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Australians could cut power bills by 90% if they made their homes more energy efficient, report finds (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] bignose@aussie.zone 30 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

if they made their homes more energy efficient

Assertion misses the point: Most Australians whose homes need to be made more energy efficient, are renting and have no agency in doing anything like that to their homes.

Telling those people "you could save on your power bill by modifications to your home”, is just cruel. We know our homes are energy inefficient, we can't make the changes required.

What's needed is legislation that mandates the landlord must pay for those improvements, before they take any more money from the renter.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 8 points 5 months ago

It took me a year to get a room sized crack in the roof fixed (and 2 months with zero roof in the living room). I can't imagine preventive or improvements to where I rent.

What is really needed is housing reform and the end of investments on properties. Homes need to be for living, not earning.

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