The best-performing areas are concentrated in regions with newly built housing, with certain areas showing median star ratings above 6 across all dwellings.<\/p>\n
The ACT is over-represented on the national top 30 league table with the highest median star rating.<\/p>\n
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The region of Molonglo in ACT nabbed the top spot as the nation\u2019s most energy-efficient area, with the highest median star rating at 6.1 - the only region nationally with a median star rating of 6 or higher across all <\/em>dwellings.<\/p>\n Sydney and Hobart were notably absent from the Top 30 list of highest median star ratings by SA3 sub-region as the only capitals not to appear, demonstrating the variability of construction nationally.<\/p>\n CoreLogic's Head of Banking & Finance Solutions Tom Coad said the report\u2019s findings demonstrate the importance of minimum standards in the National Construction Code.<\/p>\n \u201cThe significant difference in energy efficiency between relatively modern homes and older homes can largely be attributed to changes in the National Construction Code (NCC) which has progressively placed more emphasis on energy efficiency requirements for newly built homes,\u201d he said. \r\n\r\n\r\n Residential buildings make up 24% of overall electricity use and more than 10% of total carbon emissions in Australia.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Coalition\u2019s recent push to pause the national construction code for 10 years flies\u00a0in the face of Australia\u2019s commitments to reduce carbon emissions.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cPolicymakers should be incentivising the construction of energy-efficient buildings,\u00a0not slamming the breaks.\u201d<\/p>\n What gets measured gets done.<\/p>\n As standards for energy-efficient design and construction rise, it's also becoming more important to measure energy resilience in our housing stock.<\/p>\n Minimum energy efficiency standards for new builds will continue to be important in supporting Australia\u2019s greenhouse gas reduction targets, but there is likely to be increasing focus and incentives on established housing where most of Australia\u2019s housing stock was built prior to recent minimum standards.<\/p>\n Many European countries are well advanced in their data collection and analysis of energy efficiency data, with the European Union mandating an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) must be obtained when homes are built, sold or rented.<\/p>\n This is also the case in the United Kingdom and some Scandinavian countries.\u201d<\/p>\n A new analysis from CoreLogic shows that the typical home built in 2010 or later is twice as energy efficient compared to homes built before 2010. The analysis, part of the new report \u2018Amped Up: How energy efficient are Australian homes?,\u00a0shows that homes built after 2010 achieved an estimated median star rating of 5.9 out…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":183326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-187154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-property-updates","category-property-investment"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe<\/span> role<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> National<\/span> Construction<\/span> Code<\/span> (NCC)<\/span> in<\/span> driving <\/span>change<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n
What<\/span> gets<\/span> measured<\/span> gets<\/span> done<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n