The UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard (UK NZCBS) has confirmed that offices achieving a high NABERS UK rating will be ‘deemed to satisfy’ the Standard’s operational energy requirements.
Version 1 of the UK NZCBS is due for publication early this year. It provides targets for existing and new buildings, covering metrics such as embodied carbon and operational energy use.
‘Accepting the NABERS UK rating should make life easier, because projects won’t need to demonstrate the operational energy evidence twice,’ says UK NZCBS CEO Katie Clemence-Jackson. She adds that work is under way to integrate other schemes, such as Passivhaus and Breeam.
Evidence from more than 200 projects showed that the pilot limits for embodied carbon and operational energy were largely achievable, providing strong validation for the framework ahead of Version 1.
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