For Australia to achieve net zero and reduce carbon footprint will require a significant change in the way we live. To date a lot of the talk has been about alternative energy generation and reducing fossil fuels, which is important, but this will not be enough to achieve sustainable change.

Even alternative energy sources have environmental impacts and providing government subsidies to ease the pain in energy costs, while welcomed, does nothing to change underlying behaviour. We need to think differently about energy consumption and what drives it. Nothing short of a long-term adjustment in attitude and philosophy is required.

The built environment and construction industry can play an important role here. Already much has been written about opportunities from better building design and construction processes, but it is important to keep the conversation going.

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