Grants open to deliver construction industry events to support residential electrification

Applications close at 4:00 pm on Thursday 21 August 2025.

About the grants

The Victorian Government is funding these grants to ensure residential and commercial buildings in Victoria are safer, more comfortable and healthier to be in, while saving consumers hundreds of dollars a year on energy bills and cutting emissions.

Grants are available for eligible organisations to deliver Build Better Homes events for the construction industry. Events may include workshops, forums and roadshows.

The total funding available to successful applicants is $200,000 (excluding GST) over the period September 2025 to May 2026. Funding for delivery will be paid based on participant attendance, as stated in the Application Guidelines below

Objectives

The Build Better Homes events will grow workforce capacity and skills to meet increased consumer demand for electrical appliances driven by the government’s gas substitution reforms.

Objectives are to:

Support the construction industry to comply with new regulations such as:
- All-electric connections for new homes (effective from January 2024)
- National Construction Code 2022, especially 7-star and whole-of-home requirements (effective from May 2024)
- new building electrification and minimum energy efficiency standards commencing in 2027 for new builds, rentals and water heater replacements.
Build awareness of ‘big picture’ issues such as national progress towards ‘Zero energy (and carbon) ready buildings’ by 2028
Increase the skills and knowledge of the construction industry to design and construct increasingly energy efficient homes
Build industry capacity to design and construct increasingly energy efficient homes Raise industry awareness of design and construction environmental sustainability trends, including the transition towards net zero homes, home electrification and on-site energy generation
Increase understanding of new and emerging technologies.

The Build Better Homes initiative is funded through Solar Victoria’s Electrification Training and Workforce Development Program, a $5 million investment in subsidised training initiatives over three years.

Who can apply

Applications for grants to deliver this training are open to private sector businesses, training organisations (including accredited via ASQA/ VRQA), trade unions and industry associations that can demonstrate they can meet the eligibility criteria in the Application Guidelines and listed below:

A registered company with an A.B.N.
Financially solvency (and be prepared to demonstrate financial solvency).
Have a suitable event facility in Victoria (or able to source an appropriate venue).
Have demonstrated capacity to provide online access where available and suitable. Experience in delivering similar roadshows/workshops/forums/webinars to the building and construction industry.
Capacity to deliver industry-relevant home energy efficiency-related events.
Capacity to administer events, including managing enrolments, participant queries, issuing certificates, ensuring participants are eligible in accordance with grant conditions, program reporting.
Experience and capacity to promote and advertise events to the construction industry and generate an ongoing pipeline of participants.

Individuals and government agencies cannot apply. Detailed assessment criteria are listed in the Application Guidelines below.