Green Strata Research from WA

There's a lot of interest in greening strata buildings (along with almost everything else) and lots of people advocating changes.

But, you might not realise that many of the physical changes required to reduce energy and water consumption or to reduce carbon emissions are not automatically permitted in strata corporations.  For a range of reasons, such upgrades need three quarter or unanimous owner decisions, which restricts the ability of strata corporations and member owners to 'green' their building.

During 2011 Chiara Pacifici of Curtin University undertook research on this issue and published a paper called Greening Strata Title in WA: Turning barriers into opportunities for individual owners to  
implement environmentally sustainable provisions in existing residential strata dwellings.

In the paper, Chiara Pacifici identifies the problems facing West Australian strata corporations implementing green initiatives and makes some innovative suggestions which I think we will see adopted in future strata law reforms.


Francesco ...