Research // Craig Roussac

The Australia Institute Tasmania
Centre for Future Work Carmichael Centre Nordic Policy Centre Centre for Responsible Technology Centre for Sex & Gender Equality
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April 2024

Electricity Markets & the Grid, Infrastructure & Construction

Buildings as batteries

How buildings can support the clean energy transition
by Richard Denniss and Craig Roussac

If buildings shifted one third of their peak electricity consumption to the middle of the day, this would save $1.7 billion annually and add additional peak capacity equivalent to 52% of Australia’s existing coal generation fleet. It would reduce Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions from electricity by 1.9% (2,780,000 tonnes) per year and accelerate decarbonisation by

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