TG050 Building Resilience to Climate Change for Non-Residential Government Buildings Projects

This technical guideline (TG050) establishes the Department of Housing and Works’ (DHW) framework for integrating climate resilience into the non-residential government building projects, as delivered by DHW’s Building & Contracts Division.  The guideline’s mandate is to ensure climate-related risks are identified early, consistently assessed, and managed through proportionate planning, design, construction, and operational responses.  The intent is to safeguard asset performance, service continuity, and community wellbeing, while enabling stakeholders to make timely, risk-informed decisions aligned with policy, standards, and budget constraints.  The guideline promotes the consideration of projected future climate conditions over the building’s design life, rather than relying solely on historical climate data.  Focused on managing high or extreme climate related risks, TG050 also offers detailed guidance on risk treatment measures associated with the impacts from extreme Heat, Wind and Water events.