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- Apply for and manage building permits (replaces BAMS)
- Apply for and maintain registration
- Keep insurance up to date
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- Process levy payments
- Submit relevant building surveyor monthly reports for prescribed events
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- Advise changes to the cost of buildding work
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- Purchase and manage compliance certificates
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- Submit, manage and track an owner-builder application
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- Purchase domestic building insurance (DBI)
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What we did and why
Commencing in 2012, the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Low Carbon Living was a national research hub established to facilitate a globally competitive low carbon built environment sector. The CRC leveraged expertise from six universities and the CSIRO and all its participants and built further expertise in sustainable urban design, innovation, energy efficiency and community engagement for the built environment.
We contributed to the CRC as a partner to support research into energy efficiency and a low carbon built environment, and participated in several component projects aligned to our research functions.
The CRC came to an end in June 2019.
What we found
The CRC’s final report (June 2019) documents its impacts and key achievements in driving improvements for a low carbon built environment. See below for a summary of the key projects supported by the BPC.
What difference this made
The CRC delivered a range of research, tools and evidence to improve planning and policy in the built environment. It achieved an economic benefit of $1.1 billion through its research projects, centres of excellence, technical standards and consumer guides.
Its BuiltBetter Knowledge Hub provides consumers, industry, researchers and government easy access to best practice information, practical forecasting tools, resources (such as low carbon guides) and academic publications to help consumers, industry and government make better decisions.
The CRC also established six nodes of excellence (at six universities) to deliver end-user driven research, vocational training and collaborative networks to raise awareness and uptake of low carbon practices in the broader community.