy costs.

Ensure large businesses that consume a lot of energy are encouraged or forced via financial means to reduce their usage. Set much stronger codes for new buildings - both commercial and residential. Set vehicle fuel emission standards more in line with those in the EU and USA.

Set real standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes. Initiate a green tax to secure funding from all industries that earn profits without net zero carbon

Set a levy on all second homes that are not fully retro fitted to

achieve best energy rating

Increase efficiency 4 homes

There are many opportunities to move forward sustainably as a nation:

1. Set energy performance targets that reduce carbon and methane pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C.

2. Set broad-reaching, economy- wide targets as well as sector targets for the energy industry so households are not the only contributors/sufferers.

3. Increase standards for new buildings etc. to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all- electric, renewable-powered) by 2025.

New homes need to be built with increased environmental standards to achieve zero carbon increases, provide initiatives and real rebates to upgrade older buildings and equipments. Set emissions targets for the whole economy, monitor the heavy polluters and promote clean energy everywhere

I support the suggested examples, but add that we need to support people who are struggling financially.

Stop approval, financing and building new fossil fuel projects around the country. If senior citizens like us can do what is required so can our government, industry and community organisations.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2025.

1. Energy and water efficiency standards for all new buildings should be increased every two years to create national net zero energy and water use building standards by 2025 - 2030 throughout Australia.

2. A national retrofitting scheme for all existing residential, commercial and industrial buildings should be introduced which provides tax incentives and rebates for all building owners, including banks and financial institutions that hold mortgages on those premises, with a goal of net zero buildings throughout Australia by 2035 or sooner.

3. Fuel efficiency standards for all new vehicles should be set at minimum EU standards and increased annually to encourage take-up of electric and hybrid vehicles, with all internal combustion engine vehicles charged increasing ownership and registration fees over time to discourage their continued use.

4. Provide tax incentives through the abolition of sales taxes on fully electric and hybrid vehicles, on a sliding scale depending on efficiency.

5. Provide government- guaranteed, low-interest loans for individuals, households and businesses to invest in energy efficient vehicles, building retrofits and appliances on a sliding scale according to income and location.

6. Ban the import and Australian production of energy inefficient appliances and vehicles that do not conform to required standards, with heavy fines for businesses and individuals who break the law.

7. Introduce jail terms and prohibitively high fines for senior managers and executives of businesses and industries that deceive or mislead the public &/or government authorities regarding their compliance with the new

laws.

We need to markedly reduce our carbon emissions, to have any hope of limiting global warming to

1.5c. We have already seen climate disasters all over the world, not just in Australia- not only is the climate science now firm and consistent, but we are seeing the effects of fossil fuel usage (and methane from the beef and dairy industry especially) in real time.

There must be a real sense of

urgency about our changes.

Solar panels for new buildings. Insulation compulsory for all social housing and compulsory for every building upgrade.

Shade trees around shopping centres and carparks. Shade trees along footpaths to encourage walking to the shops and to schools.

Keep up the great work on cycle paths for commuters.

As the energy corporations involved with reaping as much money as possible before the collapse of the eco system will not stop until there profits are at risk. The simple solution is to tax them the maximum amount for there pollution. Off course this should also go hand in hand with the CEO's and management at all levels being directly accountable for there actions.

Meaning they will be incarcerated, like wise for the politicians who have allowed this to manifest itself for decades to be accountable for there future and past decisions.

Yes targets for carbon reduction for industry and for transport as well as for homes.

Fortunately industry is already closing coal fired power stations because renewable energy sources are cheaper to run.

I am happy to put up with inconvenience and expenses for the sake of the planet.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Invest/support all forms of alternative energy and the organisations that move to green energy production. Make new builds standards such that they are zero carbon and designed to maximise natural heating/cooling as much as possible.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5

C. Invest in renewables

have standards and make them applicable ? fund them as tenants and a lot of owners won't be able to face the expense by redirecting the money towards high needs goals (like giving $655 million to Ukraine when we need it locall)

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

We need leadership. We not only need increase increased standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025. We need support to retrofit existing buildings.

But it can't just be on households. We need economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

The government needs to set energy performance targets that reflect science based targets like limiting global warming to 1.5C. This also needs to drive a market that encourages high performance appliances to be manufactured and imported into Australia. We currently are a dumping ground for the cheap appliances that other countries wouldn't accept. It drives the perception that efficient appliances are too expensive, but it's only because of their scarcity in this country.

We keep building inefficient homes, we need to increase the standards in the National Construction Code to target zero carbon homes by 2025. This also means that we need a nationally consistent standard for measuring embodied and operational carbon in construction, which the NCC is uniquely positioned to determine. We need to stop installing gas appliances in new houses, when we know that the reticulated gas network has no long-term future in Australia, all-electric homes are more efficient and allow households to reap the benefits of solar power.

