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Renew magazine is an Australian magazine covering domestic renewable energy technologies and sustainable culture. Originally a small magazine, printed and distributed locally in Melbourne, it was first published by the Alternative Energy Co-operative in 1980 as Soft Technology: Alternative Energy in Australia. Although it sold for the high cover price of $0.85, the magazine's circulation increased so rapidly that by issue 35, published in February 1991, it included a full colour cover. The price was increased from $2.50 to $3 and national distribution rights secured for issue 40, published in June the following year. A total of 13,000 copies were printed. The magazine was renamed, after much deliberation, under the present title in 1996.
Renew magazine currently has an estimated readership of around 69,000, covering topics such as energy efficient appliances for home heating and cooling, water heating, water saving products and techniques, electric vehicles, sustainable building products and designs, resource recycling and more.
With the recent closing of Home Power magazine in the US, Renew is one of the few technically oriented sustainability magazines still published for the general public.
