‘Black roofs mean you need cooling systems and because they are built right to the boundary, often the air-conditioning systems are blowing hot air toward the neighbours,’ says Prof Bill Randolph from the University of NSW’s City Futures research centre. Rob Stokes, the NSW planning minister, said the changes marked a new direction from decades of development on Sydney’s fringes. It was only in August that planning controls were implemented banning dark roofing in Sydney’s south-western growth area and specifying room for trees in back yards. “We will be entrenching energy poverty, and the consequences are quite substantial.”īut there are fears the impact of climate change has been compounded by slapdash urban planning and shortsighted design preferences, which have favoured big sprawling houses with dark roofs, black driveways and small yards over more energy-efficient properties.
“Australians deserve a better future and if we don’t design for the changing climate, dwellings will ultimately be uninhabitable and we know that is worse in areas of disadvantage,” says Davina Rooney, chief executive of the Green Building Council.
The ‘aerotropolis’ will be home to a population of 1.5 million people. Construction near the planned Nancy Bird Walton airport at Badgerys Creek.
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