The Green Building Council of Australia has released their latest discussion paper, A Carbon Positive Roadmap for the built environment, which plots a world-leading path to raise the benchmark for sustainable design, construction and building operation in Australia’s built environment. The roadmap outlines the steps required for commercial, institutional and government buildings to decarbonise.

Developed in close consultation with industry and government, the report considers the high-level outcomes, actions, targets and policy positions required to decarbonise Australia’s built environment sector. The proposed steps are designed to operate alongside changes to the GBCA’s Green Star rating tool.

The roadmap proposed a significant increase in performance for buildings and fitouts over the next decade and will drive transformation in the broader built environment sector by promoting policies to retrofit existing buildings, improve new buildings, increase the supply of renewable energy and phase out fossil fuel use.

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