Industry also has a part to play and needs energy performance targets set for them, again so that they can be incentivised to improve the performance of their operations and find innovative ways to progressively lower their emissions. When carbon border adjustment taxes begin to be applied, our industry needs to be ready, and that means starting to prepare now.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2025.

I believe we need to set energy performance targets that reduce pollution in line with global warming to 1.5C.

We need targets (economy and sector) for industry so households are not the only contributors.

we also need to increase the standard for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes by 2025: efficient, all electric, renewable

powered! Help us get there!!

First and foremost, promote the installation of solar panels and battery storage, make then cheaper or mandate a feed in tariff rate to make them more attractive. Follow that with rebates for energy efficient appliances. This is aimed at cutting household demand.

Then get into reducing industrial demand, tax breaks for energy efficient equipment and replacement of gas equipment with electrical. Fitting solar panels and storage to the roofs of industrial buildings (many already do this).

Get bodies like the CSIRO to research and develop processes like hydrogen steel making, I know it's already being done but that will be propriety knowledge since it's being developed by private enterprise. We need processes that are open to all to use, so they have to be Government funded.

Next work on transport, scale up the introduction of personal vehicles with tax breaks on imported electric vehicles, mandate charging stations all over the country and give some stimulus for powering them with renewable energy. Get serious about replacing government vehicles with electric vehicles as they are doing in the US. Then look at what can be done to increase the use of electric busses and trucks, delivery vans etc.

All of the above will reduce demand for fossil fuels used for energy and transport and therefore reduce emissions. But fossil fuel use will remain, so here's the big one. Any offset carbon credits have to be reviewed and approved by an independent scientific body. That will cut out the dodgy schemes that do nothing for the environment and allow big polluters to claim that they are under their cap or actually reducing their emissions, despite digging up more coal than ever.

Everyone knows that does not

pass the pub test. The approval body should be able to declare that claimed credits are not valid, forcing the emitter to have to source genuine credits.

The above will result in a drop in production of fossil fuel due to a drop in demand. Which means that it would be crazy to approve a bunch of new fossil fuel extraction projects when many of the existing ones will become financially unviable. Put a 10 year moratorium on the approval of any new projects, by which time they will probably never be developed anyway, but this does retain the possibility of some new source being developed if really needed. Remember that a lot of oil and gas is used for things like plastic and fertilizer manufacturing, we still need those.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

All new builds should have solar panels and include the lastest energy effecient technologies. Set targets across industries and make sure these industries meet these targets.

All public housing must have solar panels installed by the government, this will ease the cost pressures on tenants & reduce the use of fossil fuels for electricity.

Set energy performance target, reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 c

Increase standards for new builds and retrofit all houses to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all electric, renewable-powered)by 2025

limit global warming to 1.5/

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2025.

Set energy performance targets to reduce pollution, increase standards for new builds and set economy-wide and sector targets to address climate change.

Encourage individual action with education and effective incentives. Model good behaviour with all public buildings. Support and encourage smaller residential buildings, diversity in housing

stock and planning flexibility.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C

Please encourage others towards an energy efficient home which helps to reduce pollution and cuts back on over reliance on fossil fuels.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

we need to save our people and our Planet - Their Is No Planet B - we need to stop ADANI to help save the planet - No More New mines and we need clean energy Now -Not tomorrow thank you stop Corrupt pollie getting rich from the bussiness and keep our energy for us in australia - way be for we sell it off to energy companys to sell and make sure they start with a 100.000.000.000.000.000.00

safety deposit for clean up or their mines close . in case they dont do it them theirselfs (their company ) - return it back to the nature it was - not leave it as a mess !

Stop deforestation, reward animal farmers who stop, make all new builds solar powered with battery, make it law for industry to use renewables.

Stop off-sets for industries. Let's have actual reduction of carbon produced, not dubious schemes to give the impression that less carbon is emitted. Encourage home owners to get air conditioners, efficient electrical appliances and develop financial shemes to encourage this.

As above

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Households need to be supported with the transition to thermally and energy efficient dwellings. The housing construction industry needs to be on-board. Renters and those in public housing need to be able to access the benefits of latest technologies and best practices for thermally efficient homes.

Ideally increase standards for new buildings and assist existing house4holds to transition.

