Planning for net zero energy buildings | NSW
City of Sydney Council, WSP Australia and Common Capital
The judges award the Climate Change and Resilience award to the Planning for net zero energy buildings particularly taking into view the leadership undertaken for climate change in planning. The judges commended the extensive collaboration with the industry, local and state government in the creation of this framework, and the opportunity for this to be used as a template across NSW and Australia.
The City of Sydney and consultants collaborated extensively with industry and government to develop energy performance standards for net zero energy buildings, to contribute to reducing these greenhouse gas emissions.
The new performance standards are step change improvements in energy performance in the planning controls to transition buildings to net zero energy by2026. The performance standards bring together energy efficiency, on-site renewables and off-site renewables to deliver these requirements. The City of Sydney has provided outstanding leadership with this initiative, the evidence behind the justification as to why developers should plan for net zero buildings and leading the approach to strategic and the statutory planning framework.