{"id":65867,"date":"2022-09-27T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T21:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=65867"},"modified":"2024-04-11T09:24:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T23:54:20","slug":"energy-efficient-housing-mb2651","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/energy-efficient-housing-mb2651\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Tops Australian Property Seeker Energy Efficiency Wish-Lists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65868\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/energy-efficient-housing.jpg\" alt=\"Energy efficient housing - Australia\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/energy-efficient-housing.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/energy-efficient-housing-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/energy-efficient-housing-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/energy-efficient-housing-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Energy efficiency has become increasingly important to Australian property seekers says the latest PropTrack Energy Efficient Housing Report &#8211; and solar power is the most sought-after feature among those buying, building or renting.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Released yesterday and partly drawing on results from the realestate.com.au June-July 2022 Residential Consumer Omnibus Survey, the report states 56% of respondents believed energy efficiency is extremely important &#8211; well up from 48% in the April 2021 survey.<\/p>\n<p>The result isn&#8217;t surprising given the drums of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/july-electricity-price-hikes\/\">electricity price rises<\/a> were being beaten around the time of the survey (and more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/electricity-price-crises-continue\/\">hefty hikes are likely<\/a>). Reducing utility bill costs remained the top reason consumers were interested in energy efficiency ratings and features (84%), followed by doing good for the environment at 60%. Those in the 35 &#8211; 49 years age bracket were the most concerned about environmental issues.<\/p>\n<p>While respondents in all age groups were more concerned about bill shocks than in the previous survey, concern in the 65+ age group increased by 64% compared to 2021.<\/p>\n<h2>Desired Energy Efficiency Features<\/h2>\n<p>Also not surprising was of all sustainability-related property features, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar101.html\"> solar power<\/a> was the most popular.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Solar power: 71%<\/li>\n<li>Efficient Lighting: 63%<\/li>\n<li>Type\/quality of insulation: 60%<\/li>\n<li>Draught-proofing\/ventilation: 59%<\/li>\n<li>Orientation of home to sun: 58%<\/li>\n<li>Energy efficient appliances: 57%<\/li>\n<li>Rainwater tanks: 53%<\/li>\n<li>Window glazing: 50%<\/li>\n<li>Window position and size: 49%<\/li>\n<li>Building materials in relation to sustainability: 36%<\/li>\n<li>Greywater systems: 33%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The only regions where solar power didn&#8217;t top the list were the ACT, where window glazing took the top spot, and Tasmania, with 75% of respondents ranking insulation number one. The report notes more than 90% of all searches on realestate.com.au for energy efficient features in the last 12 months have been for solar power.<\/p>\n<p>Electric vehicle charging also gets a mention in the report. But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/ev-chargers\/\">EV chargers<\/a> aren&#8217;t high up on searchers&#8217; wish lists yet; accounting for just 0.02% of searches and most of this activity was in Victoria and New South Wales. It will be interesting to revisit EV charging stats in just a few years&#8217; time.<\/p>\n<h2>Buying A Home With Solar Installed<\/h2>\n<p>Buying a home with solar panels already installed can be an attractive prospect; avoiding having to organise a system installation after moving in. Unfortunately, not all solar systems installed across Australia are of good quality that will stand the test of time. And given the age and capacity of some earlier installations, they may not be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/how-does-solar-power-work\/how-much-power-do-i-need\/\">suited to the needs<\/a> of today&#8217;s households.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to determine if an existing PV system on a property will be an asset; or potentially a liability requiring expensive repairs, upgrades or even full system replacement. Discover what you should know about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/house-buying-solar-mb2212\/\">buying a home with an existing solar installation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The full PropTrack Energy Efficient Housing Report September 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/rea3.irmau.com\/site\/pdf\/9cc6b9fe-8c70-4781-9f4b-1cf29f8a177d\/PropTrack-Energy-Efficient-Housing-Report-September-2022.pdf\">can be viewed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Energy efficiency has become increasingly important to Australian property seekers says the latest PropTrack Energy Efficient Housing Report &#8211; and solar power is the most sought-after feature among those buying, building or renting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":65868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Solar Tops Australian Property Seeker Energy Efficiency Wish-Lists<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Energy efficiency has become increasingly important to Australian property seekers says the latest PropTrack Energy Efficient Housing Report\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/energy-efficient-housing-mb2651\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Solar Tops Australian Property Seeker Energy Efficiency Wish-Lists\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Energy efficiency has become increasingly important to Australian property seekers says the latest PropTrack Energy Efficient Housing Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/energy-efficient-housing-mb2651\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-09-26T21:30:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-10T23:54:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/energy-efficient-housing.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/energy-efficient-housing-mb2651\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/energy-efficient-housing-mb2651\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Solar Tops Australian Property Seeker Energy Efficiency Wish-Lists\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-26T21:30:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-10T23:54:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/energy-efficient-housing-mb2651\/\"},\"wordCount\":457,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/energy-efficient-housing-mb2651\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/energy-efficient-housing.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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