{"id":93254,"date":"2025-07-17T05:36:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T20:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=93254"},"modified":"2025-07-17T05:40:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T20:10:26","slug":"energy-efficiency-renters-mb3227","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/energy-efficiency-renters-mb3227\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Energy Efficiency: The Renter’s Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A new report highlights the plight of renters struggling to keep their household bills down, stymied by a lack of control over the energy efficiency of their homes.<\/p>\n

More Australians are renting than ever \u2014 just under one-third of the population are living in rentals \u2014 with renting shifting from a short-to-medium-term proposition for many to a long-term living arrangement. With rents already sky-high, energy bills are often contemplated with great trepidation.<\/p>\n

Unlike our embracing of home solar power, the energy efficiency of Australian homes<\/a> isn’t exactly world-leading. The minimum energy standard for new homes under the Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme (NatHERS) is 7-stars nowadays, but it has taken quite a few years to get the bar that high and homes built before 20031<\/a><\/sup> have an average rating of 1.5 stars. With some estimates pegging as much as 70% of Australian homes being built before 2003, that’s a lot of houses basically being glorified tents.<\/p>\n

According to the Renter Reality Report released by PropTrack and Origin2<\/a><\/sup> this week, more than half of renters believe the biggest roadblock to adopting energy efficient features in their home is a lack of control in relation to what they can do. Among the other main challenges:\u00a0 27% balked at perceived upfront costs, 11% cited a lack of grants and incentives and 10% had a lack of knowledge.<\/p>\n

Where energy-efficiency features were already included in their home, the most common types were:<\/p>\n