“Dirty and expensive:” City of Sydney bans gas as it votes to electrify all new big buildings
Today 12:00pm
The City of Sydney has followed the example of the ACT and Victoria governments and voted unanimously to require all newly built residential buildings, medium to large commercial buildings, hotels, and serviced apartment buildings, to be all-electric.
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