Stop cutting down trees for starters then move on the big polluters' and make houses energy efficient

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting warming to 1.5 C

Want targets to reduce pollution, targets that are across the economy, to make new builds more sustainable with zero carbon homes in energy but also for building materials, permeable paving and keeping trees and encouraging natives.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2025.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds (industrial, commercial, and residential) to achieve zero carbon (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

New builds should be zero carbon as soon as possible ie 2025. This is cost effective and totally do- able. Light industry / business districts offer a huge opportunity for urban solar farms, but because many of the premises are leased or strata there is a perception that it is too difficult ie sorting out ownership of roof v. ownership of solar hardware v. benefit of solar power. Again, it is cost effective but needs some creative thinking to sort out. Great potential for third party to lease roof, separate to property, to use as space for solar generation. (Examples already exist, such as UTS renting roofs to install solar to offset their emissions, and Inner West Solar renting the roof of the RSL to create an income stream for the community.)

I want to see renewable powered and all electric homes. I want to see higher energy performance targets to limit global warming in line with international and community expectations. I want industry to meet tough targets, harder than what community have to do. Industry have gotten away

with too much for too long!

Set economy wide and sector targets for industries so that households are not the only contributers.

The only genuine prospect of sufficiently reducing pollution is a worldwide voluntary reduction in population. Increasing but insufficient numbers of women and men are choosing to spare their children, and everyone else's, by not having any children. All people, and all aspects of human living conditions and behaviour, must adapt to this change, or suffer the increasingly apparent future ill- consequences.

The above cannot be implemented without stress to many

There should be mandatory low cost power systems/solar hot water systems in every rental with the costs covered by the housing investors themselves and not passed on to the renters via even more extreme rental prices.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Increase standards for new builds and renovations.

Formalise a scheme that supports renters to work with landlords on energy efficient measures for rental properties.

Increase subsidies on battery storage for industry and residential properties.

Stop all new developments of fossil fuel power plants and mining projects.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2025.

Set binding and strict energy efficiency standards for new build commercial and residential buildings as well as retrofits.

Set energy performance targets to reduce emissions, especially for industry - green cement and green steel, green hydrogen or renewable energy replacing gas. We must get off gas!

Encourage households to get off gas by all means possible.

Establish strict requirements in building codes for new homes, and add incentives as necessary to ensure houses are properly insulated and screened (no bare west-facing windows), all-electric and powered by renewables, equipped with induction cooktops and heat pumps as a standard.

Make it easier for renters to have low-emission houses, whether through opportunities to contribute to local solar farms or by pressuring or penalizing and also motivating landlords (carrot and stick).

Encourage EV takeup by various means.

Take a good look at the transport sector, which produces a lot of emissions - encourage local manufacture or assembly of electric buses, use of public

transport, bicycles.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve efficient, all-electric, renewable-powered homes by 2025.

Increase permeable ground area standards for new builds to ensure houses and apartments have enough soft land surface to absorb water in high rain events.

Require petrol stations to have electric car recharge stations by 2026.

Require non 4wd car imports to be all electric by 2026, and foreshadow changes to 4wds and trucks by 2028.

Set economy-wide efficiency and renewable energy targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Set targets consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C - 1.5 is NOT risk free, but !1.5 is very dangerous!

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Set targets for the whole economy, for each sector and for households so that everyone contributes to reducing pollution. Make it affordable for poorer citizens to make the necessary changes in their homes.

I think the strategy should be human and ecology centred, not market driven. If we get that right, the market, always searching for new profit ground, will naturally follow. The human understanding and deep wish towards doing and being better is actually what leads economic inspiration.

Set energy performance targets that are suitable for reducing pollution and global warming to no more than 1.5 degrees C

Ensure that the whole community is involved in meeting appropriate targets, ie all commercial ventures as well as private households, and provide financial support for households that are unable to afford the measures needed.

Increase standards for new

buildings to achieve zero carbon homes

There are many old & poor performing homes. Financial assistance such as co-payments for energy performance upgrades for welfare recipients.

The government needs to set energy performance targets that will reduce pollution so we can stay within the 1.5C global warming - and at the same time have more energy-efficient appliances and homes.

We need to be using efficient electric appliances (hot water systems, stoves, ovens, air conditioners, TVs, computers, and cars). And they all need to be powered with clean electricity (like rooftop solar) so we don't need to buy outrageously expensive and polluting fossil-fuel-generated electricity and gas.

The entire system should be run for our benefit - not for the convenience of those who provide expensive, second-rate, polluting goods and utilities.

We should be especially mindful of looking after ourselves and not being taken in by the antics of the fossil fuel industries. They have known since the 1970s that global warming was a life-threatening issue and decided to double down in their own interests.

Subsequently, they told lies, spread misinformation, sponsored biased research, and paid millions to political parties so they could be in politicians' ears.

WE need a National Energy Performance Strategy to draw a line in the sand that announces to all players in the field that we will consider our own interests first and

always - and then act on that.

