The NABERS Energy and Water for Offices Rules are used by Assessors to rate the energy and water performance of office buildings.
The latest version (v4.0) of the NABERS Energy and Water for Offices Rules has been released.
These rules are under a transition period that will end at midnight on Monday 31 August 2020.
During the transition, rating applications submitted on NABERS Rate can follow either:
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NABERS Energy & Water for Offices Rules (v3.2); or ,
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NABERS Energy & Water for Offices Rules (v4.0) and NABERS Metering & Consumption Rules (v1.0)
Rating applications submitted after the end of the transition period will need to follow the requirements of NABERS Energy & Water for Offices Rules (v4.0) and NABERS Metering & Consumption Rules (v1.0), with the exception of rating applications submitted as part of a commitment agreement.
If you have any questions regarding the transition period, please contact nabers [at] environment.nsw.gov.au (subject: NABERS%20%7C%20Office%20Rules%20%7C%20Transition%20period%20query) .
NABERS Rules
- NABERS Energy & Water for Offices Rules v3.2 October 2018 (2.94 MB)
- NABERS The Rules – Energy & Water for Offices v4.0 March 2020 (2.45 MB)
- NABERS The Rules – Metering and Consumption v1.0 March 2020 (1.52 MB)
NABERS Rulings & Clarifications
- Ruling - Addendum to Validation Protocol for Thermal Energy Exclusions - Condenser Water Use.pdf (78.95 KB)
- Ruling - Allocation of Energy and Water used by Water Treatment Plants.pdf (231.18 KB)
- Ruling - Exclusion of Data Centres in Office Ratings.pdf (177.43 KB)
- Ruling - On-site Renewable Electricity Generation Systems
- Ruling - Portfolio NABERS Ratings.pdf (30.39 KB)
- Ruling - Revised method for calculating average NABERS rating for publication.pdf (30.31 KB)
- Ruling - Shared Services for Mixed-Use Buildings.pdf (226.21 KB)
- Ruling - Shared Facilities.pdf (183.58 KB)
- Ruling - Supplementary Air Conditioning in Meeting and Computer Server Rooms.pdf (153.84 KB)
- Technical Clarification - Rating Centrelink Customer Service Areas.pdf (638.21 KB)
- Validations for Thermal Energy Exclusions V2.0.pdf (153.87 KB)
- New NABERS Rules to Recognise Cogeneration and Trigeneration Systems.pdf (338.31 KB)
- Interim Cogeneration and Trigeneration Methodology.pdf (342.2 KB)
Other Documents
- Energy & Water for Offices Assessor Pack.zip (3.76 MB)
- Rules Update Guide: Energy & Water for Offices March 2020 (463.87 KB)
- Example Validation Records.docx (29.75 KB)
