Over $46 billion in spending for electricity network infrastructure is planned across Australia for the next five years, and as much as $7.6 billion of this is to manage growing peak demand in NSW. Pursuing energy efficiency in buildings can lead to lower operational expenditure, reduced greenhouse gas emissions and new research shows it has the potential to reduce the requirement for some network expansion.

The Bureau of Meteorology says the heatwave that afflicted Australia’s eastern seaboard last month was an all-time record. What effect did this have on our buildings?