Creating a circular economy is a way of reducing carbon emissions. A database needs to be created to assist in determining how industry can become more efficient by reducing waste and unnecessary energy consumption.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2025.

Set enforceable low pollution standards across worst polluting range, e.g petrol & diesel, gas, industrial sectors, agriculture, and so on.

Business and industry have to pay their fair share not just households. The building industry has to build homes which are fully zero carbon - particularly low- income houses must not be done on the cheap.

all of the above

We need as many new strategies as possible, with innovative thinking using the vast talents of our scientists - and then the support of our politicians to implement new ideas.

I believe in setting energy performance targets to limit global warming. (using 1.5C)

I believe economy wide and industry sector targets will allow us to increase employment opportunities as well as becoming major contributers to a strategy.

I do not believe all electric is going to be helpful towards performance standards without solar input and would like the strategy to refer to the use and growth of a strategy that includes solar as a main

contributer into the future.

Make it mandatory for new unit blocks to install solar power and provide subsidies for existing unit blocks to install solar power systems

The National Energy Performance Strategy can set targets for industries and communities that reduce pollution so that global warming is ket at 1.5 degrees

We have to get serious here - please see article by Ross Gittens in the Sydney Morning Herald published 1/1/2023. We need to raise the bar on national standards for vehicles and home insulation. No more different options for each state. This needs to be a national approach - NO exceptions. Mining and agriculture need to pitch in equally to help meet our targets - they will always look for exceptions because of the export $$ theory that they must be competive with the world market. What they dont get is - there will be no world markets for their products if we dont get our act together in the next few years.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set energy and emission targets that keep global warming below

1.5°C - prioritise rules for businesses as the worst polluters with household requirements a lower priority (reflecting where the problems are and not trying to shift the blame to consumers).

Subsidise renewables and

increase access to electrics over fossil fuel use

The world needs to shift to the equivalent of a War Situation. We can't go on as we are now with ineffective solutions that big business can 'game' and essentially do nothing. I believe the average person is already moving towards a renewable energy future. It is disappointing that Australia has wasted so many years. We need legislation that encourages the up-take of electric vehicles, as just one example. All informed persons should read Ross Garnaut's latest book: Superpower, Australia's Low- Cardon Opportunity.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025

Invest in renewables for electricity generation and large scale battery storage

Electrify the private and commercial transport sector as much as possible, together with any other green hydrogen technologies for where electric vehicles are not practical.

Invest heavily in non fossil fuel public transport and make the provision in new estates for energy storage.

The National Energy Performance Strategy needs to tackle climate change on multiple fronts. Setting energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C, setting economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so that both households and industry are part of the solution, increasing standards for new builds so that new homes and businesses are carbon neutral and have charging stations for electric vehicles by 2025. Local councils need to be supported to help residents make low-cost changes to housing that can reduce energy use and improve comfort. Planting of deciduous trees or vines in appropriate places to reduce heat on buildings exposed to full sun in the heat of summer is one example that can make a big difference to comfort on hot days.

Get rid of coal fired power stations.

Set economy wide targets for industry.

Electric Vehicles for Government fleet.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting Global warming to 1.5 C.

No Fracking. No new coal and gas.

Increase standards for new builds

to achieve zero carbon homes.

Set policy that has a realistic chance of limiting global warming to 1.5°C.

Stop all new gas and coal mines immediately.

Stop gas connection to any new or major renovated house/flat.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Increase standards for new builds to have zero carbon homes sustainable

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2025.

Assess each community's needs. Work with each community.

Set measurable targets for moving to energy sources with lower carbon footprints, with support for retraining of workers that will need to switch industries.

Incentivise business and households to accelerate their transition ahead of stronger regulation enforcing the

improvements.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

All of the above.

Phase out coal and gas production very rapidly and do not allow ANY new coal and gas enterprises.

Set economy wide tough targets so all sectors reduce emissions.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes.

o achieve zero carbon home by 2025.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025,

Reduce subsidies to polluters and tax them heavily

Wealthy people to pay more tax Research ways of power saving

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5

C.

Hydro water system & solar

I built a tropical designed home. One room deep with breezes coming straight through. Up off the ground with breezes underneath. No aircon - just ceiling fans. 22yrs ago Ergon REFUSED roof solar connected to the grid - so I have none. I use very little electricity.

Why must we insist on concrete slab McMansions full of aircon? This poor design in tropical or warm climates is inexcusable. Keep wind through and under our homes and CUT USE OF ELECTRICITY. Therefore far less need to worry about increasing

cost of power.

Set energy efficiency standards for new housing including solar and no gas. Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2025.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Reduce reliance on fossil fuels

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025

Set strong energy performance targets, we have a long way to go to get to 1.5 degrees warming.

Strengthen standards for new builds including adding a solar system to every roof and ensuring new homes seal.

