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ABS report No. 4602.0, Environmental Issues: People’s Views and Practices, 29 Nov 2005

-         Only 60.5 per cent of Australian homes are insulated.

-         Only around 54.4 per cent of homes in NSW have ceiling insulation. 

-         Among households with no insulation, not being a home owner or responsible to insulate the home was cited as the main reason for not having insulation (34 per cent), followed by cost (16 per cent) and not getting around to do it (12 per cent).

 

ICANZ http://www.icanz.org.au/states/

-         One of the barriers to retro-fitting is that many uninsulated homes are rental properties, so the cost savings from reduced energy consumption do not flow to the owner but to the tenant.

-         Around 15,000 existing households are installing insulation each year in NSW.

-         BASIX was introduced to ensure that new residential dwellings would be designed and built to produce 25 per cent less greenhouse gas emissions than average NSW homes of the same type. This was increased to 40% for the majority of homes built in NSW during 2006.  However, the government exempted new high-rise units, which will remain at 20 per cent pending a review of local co-generation options.

 

FROM ABS: http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mediareleasesbyTopic/BAAAE864345CC4A5CA2570C7007B67D8?OpenDocument#

•  The use of insulation has increased, from 52% of dwellings in 1994 to 60% in 2005.
• UPTAKE TRENDS: More than a quarter (29%) of households were aware of green power schemes in 2005, an increase from 19% in 1999 and from 24% in 2002. However, only 23% of these households were willing to support the scheme, a slight decrease from 26% in 2002.