Australia’s Population Future, effects the home market.
August 26, 2010 by Tim
Filed under Renovating, property market
Much has been made of the projections of Australia’s population future. A Big Australia if you will. Much has been said about moderating the current rapid population growth. But a reduction in growth can only be stalled for a few years or it will have major unforeseen, adverse economic consequences. Thus the expectations are for a two year lull in rapid population growth. Macro Plan Australia’s, Brian Haratisis, projects Australia’ s 2050 population at 42 million. While, the government figures are 35 million. How will the State government plan their capital works to meet these needs? Western Australia is seen as the most progressive State in capital works planning. Apparently planning is way behind in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. Haratisis argues the housing industry needs to gear up to building nigh on 260,000 new homes a year: some fifty percent higher than the current rate of 180,000 a year.
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The Energy Efficient Easy Home renovating
August 26, 2010 by Tim
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Why should one bother with all these energy chiselling measures?
I am drawing on the gmagazine for some inspiration here. It appears from here and many other sources that electricity is getting a lot more expensive. The past history of cheap electricity for homes and businesses, based on brown coal is in the process of passing. So it will be soon financially efficient to measure and manage your electricity carefully. The age of cheap plentiful brown coal is passing. It is likely to be reprocessed for export markets. The government is moving to preference renewable sources, like Hydro, Wind, Solar, Geothermal, Bio energy and Ocean both tidal and wave power sources: these currently supply close to 7 % of Australia’s need. Australia has large reserves of Natural gas and these can be argued are a fairly clean fuel. The Australian government Renewable Energy Target is 20% by 2020. In New Zealand they are aiming for 90% by 2035. This can only be achieved with a likely Carbon Tax and higher energy prices which, make the renewables energy sources financially viable.
Most older homes could be rated as two to three star energy efficiency: I anticipate many home owners will be wanting to retrofit their homes to much higher energy star ratings. In the UK, new homes need to rank at ten star, everyone regards double glazing as deriguer. I have recently, made many such measures to improve the efficiency at my home.
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Passive Home heating Home Addition of Thermal Mass
August 26, 2010 by Tim
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One of the easy home heating and temperature moderation areas is by building in home addition of Thermal mass. This refers to the storing of heat in areas like brick walls, concrete and tile floors. This heat gathered during the day, can be re-radiated back into the home during the night. All dense building products have high thermal mass indexes. The thermal lag refers to the delay time between outside heat from reaching the inside of the home. This is around eight hours for a brick veneer home or four hours for a weatherboard home. This can postpone or even eliminate the need for airconditioning. If you are home building or home renovating it can be the best time to incorporate thermal mass into the home. A carefully placed brick wall home addition, is one of the best thermal mass products. A northern brick wall will gather heat in the winter and if well shaded in summer will prevent heat entering the home.
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Home renovating Draught Proofing advantages
August 26, 2010 by Tim
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In winter, a draughty home can lose up to a quarter of the heat loss through draughts. All homes leak air. Many homes have uncontrolled draughts. These could be costing you heaps in the heating bill. Some people have recorded up to a fifity percent reduction in heating costs, after careful draught proofing as a home renovating idea. Some of the common areas creating draughts include external doors, poorly fitting windows, wall air vents, light fittings and extractor fans.
The cost of home renovating via, draught proofing may be recouped within one year. A climate change specialist like, www.ecoMaster.com.au, can provide a draught proofing assessment D.I.Y. products or a full service with all required works included. Some homes in the mountains have saved as much as $1400 on their heating bill.
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renovating, via a solar powered roof product
August 25, 2010 by Tim
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This is an award winning energy saving product for the home re3novating. Its is simple with no moving parts and yet efficient. The Sola-Mate is and efficient harvester of solar energy and cooling for hot summer nights. It looks remarkebly like the solar panels. The Sola-Mate draws warm air across its panels to pass through an air filter and redistribute the air through ducts to all rooms of the home. Typically, in winter it will raise the internal home temperature around three degrees celsius. Sola-Mate panels use the thermal mass of the home to moderate the temperature, dramatically reducing the reliance of the resource intensive heating and cooling appliances. The cost of the system is close to $2,500 per panel, but with very low runing and maintenance costs. A two panel system is considered sufficient for a modest three bedroom home. Another feature is that the filtered air reduces mould, dust and condensation within the home. Other similar home renovating products include the solo air from www.futurerange.com
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