Increase standards for new vehicles phasing out the use of fossil fuels.

Value our natural areas, give them the carbon sink values they deserve instead of treating them as worthless.

Include industry in energy targets commercial buildings need to be energy efficient and have standards set for them. Industries need targets to bother to be energy efficient.

Ensure industry pays it's share, individual Australians have lead solar system installations , every new building needs to be energy

efficient, not just homes.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2025.

Building industry standards that all new building should be aligned to the north, have appropriate north- facing eve length to the latitude for shading the north face of the house in summer and allowing the sun in unimpeded to warm the slab during winter.

If this became a building standard that all architects, designers and builders had to adhere to, then subdivision road access and block orientation would also have to be be part of it.

Town and city planning would be part of it.

It would save a massive amount of power and money before we even start talking about insulation.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025

We desperately need to consider how everyone is contributing to an energy crisis. Individuals may be doing all they can by installing solar and using passive heating and cooling but industry has far more impact. New homes need to be built with efficient insulation and renewable energy. This needs to extended to commercial properties. There are excellent examples around the world of premises that have made changes to greatly reduce heating and cooling costs. Australia needs to follow best practice not just what the U.S. and England are doing.

We don't have to invent it all. Cast

a wider look at successful models and practices.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2025.

All of the above. However individuals must check the condition and performance of their appliances and try and improve their home insulation , ventilation etc. Get rid of the old fridge in the garage or have the door seals checked. Buy only efficient appliances.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes: efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered, by 2025. eg. Make all new builds have some solar

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Initiate a scheme to assist low income citizens to change to all- electric, renewable- powered systems in their homes.

If you plan to do something you need a plan ---

By going 'all electric' it will make a difference whether in established homes or by increasing standards in new homes to get zero carbon efficiency

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Stop clearing of vast areas of bushland to send overseas for paper making pulp, help industries that are building renewable resources and recycling business. Help renters live more sustainable without extra cost to owners and tenants. Plant more trees and increase funding for community gardens and planting out for green cities and roof-top gardens.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2025.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

We are already going to go over

1.5C as the science states! Industry is the biggest polluter so it must be a foremost target. New homes should have zero carbon footprints. However, typically the poor are forgotten ... living in expensive to run inefficient rental housing ... think that should be a priority rather than subsidising fossil fuel industries!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When the policy is implemented make Origin energy pay

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C., renewable energy, efficient energy from renewable energy and that is affordable. I remember when SEC was still here in Victoria and very affordable. Why are we being made to pay too much for necessities that we need? (power, water etc)

All of the above and phase out fossil fuel reliance. No need for creating new easements through fertile agricultural land and flood plains to accommodate an underground hi-pressure natural gas pipeline impinging the environment for now and for the future generations to be left with to clean up after we are gone.

Reduce emissions by putting in place a strategy to reduce wood fire heating, and rubbish reduction. Have a zero fire pit policy, zero wood heater policy, zero hazard reduction policy. This would reduce pm2.5, pm 1.0, CO2 emissions, and all other unknown toxins that are burned in home fires. Homeowners burn their rubbish in their fireplaces, fire pits and pile burns, they are not monitored and are becoming a drain on the medical system and destroying ecosystems, the combination of toxic emissions and ecosystem destruction is adding to

Climate Change.

Increase standards for new builds

Stop allowing utilities dictating their preferred guidelines and standards, and have the standards and guidelines by people or bureaucrats who actually know their portfolios.

SMART cities is not the answer. Focus on reducing planes' emissions or making them run on a safer fuel. Stop super rich using private aircraft !

Encourage research into better lighting, heating, cooling and ventilation.

Set Federal standards for recycling to reduce landfill and reuse resources.

BEV friendly and C2G capable Local Council, State and federal governments implement changes too

All the above. Insist on houses being able to use ONLY non-fossil fuels to warm/cool them.

Help increase efficiency in older buildings and endure new buildings abide by energy efficiency codes

We really need the fossil fuel industries, lobbyists and associates taken out of any decision making. They made this mess we're all in because of greed.

We need to set economy wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors. Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

We need to get ecosystem restoration

around the planet and mass tree planting online to accelerate carbon capture using plants themselves and also minimising the impact we have on the earth.

There is only one system that can convert the excessive mass of atmospheric CO2 - nature. To return to pre global warming CO2 levels one third of atmospheric CO2 will have to be removed.

