Build-to-Rent Sector Warming Up to Passivhaus

The business and social case for Passivhaus in Australia’s build-to-rent market is strong.

“Let’s say the developer is going to hold [the property] to develop a whole set and yields the benefit of those savings,” Oliver Steele says.

“So you only have to convince the developer once that they invest a little bit more upfront, and then their ongoing costs are lower.

“And then if they do sell the building the yield is higher because the annual operating costs are lower.”

“In Australia, the majority of the projects are currently single-home residential,” Alexia Lidas CEO of Australian Passive House Association says.

“However, we see a lot of growth opportunities, especially in the owner-operator market.

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