How effective is mandatory building energy disclosure program in Australia?

4th International Conference on Civil and Environmental Engineering for Sustainability

地球科学;生态环境科学;经济学

Kim, S.^1 ; Lim, B.T.H.^1

Faculty of Built Environment, UNSW Sydney, High Street, Kensington

NSW

2052, Australia^1

关键词: Building energy;    Building sectors;    Carbon emissions;    Carbon reduction;    Environmental issues;    Environmental performance;    Green buildings;    Research results;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/140/1/012106/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/140/1/012106

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Mandatory green building regulations are often considered as the most effective tool to promote better energy efficiency and environmental protection. Nevertheless, its effectiveness compared to the voluntary counterpart has not been fully explored yet. In addressing this gap, this study aims to examine the environmental performance of green building stocks affected by the Australian mandatory building energy disclosure program. To this, this study analysed energy savings and carbon reduction efficiencies using the normalisation approach. The result shows that mandatory energy disclosure program did contribute to the reduction in energy usage and carbon emissions from the affected building stocks. More specifically, affected green building stocks showed a good efficiency especially in carbon reductions. The research results inform policymakers the possible improvement required for the mandatory disclosure program to increase the effectiveness towards dealing with the contemporary environmental issues aroused from the building sector, especially in energy savings perspective.