The drive to net zero and the desire to address the performance gap between building design and operation has catalysed a shift from prediction-based rating systems such as BREEAM to those that measure actual energy consumption and carbon emissions in use, like NABERS UK. There are implications for how construction is procured and how commercial buildings are let and occupied.
In a new piece for Building, Non-Contentious Construction Partner Adriano Amorese and Real Estate Partner Ed Hughes-Power look at the contractual challenges of NABERS and other performance-based rating systems.
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