Living organisms: phytoplankton, calcifers, marine and terrestrial forests are the active ingredients of the biosphere for this. Before we even consider eliminating the excess atmospheric CO2 it's essential that we cease emitting more than nature can process, that is achieve stability. Until this occurs temperatures will continue to rise. We must reduce emissions and enhance nature. This means convert to carbon free energy sources asap and stop clearing forest, that is stop killing the air cleaning parts of the Earth . While not a substitute for forest loss, trees absorb a lot of incident solar energy and emit water vapour, both resulting in a significant surrounding temperature drop. The concrete jungles of cities and suburbs need trees, large and many. While some councils understand the value, too many have yet to adapt. Climate change education in schools from day one is necessary if a world population is to be converted into a biophilic community that cherishes the natural world and assists it to clean our atmosphere. The atmosphere is a humungus entity. Once we achieve CO2 stability, it will take centuries perhaps millenia for our damaged natural world to clean up our mess. It is worth noting that The Sun is relentless in delivering energy into our atmosphere 24/7. Unlike many other nasty things that have happened to us over time, climate change is not going away. Make dwellings more comfortable by all

means, but never lose sight of

what we are up against --- ourselves.

Many ways

Theybcan set performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming tom.

1.5 c

The National Energy Performance Strategy would help create sector targets to keep global warming to under 1.5 degrees. The fossil fuel industry has made too much money at the expense of nature and our future. It's time to have a strategy in place so we can achieve goals with electrifying Australian households. You know the science so please listen and act for our future please - standup to the bullying fossil fuel industry. This is what the general population wants and even if it didn't it is your responsibility to act in the best interests of the Australian public not private interests.

I think the best thing is to have the building minimum standards to be ensure homes are more energy efficient

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5

C. Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-powered) by 2025.

Solar panels on all roofs, neighbourhood and industry batteries.

Encourage transition to all-electric homes, with solar panels and battery storage. Phase out gas in all residential homes. Set targets to reduce fossil fuel usage to limit

greenhouse gases.

-Improve standards for building so they maximise energy efficiency in terms of design and material use, so there is less reliance on airconditioners for cooling/heating

- improve standards for housing/apartment developments so green spaces/canopy are mandated, plus water saving

- identify types of retrofitouts that could be implemented for older houses to improve energy efficiency

- improve transport options to

reduce reliance on individual vehicle use --> ie sector target

Set a fixed price per kw for all electricity producers so all will compete on efficiency and the community will benefit across the country .

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Energy performance targets to reduce global warming and regulate affordable costs

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2025.

Stop lying

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2025.

Set standards that are enforceable

by law to limit global warming to 1.5C

We need government loans paid back at the rate of energy cost savings, to enable everyone to install substantial solar PV and Solar hot water system on their homes. This can be done by the savings being passed back to the government by the energy retailer

until the systems are paid for.

Change pricing and billing practices to promote low usage of energies and therefore reward those who are low users of fuel, heating and cooling, water, electricity and gas etc.

This may require some government subsidies but many things can be changed by adjusting the calculations of ratings so as to penalise those who are larger consumers and reward those who actually try hard to reduce their emissions.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Doing better than just limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees . Keep it way less than that !!

Set energy performance targets to limit global warming to 1.5C, set economy wide targets, Standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes.

Do as I have done

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Set energy performance targets. Set targets for industry to reduce emissions as well as households. Set standards for all new builds to include energy efficiency towards

achieving zero emissions.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable-

powered) by 2025.

Not sure really

They should increase the standards for all new builds of homes and commercial properties to ensure they are efficient, all electric and renewable powered by 2025. They should help apartments to increase their use of renewable power.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025.

Set energy performance targets that reduce pollution consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 C.

Set economy-wide targets and sector targets for industry so households are not the only contributors.

Increase standards for new builds to achieve zero carbon homes (efficient, all-electric, renewable- powered) by 2025. Switching fossil fuel machines to efficient electric versions and powering them with clean electricity (like rooftop solar) will halve the costs, use a fraction of the energy and create zero pollution. Building better, more insulated homes should be a no- brainer.

Together with experts and allies, I'm calling for the National Energy Performance Strategy to include goals, targets and mandatory standards that lower the cost of energy, make homes safe and comfortable, protect people from extreme weather, and cut climate pollution.

This is an incredible opportunity to change the status quo.

QUOTES FROM GETUP

MEMBERS

For a first home buyer, buying any existing home in Australia in an existing suburb means accepting living in dangerously cold and hot conditions.

Upgrading appliances can only go so far to solving this problem, the problem is deeply embedded in the walls of the dwelling and requires deep retrofits.

Poor ventilation, inadequate insulation, leaking gas stoves, condensation and mould - by improving the performance of our housing in this country we eliminate the health impacts from these risks.

- Darcy, regional VIC

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High power bills combined with low quality housing impacts quality of life

Heating my home, currently on gas ducted heating, has become too expensive during winter. It is too much, caring for a partner with a disability and not being able to provide a comfortable environment.

