- Improving Hot Water Performance (May 2018)
- Avoiding common mistakes in a new build (May 2018)
- Tips for efficient homes (May 2018)
- Is thermal mass overrated? (June 2018)
- Multi-split vs single-split systems (June 2018)
- Renewable electric sunrise (June 2018)
- Home batteries (June 2018)
- Hydronic heat loss in one picture (July 2018)
- R U OK with insulation? (July 2018)
- Efficiency and air displacement (August 2018)
- Solar air heating – is it worth it? (August 2018)
- What’s up with hydrogen? (September 2018)
- Earth-improved heat-pump operation (October 2018)
- We need to talk about downlights (October 2018)
- Don’t do ducts (October 2018)
- Verifying the voltage villain (November 2018)
- In praise of smart meters (January 2019)
- Zero-bill case study (January 2019)
- Heat pump star ratings (Feburary 2019)
- Will coverings IC-rated lights make them fail quickly? (April 2019)
- Hot water – more than meets the eye (July 2019, re-blogged from December 2016)
- Using STCs to understand heat-pump hot-water system performance (July 2019)
- My improvised vehicle-to-home system (April 2020)
- Series: Straithouse (various)
- The worry about wood fires (July 2020)
- The myth of the Aussie six-star home (August 2020)
- The hidden benefits of insulation (September 2020)
- Does off-grid make sense? (October 2020)
- Should we tax EVs? (November 2020)
- Roof ventilation – not a fan (December 2020)
- The balance of home solar energy (January 2021)
- The sad reality of commodity solar hot water (June 2021)
- Dumb gas Deeming (November 2021)
- Debunking a myth about solar radiation (November 2021)
- Why I chose a Kona (June 2022)
- Solar PV – Is excess generation a waste? (August 2022)
- Before You Start Designing (July 2023)
- Insulation ain’t insulating (August 2023)
- Why Community Batteries are a Bad Idea (September 2023)
- The Shower Experiment (June 2024)
- Closing the loop on new-build advice (June 2024)
- Installing better residential HVAC (August 2024)
- Bill-busting all-electric (December 2024)