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For most buildings, the difficulty in a NABERS rating comes from the preparation rather than the methodology itself. With NABERS ratings delivered since 2008, we have listed the most common issues we see that can hinder or be detrimental to a positive and good result...
Green Star Performance Credit 9 (Exposure to Toxins) sits under the Healthy category of Green Star Performance. Up to three points are available with Credit 9. They build on each other: The first covers your testing process, sampling and materials policy (“Credit...
Green Star Performance is the only Australian rating tool that assesses how an existing building is run, across the full breadth of sustainability rather than energy alone. Green Star Performance takes a holistic view of how an existing building is operated, covering...
Think your IT or services business is too simple for AASB S2? Scope 3 emissions say otherwise. Get ready with our free ASRS checklist.
NABERS has driven measurable energy and emissions improvements across Australian offices, and increasingly across hotels, shopping centres, data centres and apartment buildings. But a large part of the built environment has sat outside the star rating system entirely,...
Data centres are quickly becoming some of the most consequential buildings in Australia. They power everything from cloud services and AI to government systems and critical infrastructure, and their share of the nation's electricity consumption is growing rapidly. The...
If you are managing NABERS ratings across your building portfolio, you are ahead of most building owners. You have operational data, annual processes, and a clear picture of how your buildings are performing on energy, water, waste and indoor environment. This...
NABERS for Apartment Buildings is Australia’s government-run framework for benchmarking how efficiently an apartment building’s common property and shared services use energy and water, expressed on a simple 1 to 6 star scale. In many strata schemes, up to 60% of...
NABERS ratings are often treated as isolated, annual tasks, but their real value emerges when managed consistently across an entire portfolio. Disconnected processes create inefficiencies, misaligned reporting, and missed insights. By standardising data, workflows, and oversight, portfolio-wide NABERS management transforms from an administrative burden into a strategic asset, enabling clearer benchmarking, stronger governance, and continuous performance improvement.