Temperatures and Energy Bills

The passive solar design and improved building thermal shell of the Energy Efficient Demonstration Home, allows the home to maintain a warm temperature in winter without heating. This makes the home more comfortable and healthier to live in, and cheaper to run.

Monitors that measure temperature and humidity have been placed around the home. The charts below show the temperatures in the different parts of the home using data from these monitors. Data of outside temperatures has been sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM).

**Note:** The house maintains a much warmer temperature than outside, especially the north facing rooms (Living, Master Bedroom, Bedroom 2). The south facing rooms (Media, Toilet) are not as warm, but they do gain heat from adjacent rooms and maintain a much warmer temperature than outside at all times. The minimum temperatures in the home of between 12-16 degrees occurs between around 3am-7am, when occupants are in bed. This is also without curtains on the windows at night.

Temperatures in August 2022

These images show how comfortable the home can be with no heater. The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) temperature outside at the time the photo was taken is shown on the left, and the temperature monitor in the main living space is shown on the right, with the internal temperature and the time the photo was taken.

*Temperatures on Tuesday 9 August 2022 at 5.42pm*

*Temperatures on Tuesday 9 August 2022 at 6.35pm*

*Temperatures on Wednesday 10 August 2022 at 10.25am*

*Temperatures on Wednesday 10 August 2022 at 9.46pm*

*Minimum temperatures on Tuesday 9 and Wednesday 10 August 2022*

Energy Bill in October 2023

The electricity bill for the Energy Efficient Demonstration Home in October 2023 is in credit over $500.

The electricity use compared to the electricity exported is shown in the following diagram.