Chris, urban VIC

My wife and I are over 80 years and my wife has health issues. Higher energy costs make it difficult to maintain a comfortable temperature in our house.

Lester, regional NSW

Having high gas bills to pay, I have to sacrifice having a more nutritious meal, going out more often, and dressing better.

Anonymous, urban VIC

Social housing must be upgraded

I live in a housing commission unit. It faces north and receives good sunshine. I feel that the state govt. could use the opportunity to install solar panels on all housing community roofs, similar to

mine, to increase green electricity generation to feed into the grid for the benefit of all users.

Anonymous, regional WA

We live in a housing commission, so we can't put solar panels, double glazing or rain water tanks on the house, and the government won't retrofit our home either.

Anonymous, urban NSW

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People want help to get off gas

As a pensioner it is difficult in this period of soaring cost of living. I did invest in solar panels which are working well to decrease both the cost of electricity and environmental impact. Converting my water and heating appliances from gas is currently beyond my reach. I am terrified by the announcement of increased gas prices. I already use extra clothes and blankets in cold weather.

Anonymous, regional VIC

I have heat and cold intolerance and cannot live without air conditioning. Energy prices are unaffordable. I have gas for hot water only and I cannot understand why. I would stop using gas if I could. Essential services should not be supplied by profit making companies that are not human centric. Get rid of gas now!

Carmel, urban QLD

I want to move from gas hot water to a more efficient electric system, a heat pump. However, I am not eligible for the Vic gov rebate because I am on gas. If I had an inefficient electric water heater and wanted to replace it with a more efficient electric I would get the Vic rebate - how unfair and contradictory is that!

Mary, regional VIC

I live in a 19th century house, which gets very cold in winter, due to lack of

insulation. As a single retiree, I cannot afford to spend any more on the infrastructure of my house. Unfortunately, I rely on gas for heating and hot water; upgrading to electricity (which I would love to do for environmental reasons) is beyond my financial capacity.

Jennifer, urban NSW

I couldn't afford air-conditioning this summer and I've just received my gas bill and whilst my usage has decreased by 30% the cost has increased by 50%!

Anonymous, urban SA

I live in the Central Wheatbelt of WA, a region that is typically subject to several heatwaves every summer--a situation that has become significantly worse during the course of my 65 years living here due to global heating.

Living as I do on a very modest self-funded pension, I struggle to meet the ever-rising costs of electricity bills, even with a 1.5- kilowatt solar panel system augmenting my power supply.

There is no way that I can afford to upgrade the insulation, solar PV system or air conditioner on such a limited income.

Unfortunately, the situation is bound to get worse as the years roll by and global heating accentuates these problems. And all this without even mentioning the increased risk of megafires associated with longer heatwaves, drier conditions and higher temperatures during both days and nights.

The opportunities for adapting to the impacts of climate change are immense for those who have the financial means but, alas, I'm not in that fortunate position. However, with a very modest level of government support, say with subsidies to assist me to purchase and install some of the aforementioned technologies, I am sure that I'd be able to improve my standard of living very appreciably.

- Anthony, regional WA

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People are concerned about extreme temperatures

Power bills are our largest bill by far. With the weather becoming more extreme we are using more power for heating and cooling each year. Add to that loss of work from the pandemic and increasing interest rates - there is less money than ever to spend on essentials - like healthy food for our two young girls.

Anonymous, regional NSW

We choose to run the aircon less often because of the costs, but that is becoming more difficult due to the increasing heat. I have noticed the temperature rising wherever I am and as a young person I am truly worried about the future state of our nation.

Lillian, urban NSW

When it's cold my house is freezing inside. When we have baking summer time temperatures it's like being in an oven. Energy efficiency for members of the community who can least afford it continues to be priced out of the market by little more than greed thus making this nothing but a pipe dream. And I think it's the people who can least afford these things that really should receive the most help.

Anonymous, urban QLD

Residing in a poorly constructed, newish home: no insulation, poor roof orientation, leaky single-pane windows: basically zero thought in making this home energy efficient. I live in the subtropics and in winter am colder than my home back in Canada, and in summer the aircon struggles to keep the heat out. And every home I have seen is basically like this.

Michael, regional NSW

As a 26 year old, I thought I would own my own home by now. However, priced out of the market I am forced to rent. Even when the rental market was more reasonable, it was almost impossible to find rental homes which were energy efficient and/or used green/sustainable energy sources.

So not only am I forced to live against my values of creating a greener, more sustainable future (leaving fossil fuels in the ground), I also have to pay hefty power bills.

Just another big expense which makes it all the more difficult to save for a house deposit, keeping me and countless other young people trapped in this cycle, falling as the middle class disappears.

