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Rentals in NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and ACT dropped below 18C more than 80% of the time, report finds

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The issue is this.

Old houses predate modern AC. So they’re designed to be leaky and let hot air out for summer reasons.

New houses only care about profits over people and are made from cardboard and glue by shitty developers and lazy tradies.

We don’t double glaze, we don’t seal up drafts, we barely fucking insulate and that was a national scandal trying to get the country to do so.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

They are also built with the expectation that heating is cheap - just whack in a gas ducted heating unit and run it 24/7 over winter! For a long time it was cheaper to use more energy to heat the house than to pay for the materials to make it more efficient.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I think you over estimate the thinking. Old houses are leaky because they are leaky. You could always open a window for ventilation in summer.