Planning and building sector gets serious about lower carbon future
Source: Queensland. Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability. Media Release
“Helping Queensland’s planning and building sector to make the switch to a lower carbon future has been a key focus of the Bligh Government’s new revised climate change strategy launched. Climate Change and Sustainability Minister Kate Jones and Minister for Infrastructure and Planning Stirling Hinchliffe said ClimateQ: toward a greener Queensland was geared heavily toward a more sustainable planning and building sector. “ClimateQ represents a significant investment in targeted measures designed to help the industry play a leadership role in reducing the state’s carbon footprint,” Ms Jones said.“In addition to election and budget commitments in this area, new initiatives for the planning sector include improved mapping for climate change ($8million) and facilitating low-emission energy generation in commercial buildings ($200,000).
“We’re investing $8 million in a web-based, high resolution computer Digital Elevation Model (DEM) to produce three dimensional maps of the natural and man-made features along the State’s coastline to assist local governments, industry and the community to better prepare for climate change.”