Business View Oceania - Oct 2023

30 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 5, ISSUE 10 T he days of fossil fuel uses in commercial buildings are long gone. As catastrophic and extreme climate events continue to increase in frequency and intensity across the globe, it has become crystal clear that we must build consciously for our future generations and planet. The built environment, including infrastructure, accounts for over 20% of emissions here in Aotearoa New Zealand. Fossil fuel use in buildings is a big part of the issue, contributing 1.59 Mt CO2-equivalent per year according to the Ministry for the Environment– equivalent to over half a million passenger cars on New Zealand’s roads. E