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About ABGR
The Australian Building Greenhouse Rating (ABGR)
Scheme is a 'world first initiative' to help building owners and tenants
across Australia benchmark their greenhouse performance.
Benefits of ABGR:
- Provides market recognition and a competitive
advantage for low greenhouse emitters and energy efficient
buildings;
- Encourages best practice in the design, operation
and maintenance of commercial buildings to minimize greenhouse
emissions
Administered nationally by the NSW Department of
Environment and Climate Change (DECC) and locally by leading state
greenhouse agencies, the ABGR scheme rates buildings from one to five
stars with five stars representing exceptional greenhouse performance.
Current market best practice in Australia is three stars.
Key features of
ABGR:
- It’s voluntary – a rating can be initiated by a
building owner, manager or tenant;
- It rates a building according to its actual
performance, using 12 months’ energy data;
- It can be used for the base building (central
services), whole building or individual tenancies;
- It allows developers to “badge” the greenhouse
performance of their new office development from the outset on the
proviso that DECC will rate its actual operational performance and
advise the tenants;
- It’s available now for all Australian office
buildings.
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