Foreword

Introduction: Why not live in an efficient electric home?

Part 1: Why this book?

1. The climate emergency calls for change

2. Electrifying our homes is now a 'thing'

3. Stop burning stuff!

4. Where our electricity comes from, now and in the future

Part 2: How to create your own efficient electric home

5. Heating and cooling

6. Heat your water the cheapest way

7. Cooking without gas and saying goodbye to the gas grid

8. Do you live in a leaky bucket?

9. Draught-proofing and clearing the air

10. Insulation – a top priority

11. Windows and window coverings

12. Monitoring and minimising your electricity use and costs

13. Solar PV panels and batteries – are they worth it?

14. I'm a renter, what can I do?

Further reading and watching

Acknowledgements

Endnotes

Index

'This great little book will be a very practical guide for so many of us.' 
Dr Saul Griffith, Co-founder Rewiring Australia

'At the national level there may have been the wasted years of the climate wars; at the household level it's a different story, and Tim Forcey is shining a (clean, green) light on how we can all act local and think global.'
Zoe Daniel, Independent Member for Goldstein 

'I'm convinced that 'power to the people' was a phrase devised specifically for this book.'
Damon Gameau, diirector and producer