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Podcast: 4PR - Voice of the People
Episode: Trev's Weather 10 - 18 August read by Heather
Description: Global Warming
Australia has warmed by about 1.4 degrees Celsius on average, about 0.3 of a degree higher than the global average temperature rise due primarily to our unsustainable use of fossil fuels. This is reflected in our monthly average temperatures as August this year so far looking more like September was based on Bureau of Meteorology up to the late 1970s (Source: Szokolay, S.V., 1982 – Climatic Data and Its use in design). Buildings use a lot of energy and create about 25 percent of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions and architects have often failed to help address this with more energy efficient and...