NABERS Policy Toolkit: Using NABERS to plan, procure, target and achieve better environmental outcomes in Australia's buildings.
To empower sustainable choices in procurement, portfolio management and planning, NABERS has developed its Policy Toolkit. The toolkit provides information and resources to use NABERS ratings to make the best possible decisions when purchasing, leasing or operating commercial buildings, when designing for new commercial developments or within planning policy.
The toolkit comprises three sections that can each be used independently or together:
- Procurement: For government and private sector businesses that lease or purchase buildings such as office space, hotel accommodation and data centres.
- Portfolios: For government and private sector businesses accountable for setting environmental policies or operating buildings.
- Planning: For approval authorities using NABERS ratings targets in planning policies and for organisations developing new buildings.
The toolkit also explains how NABERS can be applied in policy making to:
- Combine the NABERS suite of tools to drive action towards net zero and a circular economy
- Set short term minimum targets alongside ambitious longer-term targets
- Align with and exceed the minimum requirements set out in the National Construction Code
- Examine different strategies you can employ, like disclosure of ratings, minimum thresholds and requirements to progressively upgrade buildings over time