WA Research on Greening Strata Schemes

There's very little research available on strata and community title buildings to start.  And, there's even less on the environmental issues they face.

So, this study by Chiara Pacifici of Curtin University called Greening Strata Title Schemes in WA: Turning barriers into opportunities for individual owners toimplement environmentally sustainable provisions inexisting residential strata dwellings is a welcome addition to the knowledge and thinking base in the area.  Plus it has wider relevance and application.

In the study, Chiara Pacifici looks at the structural legal impediments that affect 'green initiatives' in strata buildings.  In particular, how the kinds of approvals required for most environmental upgrades in strata buildings by strata corporations or owners need three quarter (or higher) decisions and are therefore a lot harder to achieve.  She also considers how these impediments can be appropriately modified and suggests some law reforms.

Interestingly, the strata decision making problems identified in the study apply to other strata issues too - including climate change adaptation works.  So, the analysis and her ideas are a useful addition to our study of the challenges facing strata and community title stakeholders in dealing with climate change weather impacts.