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Find my home’s energy score
Have the house measured before you spend money on it. An assessor shows where it loses heat and power, so every quote after that is aimed at the right job.
- Get the house measured
- Find the leaks you can’t see
Home energy goals
Start with what you want your home to do better
Most people don’t arrive wanting a heat pump – they arrive with a high bill, a cold house or a deadline. Pick the goal closest to yours to see the upgrades that get you there, and the order to do them in.
14 goals
Choose the goal closest to yours.
Each goal sets out the work in order, and the specialists who do each step.
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Lower my power bills
The bill comes down in two ways: use less, and make your own. Most houses get more from the first than they expect.
- Stop paying to heat the outdoors
- Swap the hungriest appliances
- Light the house for less
- Make your own power
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Get off gas
Every gas appliance has an electric equivalent now. Doing them one at a time is normal, and the last one removed is what ends the daily supply charge.
- Start with the hot water
- Replace the heater and the cooktop
- Take the meter out
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Keep my home comfortable all year round
A comfortable house holds its temperature. Keep the warmth in through winter and the heat out through summer, and one efficient system can do the rest.
- Hold the temperature in
- Stop the glass working against you
- One system for heating and cooling
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Make my home warmer in winter
Heat leaves through the ceiling first, then the gaps, then the windows. Doing them in that order costs the least for the most.
- Stop heat from escaping
- Target the coldest surfaces
- Heat it efficiently
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Make my home cooler in summer
Keeping heat out beats removing it once it is in. Insulation and shading do most of the work; the air conditioner does the rest.
- Stop the roof heating the house
- Block the heat through the glass
- Cool it efficiently
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Get my rental compliant
Victoria's rental minimum standards arrive on fixed dates and they are law rather than guidance. The work is ordinary work; the deadlines are the part worth planning around.
- Insulate the ceiling and seal the gaps
- Cool the living area, and plan the gas
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Add solar or a battery
Panels, a battery, or a battery added to panels that are already up there. The three are different jobs with different questions.
- Get the house ready for solar
- Put panels on the roof
- Add a battery
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Stop draughts and heat loss
A draughty house replaces its entire volume of warm air several times an hour. Sealing is the cheapest work in the building.
- Seal the gaps
- Insulate what the draughts reveal
- Fix the worst windows
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Improve mould and ventilation
Sealing a house is what creates condensation, so ventilation is the other half of the same job rather than a separate problem.
- Find the source
- Get the moisture out
- Then seal and insulate
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Charge an EV at home
The charger is the easy part. Whether your supply and switchboard can carry it is the part worth asking about first.
- Check your supply
- Install the charger
- Charge it off the roof
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Improve my windows
Replacing every window at once is rarely the right first move. Doing the worst facing rooms first usually is.
- Seal around the windows
- Upgrade the worst rooms
- Replace what can’t be saved
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Make my home more energy efficient
If you want the whole picture rather than one job, start with someone whose job is to measure the house rather than to sell you a product.
- Measure the house
- Seal and insulate
- Switch to efficient electric
- Make your own power
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Heat my pool
Swap the gas heater for a pool heat pump or solar pool heating, and run it from your own panels.
- Swap the gas heater
- Run it off the roof
- Swap the old pump
Not sure where to start?
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