Article published by Energy Institute on initiative led by Verco to replicate a successful Australian commercial building energy
Energy World article describes some important early findings of an initiative which aims to learn from and replicate a hugely successful scheme in Australia for large new commercial offices which has been proven to deliver challenging energy performance outcomes targeted at project conception.
Verco, partnering with Australian experts and the Better Buildings Partnership (BBP), is leading the ground breaking ‘Design for Performance’ initiative to develop an operational energy performance rating guarantee scheme for new office buildings in the UK.
With support from investors, developers, industry bodies and NGOs, pilot studies are testing in real UK development projects key ingredients which support the NABERS Energy Commitment Agreement, a process which helps office buildings in Australia to achieve in operation the energy performance promised at project initiation.