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Achieving Energy Efficiency By Design: Commercial and Residential Builds
July 31, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

The event is designed specifically for local government officers (especially from planning, building projects, building approvals and sustainability branches) and elected members to provide:
- Up-to-date energy efficiency information relating to commercial and residential builds.
- Examples of projects and policies that are leading to better energy efficiency outcomes.
- Opportunities to collaborate and think abstractly about how local governments can influence energy efficiency outcomes
- Inspiration for your future activities.
Topics include:
- Developing carbon neutral all-electric developments
- A Life Cycle Assessment perspective on energy efficient buildings
- Energy efficient homes – A designer’s perspective
- Observed changes in energy performance reports since adoption of NCC 2022
- City of Vincent’s GreenTrack Initiative
- How key stakeholders can better collaborate to improve energy efficient dwellings
- Insights into local planning approaches in Victoria
- Energy efficiency, emissions reporting and certification of commercial buildings
- Undertaking energy auditing of commercial buildings
- Key considerations for designing new or retrofitting existing commercial solar and battery energy storage systems
- Amplifying the role of local government in achieving energy efficient built environments
For more information including the order of events and presenter details, refer to the full program below.
Ticket prices vary for officers and elected members as follows –
- SEREG local governments (Armadale, Gosnells, Serpentine Jarrahdale) – No charge
- Local governments subscribed to the Switch Your Thinking program are eligible for discounted tickets ($150) applicable to the following LGs: Bassendean, Belmont, Canning, Cambridge, Kalamunda, Melville, Mundaring, South Perth, Victoria Park, Vincent, Stirling, Swan and Subiaco.
- Full price ($295)applies to attendees from non-SYT affiliated local governments or other organisations.
Ticket price includes morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea.
REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/achieving-energy-efficiency-by-design-commercial-and-residential-builds-tickets-1415973568059?aff=oddtdtcreator