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Australia’s water resources are crucial for
our economic, social and environmental wellbeing. It is essential that we
continue to improve the efficiency of our water use. Today, commercial buildings
accounts for 10% of our urban water consumption.
NABERS
Water measures the water consumption of an office building on a scale
of one to five stars, reflecting the performance of the building relative to the
market, from least efficient (one star) to best practice (five stars). Two and a
half stars is the current market average.
What does the Rating mean?
5 Stars - Best building
performance
The building is leading the market in water
efficiency due to integrated design, operation, management and water
efficiency.
4 Stars - Strong
performance
The building demonstrates excellent water
performance due to design and management practices, and high efficiency systems
and equipment.
3 Stars - Above average
performance
The building is performing better than the
current market average. Water efficiency is a priority in this building. There
are still opportunities for reducing water consumption.
2 Stars - Below average building
performance
The building is below current market average
performance. There are opportunities that can be implemented to reduce water
consumption, operating costs and the burden on our water supplies.
1 Star - Poor water management or
systems
The building is consuming a lot of
unnecessary water. There are significant opportunities that can be implemented
to reduce water consumption, operating costs and the burden on our water
supplies.