Realising Intentions: An evaluation of green building rating tools for Australian buildings

Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Thomas, LE https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0707-9260	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Thomas, PC	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Brotas, L	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Roaf, S	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Nicol, F	en_US
dc.date	2017-07-02	en_US
dc.date.issued	2017-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	PLEA 2017 Proceedings, 2017, 1 pp. 542 - 549	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/123021
dc.description.abstract	With growing concerns for enhancing sustainability, much attention has being paid to benchmarking performance in buildings. This paper evaluates the effectiveness of three rating systems that have been widely adopted for over a decade in Australia namely: (i) mandatory compliance under Section J (Energy Efficiency provisions) in the National Construction Code of Australia (NCC), (ii) a voluntary design rating tool - Green Star, and (iii) a voluntary operational rating tool-National Australian Building Environmental Rating Scheme (NABERS). The paper builds on the authors’ experience in building performance simulation, rating tool design, practice consultancy and post occupancy evaluations of buildings. It presents a detailed analysis of the rating tools with respect to the alignment between what is being assessed, how it is assessed and administered and the impact on design process and performance outcomes in buildings. The paper assesses the successes and shortcomings of the rating tools to demonstrate the potential for design and post occupancy rating tools to influence market behaviour and building performance and argues for increasingly stringent approaches to get to net zero emissions.	en_US
dc.publisher	Network for Comfort and Energy Use in Buildings	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	PLEA 2017 Proceedings	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Passive Low Energy Architecture 2017 - Design to Thrive	en_US
dc.title	Realising Intentions: An evaluation of green building rating tools for Australian buildings	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.citation.volume	1	en_US
utslib.location	Edinburgh	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Edinburgh	en_US
utslib.for	1202 Building	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Architecture
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.consider-herdc	false	en_US
pubs.finish-date	2017-07-05	en_US
pubs.place-of-publication	Edinburgh	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published online	en_US
pubs.start-date	2017-07-02	en_US
pubs.volume	1	en_US

Abstract:

With growing concerns for enhancing sustainability, much attention has being paid to benchmarking performance in buildings. This paper evaluates the effectiveness of three rating systems that have been widely adopted for over a decade in Australia namely: (i) mandatory compliance under Section J (Energy Efficiency provisions) in the National Construction Code of Australia (NCC), (ii) a voluntary design rating tool - Green Star, and (iii) a voluntary operational rating tool-National Australian Building Environmental Rating Scheme (NABERS). The paper builds on the authors’ experience in building performance simulation, rating tool design, practice consultancy and post occupancy evaluations of buildings. It presents a detailed analysis of the rating tools with respect to the alignment between what is being assessed, how it is assessed and administered and the impact on design process and performance outcomes in buildings. The paper assesses the successes and shortcomings of the rating tools to demonstrate the potential for design and post occupancy rating tools to influence market behaviour and building performance and argues for increasingly stringent approaches to get to net zero emissions.

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:

http://hdl.handle.net/10453/123021