Welcome
NABERS is a performance-based rating system for existing buildings. NABERS rates a building on the basis of its measured operational impacts on the environment, and provides a simple indication of how well you are managing these environmental impacts compared with your peers and neighbours.
NABERS - the National Australian Built Environment Rating System - is a national initiative managed by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage.
NABERS is now on Twitter!
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NABERS Assessor training - avoid disappointment, enrol now for final 5 sessions before end June - places are limited.
The ½ day NABERS Introductory seminar is followed by a 2-day NABERS Assessor course in the same location for those who are interested in becoming an accredited assessor. Pre-registration is required. Registrations on the course day will not be accepted.
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CBD Accredited Assessor training course - Lighting - now available.
This full day course is required training for accreditation as an assessor under the Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure (BEED) Act 2010. Click here to register for a training session. Further information is available in a fact sheet on the CBD website.
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Green Globe Awards open for nomination
The NSW Government's Green Globe Awards are the leading environmental awards, recognising excellence, leadership and innovation in NSW. Nominations for the 2012 awards are now open and will close at 5pm (AEST) Thursday 7 June 2012. Visit www.environment.nsw.gov.au/greenglobes for more information and to enter.
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CitySwitch Victoria rebates for new signatories
Financial assistance towards the cost of a NABERS rating is now open to businesses and not for profit organisations in Melbourne, Port Phillip and Yarra who sign up to CitySwitch – a national tenant energy efficiency program – before 30th June 2012.
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NABERS Strategic Plan
The National Administrator is finalising a draft Strategic Plan for NABERS, to be released for public comment early 2012. An independent technical review is also underway. Click here for more details.
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NABERS Cogeneration ruling under review
Aspects of the NABERS Ruling ‘Proportioning of Energy used by Cogeneration or Trigeneration Systems’ are under review. For further information click here.
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The transitional period ended on 1st November 2011, and the Commercial Building Disclosure scheme (CBD scheme) now requires a Building Energy Efficiency Certificate, including a NABERS Energy rating, to be disclosed when office space of more than 2,000m2 is offered for lease or sale. Full details are available on the CBD website.
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