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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Lucinda Garbutt-Young

Does your house's energy rating matter? Renters' wallets thinks so

In the dead of Canberra winter, university student Janet Wang uses almost no heating in her inner north share house.

The 21-year-old is one of hundreds of Canberra renters living in cold houses - often warmer out than in - because of poor insulation and inefficient energy ratings.

Last winter, her share house with five occupants had gas-ducted heating turned on for a lot of each day.

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