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Please rate your level of awareness and knowledge about the Commercial Building Disclosure (CBD) Program.
Please rate your level of awareness and knowledge about the National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS)
What type of building/s are you responding about:
If you are responding about a particular building, does that building currently have a National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) rating?
Who is most interested in your buildings’ energy use?
Are there barriers to you getting and disclosing your building’s energy rating?
What are the barriers?
What might be needed to help you overcome those barriers?
Do you have any suggested improvements to the current program and how it operates?
Darwin and the NT are well behind the rest of Australia in the uptake of NABERS assessments and energy efficient buildings, yet with a warming climate and the increasing requirement for aircon our energy needs are going to increase significantly. We really need the CBD expansion here to encourage more energy efficient buildings and to encourage more NABERS assessors more contractors who can implement energy efficiency upgrades to set up here, which will make both these things more affordable.
What benefits do you think there are in having a valid NABERS rating?
What are your views on expanding the CBD Program to different types of commercial buildings in line with the suggested road map (see discussion paper for a description of the road map)?
I strongly support the expansion, especially in areas falling behind, such as here in Darwin
What do you see are the key opportunities and benefits to expanding the coverage of the CBD Program?
When disclosure is made mandatory for more commercial building types here in Darwin, this will mean they need to start engaging assessors and upgrading their buildings. The benefits will then flow to smaller buildings as the CBD rollout deepens and by the time its mandatory for them, we will have more assessors and built more capacity to undertake energy efficiency upgrades. Costs of assessments and upgrades here in Darwin will also reduce as more buildings are required to comply.
What are the perceived draw backs, key challenges, or areas of concern you have for the expansion of the CBD Program to your sector / building type?
If other, please specify
I dont think there are any draw backs. Any costs incurred will be paid back in energy cost savings in the future and reduced emissions, which benefits all of us in mitigating climate change
In addition to the NABERS Energy rating, select any other information that should be disclosed
Select which of the following ownership structures should be included in any expansion of the CBD Program:
If office tenancies are included in the CBD Program should offices still be required to have a Tenancy Lighting Assessment (TLA) as part of the Building Energy Efficiency Certificate (BEEC)?
What are your views on the use of minimum energy performance standards in the road map to set a minimum standard for buildings to reduce their operational emissions and improve their energy efficiency?
For the following two questions select the building types you wish to provide feedback on:
Office Buildings
Office Tenancies
Hotel
Shopping Centres
Data Centres
Public Hospitals
Residential Aged Care
Retirement Living
Warehouses
Cold Stores
Schools
Retail Stores
Higher Education
Supermarkets
Private Hospitals
Medical Centres
Other [e.g. Galleries/sport facilities]
Office Buildings
Office Tenancies
Hotels
Shopping Centres
Data Centres
Public Hospitals
Residential Aged Care
Retirement Living
Warehouses
Cold Stores
Schools
Retail Stores
Higher Education
Supermarkets
Private Hospitals
Medical Centres
Other [e.g. Galleries/sport facilities]
Please provide any other comments you wish to make about the proposed CBD Expansion
This is a fantastic program and I am so pleased it is being considered for expansion
