DARREN BOWMAN DESIGN

The AWA have supported the HIA policy not to support a carbon tax. An interesting stance given the number of green building schemes and regulations being rolled out. Promotion of clean energy production could only be a good thing, but perhaps there is insufficient detail to draw conclusions on a carbon tax and the cost implications to ordinary Australians. Maybe stringent efficiency standards are the go if we are to meet our CO2 targets, though that could surely be made simpler than it is where building regulations are concearned. The Green Building Council Australia (GBCA) have released a paper in support of an emmisions trading scheme or other carbon pricing mechanism. More information about the pros of a carbon price from the GBCA here:  http://www.gbca.org.au/uploads/203/3787/Carbon%20Paper_LR.pdf ;