Updates
- ASBEC Council Meeting: 21 March in Sydney
- AIRAH: Trish Hyde commences as new Chief Executive
- Energy and Climate Change Ministerial Council Communique
- Churchill Fellowship 2023 – seeking applicants from trades and technology sectors
Better Buildings
Reports and Leadership
- EEC: Harnessing heat pumps for net zero: The role of heat pumps in saving energy and cutting emissions
- UNSW: Net zero for Australia’s built environment is possible by 2040
- UNSW: Australian solar pioneers win world’s top engineering prize
- Australian Alliance for Energy Productivity (A2EP): New heat pump online estimation tool
- Energy Consumers Australia and Monash University: Digital Energy Futures: Scenarios for Future Living 2030/2050 report
- Healthy Homes for Renters: Sweaty and Stressed report
- Asthma Australia: Homes, Health and Asthma in Australia report
Policy, Programs & Funding
- Australian Government: NatHERS Whole of Home training commencing soon
- NABERS Renewable Energy Indicator coming soon
- NSW Government: $8 million home electrification trial
- VIC Government: Community Climate Change and Energy Action Program – Round 3
Consultation
- Australian Government: Australian Energy Employment Report (AEER)
- ACT Government: Community consultation on a regulation to prevent new gas connections
- WA Government: Sectoral Emissions Reduction Strategies
- City of Melbourne: Amendment C376 Sustainable Building Design
Better Communities
Reports and Leadership
- Infrastructure Australia: Guide to assessing greenhouse gas emissions (interim)
- Australian Government: 2023 Guide to Policy Impact Analysis
- Australian Government: Re-establishment of the Australian Council of Local Government (ACLG)
- NSW Government: Circular design guidelines for the built environment
- Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience: Recovery Exercising Toolkit
- Australian Industry Energy Transitions Initiative (ETI): Pathways to industrial Decarbonisation – Phase 3 report
- Journal of Landscape and Urban Planning: Olympic effects on reshaping urban greenspace of host cities
- Circularity Gap Reporting Initiative: The Circularity Gap Report 2023
Policy, Programs and Funding