Strata managers slam $2.3bn solar energy snub
Australia’s strata managers’ attack Labor's plan to exclude apartment blocks from promised battery storage bonus.
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Forum: We’re back and we’re parking mad
Happy New Year! Well, you have been busy bees over the holidays. All those questions you’ve wanted to write but never had the time … until now. So we’re back…
Apartment or house – which is more sustainable?
A few weeks ago I made the somewhat bold assertion that apartments were less environmentally sustainable than free-standing houses. That was challenged by at least one reader, who believed that…
New sustainability strata laws explained in video
A couple of months ago the NSW Government passed a law that made it easier for owners corporations to approve the installation of sustainable infrastructure. The law and its intentions…
Strata ‘green renos’ and cladding plans move on
They were overshadowed and somewhat stymied by the pet amendment, but now that has been settled the NSW Government can push ahead with new strata laws that will make it…
What’s stopping your block from being greener?
Living as I do in a building that won an international architectural award for sustainability features in its design – many of which never made it off the drawing board…
Green is good – it doesn’t need to be perfect
There’s a common misconception that apartment blocks must be more environmentally efficient than stand-alone housing. Having all those people living in a building with the same physical footprint as a…
Coalition vows to make it easier to vote solar
Just when we thought the government didn’t care about strata they come up with a pre-election announcement designed to raise the high-rise feelgood factor. According to this story in the…
Roundup: Litigious lawyers, solar power and a ban on … guess who
A few of our recent featured posts have stimulated a lot of discussion here on the Forum. My comments about how some landlords won’t rent to lawyers was borne out…