ENERGY EFFICIENCY, BUILT ENVIRONMENT: “Being green should be easy”

The Herald Sun
26 September 2008

FAMILIES who retro-fit homes to make them more energy efficient should get help from the Federal Government, a sustainable building group says.

And developers should get tax breaks for boosting energy efficiency in new homes, the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council says.

Its climate-change task-group chairman, David Parken, said retro-fitting homes would save struggling families money on power bills and cut carbon emissions by about 10 per cent and the cost of carbon permits by 14 per cent…

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