Through our Future Homes program, we are developing a Green Star Homes Standard to assess the health, resilience and energy efficiency of our homes.
Future Homes strategy | released May 2020
Our Future Homes strategy outlines our plan to help drive the transformation of the housing market to focus on health, resilience and net zero energy.
Read the strategy >Green Star Homes draft standard | released July 2020
Developed in consultation with industry, consumers, builders, banks, investors and insurers, our draft standard outlines the requirements a new home will have to meet to achieve Green Star certification.
Consultation has now closed. The final standard will be released in 2021.
Read the draft standard >
About Green Star Homes
The Green Star Homes standard will be used to assess Australian homes against three key criteria which we think are important for homes of our future:
- Positive: net zero in energy, fully electric, draught sealed, efficient and powered by renewables
- Healthy: ventilated, comfortable, with products that are better for you
- Resilient: water efficient and climate change ready.
We are excited to have Stockland, Mirvac, Metricon, Rawson Homes, Chatham Homes, Australian Passive House Association, Landcom, Development Victoria, Lendlease and Ingenia Communities confirmed as Early Access Partners to pilot the new draft Standard.
How we are achieving our vision for better homes
Creating a market for healthy, resilient, and positive homes is our key priority. We want to help create a future for healthy, resilient, and net zero energy homes by working with government, industry and homeowners.
With the key stakeholders in realising this vision being, future homeowners, volume home builders and developers, but also banks and insurers. As well as government, product manufacturers and sustainability professionals.
To achieve our vision we are already working to:
- Lift the minimum standards in building, construction and planning codes with Every Building Counts by working with all levels of government.
- Educate homeowners, industry and decision makers on the importance of more sustainable homes for today and tomorrow.
- Promote builder adoption of Green Star Homes – the common standard for healthy, resilient and positive homes.
- Deliver a set of guidelines to improve comfort and efficiency for existing homes with our guide to Sustainable Home Renovations.
- Work with the finance industry to incentivise the adoption of better homes, with better value home loans.
- Educate industry and homeowners/occupiers on the importance of cooking with induction, a key element to electrify our homes and workspaces.
- Embed our vision for homes, through our vision for precincts, with Green Star Communities.
Ways you can get involved
Partner with us
Be seen as leaders in driving change in the residential built environment. For more information, please contact our Partnerships Manager, Zeina Iesa.
Fact sheets
To help you understand our strategy, the role of Green Star Homes and ways to work together, download the fact sheet for:
With thanks to our partners
We thank the following organisations for their leadership and their support of our activities in this space.
Future Homes Gold partner
Future Homes Silver partner
Future Homes Supporting partners
