Energy efficiency rules considered for Northern Territory buildings, years after other states

Even on a sweltering hot day in the tropics, consultant Anya Lorimer is ready to rug up for meetings in Darwin’s heavily air-conditioned office buildings.

“You’ll walk up the mall with your jacket off but you’ll always take your jacket to a meeting,” she said.

“You just don’t know what type of air con you’ll be walking into.”

Researchers say the Top End capital is one of the world’s…