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Houses for a warmer future are currently restricted by Australia's building code

  • Written by Anir Kumar Upadhyay, Lecturer in Built Environment, UNSW
Australians need better solutions for coping with the warmer climate of the future (and present).TRACEY NEARMY/AAP

Australian houses use significantly more electricity to stay warm or cool than estimated during the design stage.

To design a new house in Australia, the building needs to meet the national construction code. One way to do this is by...

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