30 June 2010
Federal Parliament has passed the Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Bill, which will require building owners to provide a building energy efficiency certificate (BEEC) when they sell, lease or sublease office space covering 2,000 square metres or more.
This Bill will create a legal requirement for owners of large commercial office buildings to obtain energy efficiency information for their buildings and to disclose it to prospective purchasers and lessees. It will also require head tenants, who are subletting office space to disclose this information.
Under the scheme, a full building energy efficiency certificate will be made available to interested parties from the beginning of the enquiry process. The information in the certificate must include a star rating of the building’s energy efficiency, an assessment of the efficiency of lighting and additional guidance on improving the building efficiency. The star rating for the building will need to be included in any advertisement.
More information can be obtained from here.
