Moved by Councillor Ellsmore, seconded by
Councillor Davis –
It is resolved that:
(A)
Council
note:
(i)
the City
of Sydney has in place, endorsed or proposed planning rules to achieve net zero
by 2035, including through supporting the transition to all electric homes and
banning gas in new residential buildings;
(ii)
however,
State and Federal planning frameworks continue to allow the construction of new
residential building powered by fossil fuels, including gas; and
(iii)
accelerating
the transition to all-electric buildings powered by renewable energy and ending
the construction of new homes which rely on gas are important steps to combat
global warming; and
(B)
Council
endorse the following motion for submission to the 2024 Australian Local
Government Association National General Assembly:
This
National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to:
(i) note
that, while the National Construction Code (NCC) was updated in 2022 to improve
the thermal and energy performance of new residential buildings, the revised
NCC still allows new homes to be powered by toxic and polluting gas appliances;
(ii) notes
that recent modelling by Climate Works demonstrates that the current energy
performance standards in the revised NCC will not allow Australia to meet its
Paris Agreement commitment to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees; and
(iii) accelerate
the transition to all-electric homes by ensuring new homes are powered by 100
per cent electricity and no gas, which will require an update to the NCC to
explicitly require homes to be powered by 100 per cent electricity.
The motion
was carried on the following show of hands –
Ayes (8) The
Chair (the Lord Mayor), Councillors Chan, Davis, Ellsmore, Kok, Scott, Weldon
and Worling
Noes (2) Councillors
Gannon and Jarrett.
Carried.
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