15 September 2025
The Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC) welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the Productivity Commission’s Interim report, Investing in cheaper, cleaner energy and the net zero transformation. Achieving Australia’s emissions targets productively requires nationally consistent, enduring policy frameworks that unlock private investment and deliver emissions reductions at scale.
The submission provides comments on 2 key areas:
- Reducing the cost of meeting emissions targets
- A need for certainty to accelerate investment in built environment net zero pathways
- Focus on the significant productivity opportunity to integrate the energy demand and supply side
- Strong support for developing national target-consistent carbon values
- Securing a level playing field for Australian manufacturers of building and construction products
- Addressing barriers to private investment in adaptation
- Boosting the built environment’s resilience through better energy performance
- Resilience, building codes and urban policy
To read the full submission, click here