The Government Property Group (GPG) through the Australasian Procurement and Construction Council (APCC) reports to the Council of Australian Governments (COAG). The GPG is working to make buildings more sustainable through the development of a National Framework for Sustainable Government Office Buildings (Framework).
The Framework supports cross jurisdictional collaboration to develop national projects and programmes that provide jurisdictional governments with the tools to promote principles of sustainable procurement and asset management of office buildings.
The purpose of the Framework is to provide a set of national principles to assist the Australian, State and Territory governments in the adoption of a national approach to improving the sustainability of the built environment.
Jurisdictions will be able to customise the Framework to suit the management of their respective property portfolios and reflect the principles in the form of policies, guidance material, training and tools for use by practitioners.
A full view of the Framework is available for download from here.