In Sydney, our State Government has introduced BASIX compliance for all new buildings (at least residential anyway). BASIX standards for building and sustainability index and supposedly helps to make sure new buildings produce fewer greenhouse gases and consume less water.
We ran into an issue with our BASIX compliance. The BASIX consultant wanted us to install energy-efficient lighting in our bedrooms and install an outside clothes line. The thing to remember with BASIX is that whatever you agree to do, you must do in order to receive an occupation certificate (so you can sell your home in future).
Most compact flourescent fixtures are expensive at the moment and the dimming ability is either limited or non-existant. Fortunately, we were able to trade the energy-efficient lighting requirement for an indoor drying line we were already planning on.
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