SwitchedOn Australia
‍Podcast

Join Anne Delaney as she tracks the electrification of everything with people at the forefront of the electrification transition.

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SwitchedOn Australia · Australians need new energy standards to make informed decisions about our home appliances

Jay Gordon

How Australians can avoid $3.4 billion in unnecessary energy costs every year

SwitchedOn Australia · NZ is one of the first countries to reach an electrification tipping point

Mike Casey

How New Zealand reached an electrification tipping point

SwitchedOn Australia · Labor’s strategy to reduce energy bills and emissions – too much planning, not enough doing?

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Jennifer McAllister

Will the National Energy Performance Strategy reduce household energy bills and emissions?

SwitchedOn Australia · Community focused energy projects more likely to win hearts and minds for the energy transition

Jarra Hicks

How community energy is helping the transition to renewables for everyone

SwitchedOn Australia · Australia at risk of being being flooded by cheap, inefficient ‘faux’ hot water heat pumps

Chris Taylor

Why Australia is at risk of being flooded by cheap, inefficient, 'faux' hot water heat pumps.

SwitchedOn Australia · Low-cost Government loans for all Australian residences could help everyone electrify

Francis Vierboom

How every Australian could afford to electrify their home and car.

SwitchedOn Australia · How First Nations communities are solving long standing energy security problems with renewables

Lauren Mellor, Madison Sturgess, Chantelle Johns

How First Nations communities are solving long standing energy security problems with renewables.

SwitchedOn Australia · Developers are locking customers into inflated energy prices they can’t escape from for years

Cathy Sherry

Why laws governing embedded networks urgently need reform

SwitchedOn Australia · Why a home battery is a good idea to buy this year if you have rooftop solar

Norman Koslowski

Why a battery is a good idea to buy this year if you have rooftop solar

SwitchedOn Australia · 'I was sick of spending all that money, and sick of being cold' - how Sarah electrified

How I Electrified

Sarah Aubrey

How to turn a federation house from 2.9 to 10 star energy efficient

SwitchedOn Australia · Rooftop solar, batteries, EVs and heat pumps could save Australians $19 billion in energy costs

Gabrielle Kuiper

How rooftop solar, batteries, EVs and heat pumps could save Australians $19 billion in energy costs

SwitchedOn Australia · Fight climate change - become an electrician!

Michael Wright

Why becoming an electrical apprentice could be the best way to become a climate activist.

SwitchedOn Australia · From 100% dirty diesel to 70% solar powered, Lord Howe Island is going electric without wind

Stuart Watson

How a world heritage island has become an inspirational microcosm for electrification.

SwitchedOn Australia · A 'renovation wave' could be the least costly pathway for our energy transition

Gill Armstrong

How a 'renovation wave' could be the least costly pathway for Australia's energy transition.

SwitchedOn Australia · How a health check for your home can help you upgrade it to 10-star energy efficiency

Lucinda Flynn

How a health check for your home can dramatically upgrade its energy efficiency

SwitchedOn Australia · Electrifying our cars and energy storage must include plans for end of life batteries

Gavin Collis

Will Australia be ready for lithium-ion battery recycling when more of us drive EVs and install battery home storage?

SwitchedOn Australia · It takes more than a village to build a nation’s energy efficiency and electrification program

Josephine Maguire

Why talking to householders is key to scaling up energy efficiency and electrification upgrades.

SwitchedOn Australia · A 'one-stop-shop' making finance and installations possible for more households.

Katherine McConnell

How one company has financed and installed over 100,000 household solar installations, and now provides a one-stop-shop for electrification.

SwitchedOn Australia · What Australian householders can learn from the US Inflation Reduction Act

Sage Briscoe

How the Inflation Reduction Act will transform American homes

SwitchedOn Australia · Lending regulations need to be modified to finance household electrification at scale

Gordon Noble

Why we can't rely on government grants to electrify our homes - we need accessible finance from lenders.

SwitchedOn Australia · Why choosing an induction stove is a gateway decision for getting rid of gas from our homes

Luke Burgess

Why choosing an induction stove is a gateway decision for getting rid of gas from our homes and businesses.

SwitchedOn Australia · Australia could save $8 billion every year by changing more light globes

Harry Verhaar

How Australia could save $8 billion a year by getting rid of remaining incandescent and fluorescent lighting.

SwitchedOn Australia · How energy efficiency will save money and decarbonise the grid faster

Rob Murray-Leach

How energy efficiency will save money and decarbonise the grid faster.

SwitchedOn Australia · The future of energy is local, in our smart all-electric homes

Raghu Belur

How the tech we use in the home could revolutionise the way we use energy

SwitchedOn Australia · Distrust of the energy industry could slow the rollout of all-electric households

Hedda Ransan-Cooper

Why distrust of the energy industry could slow the rollout of all-electric homes.

SwitchedOn Australia · We can't build cities around a car even if they're electric

Peter Newman

How electrifying our transport can help us build healthier, better cities.

SwitchedOn Australia · How a Republican Mayor in the US is using local government power to electrify his city

R. Rex Parris

How a Republican Mayor in the US uses local government powers to electrify his city

SwitchedOn Australia · Stop laying gas traps for the uninformed

Tim Forcey

Why people trust the My Efficient Electric Home facebook group

SwitchedOn Australia · Put a date on gas and stop digging a bigger hole for us all to get out of

Getting Off Gas

Alison Reeve

Put a date on gas and stop digging a bigger hole for us all to get out of

SwitchedOn Australia · How the WA town of Esperance transitioned off gas in just 12 months

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Getting Off Gas

Stephanie Unwin

Esperance in WA had just one year to go electric after the local gas distribution company pulled out.

SwitchedOn Australia · A renewable energy and energy efficiency company offering a 'one stop shop' for electrification

Merrily Hunter

A renewable energy and energy efficiency company offering a 'one stop shop' for electrification

SwitchedOn Australia · Not knowing all the answers is not a reason not to start - the ACT's plan for an all-electric future

Shane Rattenbury

How the ACT is leading the nation on emissions reductions and electrification.

SwitchedOn Australia · Communities taking back the power

Kristen McDonald & Francis Vierboom

Electrification provides opportunities for local communities like Electrify 2515 to lead the transition.

SwitchedOn Australia · Difficult, confusing, annoying and expensive - an energy expert's experience of going all-electric

How I Electrified

Jon Jutsen

The challenges facing householders going all-electric, and what's needed to scale up.

SwitchedOn Australia · “We can electrify the smart way, or the slow and expensive way.”

Getting Off Gas

Craig Memery

Why Australia needs a plan to ensure everyone benefits from electrification

SwitchedOn Australia · Heat pumps are the most efficient heating technology ever invented

Dr Jan Rosenow

Why overall energy demand will reduce by 40% if we electrify everything.