Metrics

There are a range of rating tools and systems either in the market or under development in Australia. Cundall can provide you advice on which rating tool is applicable to your building, how to improve the rating for the least cost and the compliance issues and requirements for formal certification. We can also manage the process of gathering all the documentation necessary to achieve formal certification, including undertaking building simulation as required.

We are accredited assessors / professionals for the following rating tools:

• Green Star
• NABERS Energy Rating Tool (formally known as ABGR)
• NABERS Water Rating Tool
• NABERS IEQ (indoor environment quality)
• NABERS Waste
• AccuRATE
• FirstRate
• NatHERS
• BASIX
• BREEAM
• LEED

The technical development of the Green Star rating tool was undertaken by David Clark in 2003, following his 18 months research and development with the UK’s Building Research Establishment, to adapt the BREEAM rating tool to suit Australian conditions.

Cundall also develop project specific benchmarks and tools where formal systems do not exist, to enable projects to be informally benchmarked against best practice. For example, we developed a rating tool for hangers and stores for use in the HNA project at MAAP Edinburgh.