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All businesses are under increasing pressure to become more sustainable and constantly rising energy prices further call for effective solutions.
Every state in Australia has committed to implementing a star-rating system for homes, so that by 2011 every residential property that is sold will be rated up to six stars for energy consumption.
Climate change, the emissions trading scheme and aging energy infrastructure means industry experts estimate electricity prices to raise by more than 30 per cent in the next three years - possibly even higher after that. Homes that are insulated, small, have energy-efficient appliances and good orientation will be chosen over older homes that require more electricity to remain comfortable.

In response to concerns over global warming, the Australian Government announced in July 2000 that agreement had been reached with industry and State and Territory Governments to adopt a two-pronged approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from buildings. The first approach was the introduction of mandatory minimum energy performance requirements through the Building Code of Australia (BCA), and the second approach was the encouragement of best practice voluntary initiatives by industry. Industry was supportive of this two-pronged approach, taking the view that building-related matters should be consolidated in the BCA wherever possible.
The Energy Efficiency Project was endorsed under the National Framework for Energy Efficiency (NFEE), an agreement between all Australian Governments established to improve energy efficiency. The objective of NFEE is to unlock the significant economic potential associated with increased implementation of energy efficiency technologies and processes to deliver a least cost approach to energy efficiency in Australia.
Our commitment
To meet this challenge our commitment is to take a lead role in working with our industry partners to create sustainable communities for Australians.Our approach is based on a good design and balance of all key elements important in a house performance.

Sustainability
Why be sustainable?
The most significant environmental challenges of our time are global climate change and fossil fuel dependency.
Rising greenhouse gas emissions, excessive natural resource use, water, soil and air pollution all have significant environmental, social and economic consequences.
At the same time there is a challenge to create sustainable communities.

Australia is particularly vulnerable to climate change. As the world's highest per capita greenhouse gas polluter, climate change is an issue that's very close to home for all Australians. The Greenhouse Effect remains the most pressing ecological problem facing our planet. The CSIRO has warned that we face hotter and drier summers, more intense droughts and extreme weather events, less water for our cities, the loss of our snowfields - a vital water source - and the devastation of the Great Barrier Reef 1.

Minimising the consumption of fossil fuel generated energy is one of the most effective ways of reducing household greenhouse gas emissions. The average home using an electric hot water heater produces over 4 tonnes of greenhouse gas each year. A similar home using a Dux Sunpro Solar Hot Water system or a Dux Airoheat heat pump hot water system can produce over 60% less!