The Property Council of Australia welcomes the opportunity to provide comments on the Australian Government’s Electricity and Energy Sector Plan discussion paper. As buildings consume approximately half of Australia’s electricity, and almost a quarter of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions through their operations, we urge the Australian Government to carefully consider how the Electricity and Energy Sector Plan will both inform and respond to the priorities to be set out in the Built Environment Sector Plan.
We note that many of the demand-side interventions set out in this discussion paper, particularly in relation to the emissions abatement to be achieved through energy efficiency, electrification and demand flexibility of buildings will be critical to meet our national abatement targets and curb the impacts of climate change.