Not to mention the discomfort of living in places which are poorly built, cold and drafty in winter, and sweltering in summer. There needs to be legislation to make rental properties more green and sustainable too.

- Anonymous, urban QLD

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Renters want support to live in more efficient homes

I'm a renter and have no say what hot water service and heating I have in my home. My hot water service is not efficient and my house is freezing in winter as it needs to be retrofitted. I'm on a low income and receive no concessions for my essential utilities. My electricity and gas bills are very high and hard for me to pay.

Anonymous, urban VIC

As we are renting we do not have any choice in the type of energy in use. Hot water, heating and the stove are all gas. Our landlord would probably not change to renewables unless there were worthwhile incentives to do so.

Anonymous, urban VIC

As 11 of the 12 units in my block are rented so the owners will not support or pay for a solar power system, particularly panels on the roof. My unit is very leaky so I have to run air conditioning to maintain a reasonable temperature in winter and summer.

Anonymous, urban NSW

Being a rental property, we don't have solar and storage on the building, which is disappointing. We should be pushing hard to have owners of rental properties invest in renewables and energy efficiency.

Craig, urban TAS

Upgrades should be subsidised

We have spent our own money as well as used government subsidies to move our appliances from gas to electricity. We have also used our own income to insulate our home. Government assistance has been a very motivating tool to make us change our lifestyle.

Anonymous, urban VIC

If the government provided subsidies for people to shift to more energy efficient systems and appliances, it would reduce energy bills and cut emissions. These subsidies would not have to be great - just enough to encourage people to make the shift.

Ken, urban NSW

I would like to know that the energy that I am using comes from renewable sources. I'd like to change from gas hot water but it's difficult in an apartment without help in the form of subsidies or other ways to encourage the strata to make the change.

Anonymous, urban NSW

As a pensioner with a small fixed income, I am unable to partake in home improvement opportunities.

Things that everyone needs, energy, water, health care, education, roads etc, should never be in the hands of private enterprise.

We have the technology and ability, right now, to provide free sustainable energy at a cost equivalent to what we currently spend.

It will provide thousands of worthwhile jobs and technical know-how.

- Peter, regional VIC

People who are able to upgrade are seeing the benefits...

We have a passive solar. Home 8.8 star. It is energy efficient and extremely comfortable to live in, a constant temperature all year. We feel healthier mentally and physically. Our electricity bill last year was $6.60. As retirees this is fantastic. We are not connected to gas.

Jenny, regional VIC

One of the best things that ever happened to my husband and I was when the Rudd Government introduced the solar panels rebate in 200819. The feed-in tariff courtesy of the Bligh Govt (44c per kW) has well and truly paid for both systems now and often also covers our monthly bill as well.

Olivetta, urban QLD

We have installed solar electricity which has reduced our electricity bills considerably, and until the reduction in feed-in tariffs last year we received checks rather than bills from the electricity retailer.

Rosalie, remote NT

After installing a small solar array and a new hot water heat pump to replace a gas hot water system, plus removing gas cooktop and oven and replacing with an induction cooktop, our latest electricity bill was the supply fee plus GST only, meaning that we didn't pay for grid electricity. If governments started to combine solar PV with hot water heat pumps in their proposals, users would see a decrease in energy bills immediately.

Martin, regional NSW

Efficiency is the first fuel. The quality of Australian homes on thermal performance is disastrous.

We have worked on sealing and insulating our house, have solar, replaced gas heating with heat pump, and our next step is to remove all remaining gas appliances.

Gas is a primary fossil fuel and has no place in our energy system any more. All of these things are cheaper and better than the old way.

- Ben, urban NSW

...But batteries need to be subsidised

While we have solar panels we would very much like to become further energy independent by adding a battery to save the energy that we generate during the day to use at night. The expense of batteries and adding further panels makes this a non- starter, even though we revisit the strategy every year.

Dean, urban QLD

Have made considerable financial sacrifices to replace all gas appliances and have the gas disconnected. At the same time installed solar panels. The key remaining action for me is to have a battery that would make the panels so much more efficient by reducing my grid draw. However, that remains outside my financial ability.

Anonymous, regional VIC

I have installed roof top solar for power generation and solar hot water. I have not had to pay for electricity since I did these things. It was a costly outlay, assisted by government (state) subsidies for which I'm most grateful. I would go off the grid if I could afford a battery. It would relieve the grid and would support decarbonisation which is very important to me as a contribution to lowering our greenhouse gas emissions.

Eli, regional QLD

We have solar power but are still connected to the grid because we can't afford a battery. That means that our electricity cost still fluctuates and rises regardless of what measures we take. As pensioners with limited resources we always seem to be paying out to somehow balance the costs and minimise our carbon footprint.

Anonymous, regional NSW