NABERS v Green Star – Part 2
A NABERS Rating (National Australian Built Environment Rating System) is primarily focused on the energy required to operate an established building. It measures a building’s energy efficiency, carbon emissions, water consumed, and waste produced, then compares it to similar buildings.
But how?
The following is an extract from the official NABERS Rating web site.
Fortunately, we’re becoming better at understanding how we can make buildings more energy, waste and water efficient. But, the first step is understanding how each building is operating and gauging the impact it's having on the environment.
This is where NABERS comes in….
NABERS (which stands for the National Australian Built Environment Rating System) can be used to measure a building’s energy efficiency, carbon emissions, as well as the water consumed, the waste produced and compare it to similar buildings.
Once you understand your impact, you can begin the journey to reducing it and contributing to a healthier environment.
Key Principles of NABERS
NABERS is Australia’s leading building performance rating due to its integrity of methods, transparency of process and accountability to industry.
NABERS is built on the following 7 key principles which helps us maintain our quality of service.
NABERS measures actual impact, not intent
NABERS is relevant to building operations
NABERS ratings are meaningful
NABERS ratings are simple and easy to perform
NABERS ratings are reliable
NABERS management is trustworthy
NABERS development is collaborative
In the next Blog we will look at the Green Star Rating system in more detail.
