Increasing Energy Prices

Increasing environmental awareness, and specifically climate change, means governments and the community are increasingly sensitive to the idea of energy efficiency.

“The cost of electricity is predicted to jump by 125% within the next 10 years” MMA report to Federal Treasury, December 2008
  • Rising energy costs, driven by carbon reduction schemes and efforts to reduce pollution, reinforce the case for energy efficiency.
  • About 40% of the energy consumed within our homes is for space heating and cooling — the largest single element.
    Your Home Technical Manual, ed 4, DEWHA.
  • A typical, well insulated Australian house with ordinary clear single glazing loses up to 49% of its interior heat through windows in winter.
    AGGA 2008
  • The same widows allow up to 87% of solar heat gain in summer.
    AGGA 2008
  • Performance glass and windows are an important part of a well designed, energy efficient home.
Increasing Energy Prices