All buildings give valuable benefits, but likewise, have ill effects on the climate.
Undertaking a NABERS rating has helped numerous project owners, builders, and commercial property owners across Australia reduce their building's environmental effect, improve manageability, receive financial rewards, and so on.
What is NABERS?
NABERS, also referred to as the National Australian Built Environment Rating System, is a sustainability measuring index/scale.
A NABERS rating equips you with details of how well you deal with your building or your facility's environmental impacts.
NABERS rating tools help get the ecological performance of a building or a project.
It gives the building blocks to decide how to make any commercial project energy efficient, reduce waste and make it water efficient.
Ensure to hire an experienced building consulting agency to help you with BCA Section J report, NABERS and BASIX reporting.
How Is NABERS Assessed?
NABERS involves a star rating that depends on its actual functional performance in one year.
It is surveyed using real-time performance data, such as power and water consumption, and changing them into a star rating.
For instance, a 6-star rating building shows industry driving performance, and a 1-star rating implies that the construction or occupancy has a scope to get better.
This sustainability program compares the performance of the building with benchmarks of energy consumption for buildings in the same area. NABERS Energy rating work as below:
6 Stars - Leading Performance
5 Stars - Excellent Performance
4 Stars - Good Performance
3 Stars - Average Performance
2 Stars - Below Average Performance
1 Star - Poor Performance
0 Stars - Very Poor Performance
Types of Assessment For NABERS Rating
Given below are the basic types of assessments for NABERS rating:
Base Building Rating:
Covers the essential areas and primary building services suitable for building owners/ property supervisors.
Whole Building Rating:
Covers a mix of the rented space, primary building services and common areas, and it is relevant to building owners' or property chiefs.
It tends to be used for the Commercial Building Disclosure Program if the base building rating can not be done.
Occupancy Rating:
Covers the rented space, and it is necessary to the people in a rented or privately-owned space within a commercial distance.
NABERS Co-Assess:
This benefits both the buildings and residents. It permits submitting one application for a mix of NABERS appraisals inside one building.
What Are The Benefits Of Nabers Rating?
A couple of benefits of NABERS Rating include:
Comparison
NABERS ratings form the base of a sustainability plan for a building's energy consumption, water efficiency, etc.
Validation and Communication
It helps in providing reliable, cost-effective sustainability data that makes the sustainability report valid.
Competitive Edge
Having a project with a lower environmental impact, lower running expenses, and having the option to communicate about it with potential buyers, investors and so on helps gain an edge over the competitors.
Tracking
NABERS star ratings are fundamental for annual reporting and manageability techniques.
Performance upgrades and reduced energy consumption interventions can be incorporated with yearly evaluations.
