No Time for Complacency
No Time for Complacency
Energy efficiency still on the government's short-term agenda |
| 16 Jun 2009 |
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| The recent decision by the Federal Government to delay the start of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) is disappointing. However, there are five key measures being introduced to drive growth in the number of highly energy efficient homes and commercial buildings across Australia as part of the National Strategy on Energy Efficiency: |
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| The first of these five measures to be implemented will be mandatory disclosure of energy efficiency for commercial office buildings with a planned start date of 1 July 2010. From that date building owners will be required to disclose the energy efficiency of commercial office buildings larger than 2000 sqm – or any part of a commercial office building larger than 2000 sqm – that is being sold, leased or sub-leased. The energy efficiency will be measured by the NABERS Energy Star rating system excluding any GreenPower. AE Smith Emerald Sustainable Performance is ideally positioned to help building owners manage a lot of the practical implications flowing from this planned legislation, particularly around the collection and validation of twelve months operational data required to underpin the initial NABERS rating assessment as well as the providing the official NABERS star rating. Validation protocols under the NABERS system are very strict and our experience to date has shown that many building owners are not maintaining the right records to allow the best NABERS rating and in some instances will not allow any rating to be issued at all. AE Smith Emerald Sustainable Performance is also in a great position to show building owners how to improve their NABERS star rating by improving the energy efficiency of their building. For more information contact Doug Binns at AE Smith Emerald Sustainable Performance on +61 (0)2 8754 3326. |
