GBCA have launched their Future Homes Project and accompanying Thought Leadership paper.

The Future Homes Project aims to develop a framework for quality housing and test ways to verify the construction and performance of homes. In order to deliver affordable, sustainable, quality homes to for all Australians, GBCA proposes the following:

• Great homes provide benefits for everyone
• Australia needs a clear, unified vision for housing for the future
• Homes are designed, built and verified to perform

Future Homes Project is born out of a growing recognition that current Australian regulation is not delivering nor safeguarding a sustainable built environment. Through this initiative, GBCA hopes to work closely with the property industry to define best practice benchmarks for sustainable housing, and develop cost-effective ways to verify performance.

More information here