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"The City of Sydney has endorsed a Greens-led proposal to ban gas appliances in
new residential developments, starting from the end of 2025, despite intense
corporate lobbying, including from the property industry.
At a council meeting on Monday evening, the City of Sydney voted to implement a
ban on indoor gas appliances such as gas cooktops, ovens, and space heaters in
new residential developments.
“Relying on fossil fuel gas is bad for the planet, bad for our finances and bad
for our health,” said Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore. Ensuring all-electric
buildings into the future is simply a logical next step to take.
“These changes will create healthier and more energy-efficient buildings which
will meet future energy standards and avoid expensive retrofitting. They also
spare households from being locked into increasingly expensive gas prices and
potential shortages.”
The ban will be implemented for all new development applications submitted
after 31 December 2025. Development applications submitted after 31 December
2026 will not be serviced by fossil fuel gas at all, while all new applications
must be designed with sufficient space and electrical capacity to support
all-electric cooking, space heating, and water heating systems."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
