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Households across the country are prepared to spend an average of $7,950 up-front to make their homes greener and cheaper to run, a report has found.
But 40 per cent of people surveyed are not likely to transition away from gas appliances and install more sustainable technologies, as they do not understand the impact they will have on lowering household energy use.
The PropTrack Origin Australian Home Energy Report, commissioned by Origin Energy and compiled by REA Group, surveyed attitudes on transitioning households away from gas appliances and installing technologies including solar and battery systems.
More than half (56 per cent) of the 4,800 people surveyed in January planned on making their homes more energy efficient in the coming five years.
Households were budgeting $7,850 in metropolitan areas and $8,400 in the regions for such upgrades.
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