Green building grants

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We’d like to help you choose the right grant and provide tips for a successful application.

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Next grant round:

Applications open: Tuesday 8 July 2025
Applications close: Tuesday 12 August at 4pm
Project timeline: 1 January 2026 - 31 December 2026
Recommendations to Council: November 2025

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About this program

This grants program supports building owners and owners corporations to receive environmental ratings, certifications and assessments to make their buildings 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.

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.
We encourage applications from organisations that support Aboriginal and Torres and Strait Islander communities and culture, including Aboriginal community-controlled organisations and networks.
These are questions asked in the application that align with the assessment criteria used at assessment stage:
- Why is there a need for the project and what are the proposed outcomes?
- What is your experience in delivering projects?
- How does the project rate against the funding priorities?

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.

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
For more information on eligibility see the eligibility section in the grants and sponsorship guidelines.
- 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.