This grant program supports building owners in the residential apartment building and accommodation sector to undertake environmental ratings, certifications and assessments for existing buildings to be resource efficient and achieve net zero emissions by 2035.

Funding can support:

Residential apartment buildings

• NABERS energy and water ratings supported with an action plan
• Energy, water and waste assessments
• Renewables feasibility assessments
• Building electrification assessment, including electric vehicle charging.

Accommodation buildings, including hotels, hostels and serviced apartments

• NABERS energy and water ratings, and waste verification supported with an action plan
  Green Star performance rating
• EarthCheck certification
• Eco-tourism certification
• Energy, water and waste assessments
• Renewables feasibility assessments
• Building electrification assessment, including electric vehicle charging
• Net zero action plan.

Applications open: Summer Round and Winter Round

Funding available

Cash funding up to $15,000 is available for each project. For-profit organisations are required to match the funding requested with cash. Value-in-kind won’t be accepted.

Our funding will prioritise projects that:

• drive existing residential buildings to be resource efficient and achieve net zero emissions
• enable buildings in key sectors to improve their environmental performance

The funder encourages applications from organisations that support Aboriginal and Torres and Strait Islander communities and culture, including Aboriginal community-controlled organisations and networks.

Eligibility

The owners corporation of a residential building or owner of a building in the accommodation sector in the City of Sydney’s local area can apply.
These organisations can apply:

• Owners Corporation
• Eligible Not For Profit Organisation
• Incorporated Association
• Corporation
• Co-operative
• Trustee of a Trust

Not eligible for funding

Funding is not available for:

• Capital expenditure or capital works
• Sole traders and government departments and agencies
• New buildings
• Commercial office or entertainment building types
• For-profit organisations that don’t match cash funding for the project
• A NABERS rating mandated by government including under the commercial building disclosure
• scheme at point of sale or lease.

• Phone: 02 9265 9333
• Email: communitygrants@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au